1. Grace of personal presence and comeliness.
Prov. i. 9,
iii. 22, 34; Cant. iii. 6–11, v.
9–16, etc.So we say, “A graceful and comely person,”
either from himself or his ornaments. This in Christ (upon the matter) is
the subject of near one-half of the book of
Canticles; it is also mentioned, Ps. xlv. 2,
“Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips.”
And unto this first head, in respect of Christ, do I refer also that
acceptation of grace which, in respect of us, I fix in the third place.
Those inconceivable gifts and fruits of the Spirit which were bestowed on
him, and brought forth in him, concur to his personal excellency; as will
afterward appear.