And the Word was made flesh] Matthew 1:16. He became man, not by confusion of natures, but by uniting the divine and humane natures in one person of Christ, God and Man. dwelt among us] The word signifyeth a dwelling in Tents or Tabernacles: a short time he was bodily present with men, untill his Ascension. beheld his glory] The manifestation of his Majestie, not onely in his tranfiguration, Matthew 17:2. 2 Peter 1:16. but also in many works which shewed his divine power and glory; John 2. 11. and 11. 4. as of the onely begotten] As signifieth not here similitude, but identitie, the very truth, such glory as became the Sonne of God. full of grace] See Colos. 1. 19. and 2. 9.