Excerpt from The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in the Contrivance and Accomplishment of Mans Redemption No redemption themselves, yet they can as fully discover the character of God, as exhibited in this work, as if they them selves were the objects of it. 'and that they do in fact feel a lively interest in this extraordinary transaction, is proved by the whole evangelical history. When the Divine Re deemer was about to make his appearance upon earth, the communication of the joyful tidings was not considered as unworthy of the noblest of these exalted spirits. An angel appeared to Zacharias, the father of the harbinger of our Lord, and announced his birth. And Gabriel himself was commissioned to inform the virgin Mary, -that she should be the mother of the promised_ Messiah. When the Saviour was born, an angel, surrounded with the glory of God, came down and announced the event to the shepherds of Bethle hem'; and, immediately, he was joined with a great multi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.