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72. II Cor. 3:18(a)

Jonathan Edwards

2 Corinthians 3 18 But we all with open

face beholding as in a Glass the Glory of the

Lord are Changed into the same Image from Glory

to Glory. even as by the spirit of the Lord.

The Apostle had said in the 6 verse by way of Com-

mendation of his office that they were mi nisters of

the New Testament not of the Letter but of the spirit

for the Letter killeth but the spirit Giveth life.

The Old testament dispe nsation was of the Lette r. as

meer Lett ers and sounds are Useless and Good for nothing

any otherwise than as they Res Relate to Ideas or sen

thoughts or the sense of the mind so the Old testament

dispensation was unprofitable only as it Refer'd to t he

spirit of which the New testament was a ministra

tion of. Now in the 17 verse t he verse Immediately

foregoing the text the apostle Referring to What he

had said in the 6 verse. tells us the Lord is th at spi-

rit that is Jesus X is th e spiritual scope and mean

ing of the all the Legal dispensation. he was the

spirit and soul of all those dark shadows and types

and numerous Ceremonies that were then Commanded

and Where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. it marginal

seems to Refer to 51. 12v

that is the soul and substance of those thin gs being

he is no lon er hid under ana t es and shadows and a

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veil but we have liber ty to see with Op en face as

in Our t ext and so are Changed into t he same Image

from Glory to Glory. but it i even as by the spirit of

the Lord still the same spirit th at had been spoken

of before. The Words are so in t he Original that the y

may be translated two ways Renderd either th us

even by the Lord the spirit that is by the X that

spirit that had been spoken of in the foregoing verse or

as it is Render'd by the spirit of the Lord. but Let in

whichway soever it be Renderd it Comes t o the same

thing for if it be Renderd that X the spirit doth it

yet he doth it by the holy Ghost his spirit

we Observed two doctrines from the

verse

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Doc I. That believers have such a sight of the

Glory of X as Revealed in the Gospel as Changes 'em

into a likeness to the same Glory.

Doc II. That tis ye work of the spirit of X only to

Give a true sight of X and to make like to X.

we have already spoken to the former we shall now marginal

by the help of God say something to the Latter

Tis Evident by the words of the text that both these works

are ascribed to the spirit of X. tis Evident it is

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I tis the spirit of X that is the Immediate teacher

and Instructor to Give a true sight of X. tis Evident

this is Intended in the words of the text by the foregoing

words. where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty

that is tis the spirit that Gives Liberty to behold with

Open face as it is explaind in the text.

This spirit of X is the Only Immediate Instructor of the

souls of men in spiritual knowledge and Understanding

X is the Great teacher. we are the disciples of X but he

teaches by his spirit X is the L uminary he is as the sun

and the morning star but the spirit of X is as the Rays

an as the very light it self the sun dont Enlighten us





Immediately but by his beams tis t he Rays of the sun

that are sent forth that do Immediately Enlighten tis

X face that shines into the heart but tis the spirit of X

are the Rays by which it shines into them. the Instruc-

tions that and teachings that are Given us are Xs he is

the Great Prophet and teacher sent from God but the

spirit of X Opens the Unde rstanding to Recieve his In-

structions . 1 Corinthians 10 2 Chap. 10. 11. 12. marginal

13 . But God hath Revealed them unto us by his spirit

for the spirit searcheth all th ings ------------------

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The spirit of God dont only teach men the knowledge of X

by Inspiring Indi Inspiring the prophets and Apostles and

Inditing the scriptures but by Immediate Application

to the soul of the believer see 1 Joh 2 27 But the A-

nointing which Ye h ave Recieved of him Abideth in you

and ye need not t hat any man teach You But as the same

Anointing teacheth you all things and is tru th and is no

lie by the Anointing is doubtless meant the Pouring out of the

holy Ghost upon the soul. Anointing is a Common ei Representa

tion of appli the Application of the holy Ghost in scripture

Now this Cant be meant of teaching by Inditing the scripture

but it is by an Immediate application of the holy Ghost that

is Represented by anointing the soul ex .

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This spiritual teaching is a work of mighty power upon t he

heart. tis Compared to the Creation of light in the beginning

of the world 2 Cor 4. 6 for God Who Commanded the light

to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts Giving

the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the

face of Jesus X

Tis a Work of Creation like Givi Creating of Eyes to marginal

see. deut. 29. 4 tis like opening the Eyes of the Blind

a more mighty work than Enlightening the bodily Eyes

X opend many blind Eyes which was to show that he Came

into the world to Open the Eyes of the blind spiritually

blind. Ephes 1 17 18 That the God of Our Lord Jesus





may ve un o o u e sp r o w s om an eve a on

in the knowledge of him the Eyes of Your Understanding

being Enlightened that Ye may know what is the hope of

his Calling and what the Riches of the Glory of his Inhe-

ritance in the saints.

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II Tha Tis the spirit of Jesus X that makes like to Jesus

X we have hear'd under the former doctrine t hat

true believers have an Image of the Glory and excellen-

cy of Jesus X upon their souls and that the sight t hey have

of the Glory of X Changes them into this likeness th ey

have a transforming sight of the Glory of X. But now in

this doctrine we are taught that this is done by the spirit

of that person whose Glory is seen tis X only that makes

men like to himsel f by his sp own spirit Gho and he doth

in his way by Giving a sight of himself by Revealing

himself to the soul.

Tis the spirit of X that makes this Great Change in the marginal

soul that Gives a new nature that Creates an the man

the second time . Joh 3. 5. 6 verily verily I say Unto

thee except a man be born of water and the spirit he Can-

not Enter into th e kingdom of God that Which is born of

the flesh is flesh and that Which is born of the spirit

is spirit. and Titus 3. 5 Not by Works of Righteousness

which we had have done But According to his mercy

he saved us by the Washing of Regeneration and Renew-

ing of the holy Ghost Which he shed on us abundantly

through Jesus X our saviour.

The assimilating of the work of assimilating unto X or

making like to him is begun by the spirit of X in Regene-

ration in the New Creation. as we Read the spi rit of God

moved upon the face of the unformed world in the first

Creation and brought it into a beautifull Order so the

spirit of God X moves upon the hearts of men that are na-

turally as dark and Ev unformed to be work in it divine

beauty and Excellency.

so this work is Carried on in sanctification still by the spirit

of esus the Whole of work of sanctification both in the





beginning and progress of it is Carried on by the spirit of

X. so the spirit of X is said to dwell in t hem Rom 8 9

But ye Are not in the flesh but in the spirit if so be that

the spirit of God dwell in You Now if any man have not

the spirit of X he i s none of his. so they are said to live marginal

by the spirit Gal 5 25

Tis the spirit of X that Enables to be like makes like X in the

life and Conversation When t hey walk in the Right way tis he

that Leads them they are said to walk in the spirit in the

same Galatians 5. 25 16. 25.

And Indeed holiness in the saints seems to be nothing else

but the spirit of Jesus X living and acting in the sa them

that is their principle of holiness X Jesus has Recieved

the spirit wit hout measure and he Gives of that spirit

which he Recieves to those that Are his and that is his

his Grace. the Indwelling of that is a living principle

of holy fear, and love and Joy. and disposes to humility

to meekness and acts of love to an excellent and Amiable

behaviour.

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III Prop these things Are done Only by the spirit of X a-

lone ti they Are never done by Angels. w tho they Are

ministring spirits sent forth to minister to them Who

shall be the Heirs of salvation and they are excell in

strength and we Read of angels being Instrumental

in Revealing the Law and from time to time Revealing

the will of God but we Never Read of angels Giving

spiritual Understanding opening the Eyes of the mind

and Giving a new heart and Creating the soul anew marginal

in X Jesus.

Neither Can Ministers make men like X they are also

Called Angels the Angels of the Churches and they

tis their Business as Coworkers with X t o Endeavour

to Perswade men to be Reconciled to God but all

that they Can do is to speak to men ext ernally they Cant

Change and Renew the heart the y Can tell of the Glor

ies of X but Cant Give eyes t o see it th ey Can exhort





and urge men to love X be like X and to follow X but they

Cant make men like X. The sacrament

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Neither Can men do it for themselves Let them do what they

try never so much ne they Cant neither by strength nor

wisdom bring themselves to see Xs Glory. or Change their

hearts into his Image tis not any Long Course of Religi-

ous duties as or Religious Conversing with Religious Peop[le] marginal

that will do. men themselves th at are the subjects of

this Change are alwaies in scripture Represented as dead

which Comparison denies all Power in the person sinner

to any ways to help himself he t hat is dead Cant Cause

himself to live for the same Reason as that that is not

Can Cause it self to be. twould be as Reasonable to

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There may be these two Reasons Given why no

Creature works this work upon the he arts of men. marginal

1 Tis too Great an honour for Any Creature. tis a be-

Peculiar honour and Glory that belongs to God to be

the Author of Grace in the soul. The Image of God in

the soul is th e most beautifull of all the works of

Creation. there is no work so excellent as that the sun

moon and stars are Glorious works but not so Glorious

as Gods spiritual Image. mens bodies are a Curious Pieces

of workmanship far excelling all works of art as human

Invention but Gods Grace in the soul is far a far more excel

lent work yea tis a more excellen beautifull and Glorious

work than the souls of man themselve it self with all its

natural Powers and faculties which Yet is a far more Glorious

work than the their bodies. but this is not so excellent

as the Grace of God in the soul. for this Grace of God is

the Image of his own divine beauty and what Can be more

excellent than that doubtless this is t he Pearl and dia-

dem of the Whole Creation. Paradise it self is as to

the outward Glories of it is not so Glorious a work as the

Grace of God in mens heart. Therefore doubtless it is

too Great an honour to Any Creature to be the au whe





t er Ange or m an to e t e Au t or of t s wor . t

would it not be so Great an honour for a Creature to be

the Author of sun moon and stars and all the Rest of marginal

the Creation as to be the author of true Grace and holi-

ness. tis unreasonable to suppose that God would

Retain to himself only the Lesser honour of Creating

the Inferiour an works and Give the Greater honour

of Creating the most excellent work of all to t ha

Creature any Creatures much Less t o such a little

abject miserable Creature as fallen man . No this is

an honour that God Reserves only for his son beloved

son to work by his own spirit.

Yea the Grace of God in mens heart Can hardly be Called

a Creature tis Gods Own beauty and excellency that is

Uncreated and Eternal Which in is not properly made

but Communicated. it is as we said before the spirit

it is God himself. therefore they that are full of Grace

are full of God X they ar full of God Ephes 3 17 18

19 That X may dwell in Your hearts by faith that ye

being Rooted and Grounded in love may be able to Compre-

hend with all saints what is the Len gth Breadth and Length

Length and depth and height and to know the love of X which

Passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the

fullness of God. They have a fullness but What Have they

a fullness of. why a fullness of God i . so Grace is Called the

divine nature 2 Pet 3 .4 whereby are Given to us ---------- marginal

therefore me to suppose th en any Creature Can be the author marginal

of true Grace is to suppose t hat they may be the authors

of God. himself, or of the divine nature

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2. Tis beyond their Power Indeed what has been said already

Evidences it its being if it be so excellent a work the most

excellent of all works of Creation and in st rictness more

than a work of Creation being a Communication of God him

self doubtless tis beyond th e Power of any Creature to be

the Author of it. tis not

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Tis not all the Power of the wis all the wisest and strongest





men in th e world nor no nor of the angels to make one

little worm how then shall they be Able to be the au-

thors of this most Glorious work of all the Grace & Image

of God.

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and as Creatures Cant Create the Least thing so t hey Cant

Give life to any th matter that is Creature Created

all the men in the world Cant Give life to a little

worm that is dead and if they Cant be the Causes of the

Low and inferiour sort of life how shall they be the Causes

of d divine and spiritual life t hat is more noble and

exalted than all other sorts of life if they bent a-

ble to Raise a little worm to li fe how shall they

Raise a dead soul to life. if they Can Give to no matter

however prepared the Nature of of a little Insect. how

Can they make men P artakers of the divine n ature. marginal

no tis monstrously Unreasonable to suppose that any

man Can do this.

There are many men in the world that Hold that men

Can make themsel ves Godly but their Opin ions are not only

Contrary to scripture not contrary to the Whole scripture

to the whole bible from beginning to end but tis

also very Contrary to Reason.

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before we proceed t o the Application it may marginal

be Proper to Answer to An Enquiry. It

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Enq. it may be Enquired Why'e the spirit of God is

here Called the spirit of X.

Ans. 1 because the holy Ghost Proceeds both from the

Father and the son t he son is begotten only of the Fa

ther but the holy Ghost Proceeds from both. so he some-

times is Called the spirit of the Father math 10 20

so he is often Called the spirit of X as Rom 8 9. & Gal

4 . 6 . & Philip 1. 19 . That Pure water of River of

water of Life we Read of 22 of Revelation 1 verse

is the holy Ghost But t hat proceeds out of the throne





of God and of the Lamb both from the Father & the

son. this River of living water is doubtless the spirit of

God. see it Interpreted by X himself. Joh 7 38 39

he that believeth in me Out of his belly shall flow marginal

Rivers of living waters But he spoke of the spirit

Which they that beli eve on him should Recieve

for the holy Ghost was not yet Given for because that

Jesus was not Yet Glorified .

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2 Another Reason Why he is Called the spirit of X is

because that in this work of Enlightening and Changing

mens hearts as subservient to X and his messenger. X

the holy Ghost in all his Gracious operations upon men s

hearts in En Converting & sanctifying Quickening

& strengthening and Comforting is the m essenger of

Jesus X Joh 15 26 But When the Comfort er is Come

Whom I will send from the Father even the spiri t of

truth Which Proceedeth from the Father he shall testi -

fy of me. and 16. 7 It is expedient for You that I Go

Away for if I Go not away the Comforter wil l not Come

but If I depart I will send him unto you.

so All that the holy Ghost does amon upon the he arts

of men he does as subservient as Carrying on his work

and Applying his Redemption. Redeeming of men

is the work that X has Undertaken and he so Carries

it on by the h oly spirit Joh 16 14 he shall Glo-

rifie me. for he shall Recieve of mine and shall show marginal

it unto You. For these Reasons he is Called the spirit

because he is indeed as his spirit he proceeds from him

and because in all his work towards men he acts as

his spirit. marginal

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Application.

1 Let us Improve this doctrine to excite u s to love [ ] marginal

Lord Jesus X. The doctrine sets forth Jesus X in an

Enjoying Charming light and Gives us a lovely view

of him Ra as it Represents him as the fountain of




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all Grace of all spiritual light and excellency in

that all it is all wrought by his spirit. if Grace be

an excellent thing the most excellent of all things that

are to be seen in the whole Creation then doubtless he

that is the fountain of it is an excellent Person. There

fore if we have any love to holiness. if we have any

love to spiritual beauty we shall love him from

whom who is the spring head of it all if we love

light be Pleasant to us then it will be a pleasant yng

to us to behold the morning st ar and the sun will be

Glorious in Our Eyes.

That Jesus X is the fountain of Grace of it argues

that he has all Grace on himself when we Recieve Grace marginal

we do bu from him we do but Recieve of his fullness

for 1 as in the 1 Joh . 14 & 16 verses And the word

was made flesh and dwelt amongst us and we

beheld his Glory. the Glory as of the Only begotten of the

Father full of Grace and truth and of his fullness

have all we Recieved and Grace for Grace.

If he is he fountain of all that heavenly excellency that

is bestowed upon men it Argues that there is an ocean of it

in him the refore if we have any love to holy men that

are of a truly Xtian spirit are amiable if sha shallow

stream the narrow and shallow streams are worthy of our

love much more is th e fountain which is a sea without

shores or Bottom.

But then he Yet the more deserves our love in that he

not only in has all Grace in all holiness in himself

but is Communicative of it he Communicates us by his

spiritu is Continually sending forth streams down

upon his People here on Earth all true light and all

true excellency which the y have Comes from him. all

Xtians live upon him they live upon him every day he

is as the Common Father of all and as the head of all

they all depend upon him for vital Influence they

as the members of the body do upon the he ad. they all marginal

hang upon him th ey are Ingrafted into him as branches

into the stock that would die Immediatel if the





should be Cut off. and X Readily Communicates his

Grace to his people surely Grace will flow freely from

him from whose heart the Blood flow'd so freely

for his People.

X should Appear honourable in Ou r Eyes upon whom God

has Put such Great honour as to appoint him t o be the

Author and fountain of Grace that is so excellent a Com

munication God did not think any of the Angels wor-

thy of this honour but he t hought X worthy. when

it was proclaimed in heaven Who is worthy to do this

they were all silent there was None found in heaven

above or in the Earth beneath or in the waters under

the Earth that was worthy to do this or was able

till the Lamb that had as it had been slain appear

and he was able and he was worthy.

It is true X was the Creatour of heaven and Earth he

Made the sun and bid him shine, and deck'd the

heavens with stars. he laid the foundation of the Earth

and Created all the fullness of it. but it is that

which Renders him more h onourable that he t he Author marginal

of all Grace and holiness. this makes him Appear ex-

ceeding honourable in the Eyes of Angels much more

should it in our Eyes who are so nearly Concernd.

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2 Use if it be so that tis the men have a true sight of

X and Are made like X only by the spirit of X. then

Let us Give Wellcome Entertainment to t he spirit of X

Let us Ente rtain him as a welcome Guest the spirit

of X is striving with t hose that many that are not Conver-

ted he is awakening of them and Putting them in mind

of their danger and Encouraging of them and stirring 'em

up to duty. They should take Great Care to Yield to his st ir

rings and Cherish his motions and to follow his Counsels &

directions and not drive hi Quench the spirit and drive

him away by sin.

But he Comes to those t hat are belong to X to dwell with

them to make his abode in their hearts to teach em &





Lead em to Quicken em to stren gthen and Comfort em

O Let him be Joyfully entert aind he is the m ost Glorious

You Ought to Entertain him for X sake whose m esseng er

he is and t spirit he is and in Whose Name he Comes &

you should Enter tain him u pon his own account he is

the most Glorious Guest that Ever knockd at Your

door it is more honourable to hav you than a king marginal

were your Guest more than if it were an angel he is

the most Glorious God he is a person of the same essense

with God the Father and with Jesus X. and he Comes

not only Just t o visit you and to be Gone again but he

Comes to dwell with you. b

You should also Readily & Glo Joyfully Entertain him for

the kind Errand that he Comes upon he Comes to bless you

he Comes to Enlighten your Eyes he Comes to Give you a

sight of the Glory of Jesus X and to he Comes to Change

you into a likeness to the same Glory he Comes to save

draw the Image of God upon Your mind to Confer the

Greatest bes blessing upon you that e ver was Conferd upon

any Creature that is holiness. O therefore Gladly En-

tain the spirit of Jesus X. It is a token of the Greatest

kindness and love of God the Father of X to you t hat he

is sent to You the Gift of the holy Ghost is the most

Precious and amiable of all Gifts to have the holy Ghost

Poured out upon You Poured out upon is better than if You

had thousands of Gold and silver Given You. the holy

the holy Gh spirit of X is not only a precious Gift but it

is also a pleasant Gift Ghost descends like a dove in

a dove is the Emblem of love he therefore descends like

a dove in token of the Great love and kindness of God in

Giving of & him marginal

The spirit of X is not only a precious Gift but an ex-

ceeding Pleasant one there is nothing that Causes such pure

and exalted Pleasure and delight as to have the holy

Ghost Poured out upon the soul it was typified by the holy

anointing oil that God Commanded moses to make that was

Compounded of all the sweetest spices and set sent forth a





very Great fragrancy of as we Rea n t e 30t of Exo

23 24 25 verses . O therefore Joyfully entertain

this spirit of X who is the spirit of love who Comes as a

dove and is sweet as the precious Ointment upon t he

head that went down up on the Beard even Aarons beard

and went down to the shirts of his Garments.

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and willingly and Cheerfully follow his O Guidance Go

Where he Leads You Cherish all hi s holy motions to

Your Utm ost. and by no means Grieve the Blessed

spirit of X by Giving way to an unchristian spirit as

by by any unchristian behaviour. dont Grieve this Glorious

Guest by Giving way to Earthlimindedness. to or to a

slothfull spirit. or to wrath or Revenge. or an unchari

table spirit for these t hings are of a Contrary nature to the

holy Ghost. But Labour for that you may abound more

and more in faith. and in love in Joy Peace Longsuffering

Gentleness. Goodness. meekness and temperance. these Are

the Proper fruits of the spirit Gal 5 22. 23. marginal

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3 If it be the spirit of X only that Gives a sight of X

and makes like him. Then seek far Greater measures

of the spirit of X. That You may see more of X and that you

may be more like him if you ever truly h ad the spirit of

X yu a sight of X you do long to see more of him and

you also Long to be more l ike him t herefore seek and Pray

for more of the spirit that God would Pour out more

Abundant measures of it upon y ou Gr X has Given

Great Encouragement to you to seek the holy spirit

Luke 11. beginning at the 10 verse and onward for

Every 11 12. 13 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that

is a Father will he Give him a stone or if he ask a fish

will he for a fish Give him a serpent. or if he shall an

egg will he Give him a scorpion. If ye the n being evil know

how to Give Good Gifts unto your Children how mu ch more

shall your heavenly father Give the holy spirit t o them

that ask him.

G G G





holy Ghost is yet it dont Come hard it Comes free from

Jesus X down up on his disciples he will will ingly P our

it out in Greater measures upon those t hat sincerely and

earnestly seek it God takes delight in Giving Good Gifts

to his Children but he takes more delight in Giving of

this than any other Gifts

4th

4th & Last Use we shall make of this doctrine is to Cut marginal

off the sinners hopes of making himself holy of being the

author of his own holiness in Whole or in part. mea

seeing that tis only t he spirit of X that Gives a sight of

X and makes like Conforms the soul to X

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Men profess to believe most men amongst us profess

to believe that they Cant Change their own hearts. that

they have no Power in themselves to believe or t o love God

or make themselves and they'll own say that they Can

do nothing it must be God that does God must do all

and they Are Ready to Pe rswade themselves that they do [X-out strokes

in diff. ink]

Really believe as they say. and yet its evident that

they have an Inward thought that they Can do a Great

deal towards it themselves. they have a secret thought

that they Can bring themselves to Repent of their sins and to

mourn heartily for them and that they can Perswade themselves

by degrees to l ove God and to love holiness.

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And if they thinks they Cant do it Whol ly [thm selves] ye t they marginal

Entertains an expectation that the y shall do a Great do a Great

deal towards it if sinners are to taught never so much that

they Can do nothing and they d o in a sort Give Assent to

it, Yet he Labours, and Reads and Prays and talks with

Godly People tis na he Naturally does it with this ex-

pectation that he shall make his heart the Better by marginal

it. and when he has done these things he is apt to Look

upon himself now better than he was before. not so Odi-

ous in the sight of God and nearer to true holiness.





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he is n ot sensible that after he h as Prayed man a Great

many times and spent a Great deal of time in other du-

ties that he is as far from a principle of holiness as ever

that his nature is as Contrary to God as ever his heart is

opposite to the Gospel as ever . he strives to make him-

self Less opposite and more Inclined to Good things

than he was. and he thin ks he does do it t hat he is

not so Opposite to X but is nearer to a love to him

than he Used to be.

And if they dont hop e Quite to Gain it by his L abour he

hopes to p saving holiness and t rue love to God by

labour. Yet at least they the ir expect to make themselves

better and so prepare themse lves for X if they Cant make

themselves truly Gracious they hope they shall be so much

better than they have been that God will be the more

Ready to bestow his Grace Upon them. th ey hope t o be-

come so much Less wicked and more ho n earer holiness

that the h eart of God shall lean towards and His anger

wont be so Great and so he will be more Ready to hear

15.

their Prayers. natural marginal

not unregenerate men When they are seeking salva-

tion naturally entertain such thoughts. if they are

told to the Contrary and think that they believe the

Contrary. yet When they are Labouring and Praying and

the like the y Naturally do it with such an expectation

Yea they Enter as they mig ht Observe i f they watched

themselves. There are these two things t hat make it

Ev Evident that natural men have do Entertain such

a thought that they Can tis much in thei their own holi-

being holy is much in their own Power.

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1 Their Putting off the work and delaying to seek

Gods Graces if they were sensible that it was not at

all in their own Power but that it wer t hey would not

be so be so bold in put ting of it off. if they were sensible





that it is wholly at Gods dispose whether ever th ey

shall be Converted Let them do what they will. they

would be afraid still to Go on in sin Least they should

provoke God to Resolve that he never would bestow it upon

them . but they are Ready to think that there is time enou

enough herafter and if they set them selves Earnestly to seek

it tho it be a Great While hence. they Are Ready to Com

there is no Great danger but that they Can Get they think

they Can Repent where the y Please and that is a temptation

to em t o Put off Repentance marginal

2. Another Evidence of it is that sinne rs expect to be able to

make themselves holy is their being so apt t o be discouraged

after they have sought a little while and find they dont obtain

The Reason why t hey Are discou so t hey Are discouraged

and have a Good mind to Leave off trying any more. and

the Reason is they expected soon to have Obtain'd it by their

own Power they t hought they Could Easily have brought

themselves to believe and Repent by their Endeavour and

Industry. and the but they have they set out with such

an expectation . But they h ave been tryi ng and dont

find Labouring and dont Cant make it do they t hink they

hant mended themselves they dont see that they have

brought themselves any think thing nearer to ho holi-

ness and as they thought th ey should have been able to

but they see their hearts are as hard as ever and so they

their Courage fails and they are Ready to Give out

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wheras If they had been Convinced before hand that they

Could do nothing that with all that they Could do t hey

Could not mend the ir own hearts. it would ad be any

disappointment to 'em when they find it is so by experien[ce] marginal

it is no more th an they knew before and they would not

be discouraged by that but would still wait upon God

who has it at in his own breast so when When and to

whom he will show mercy

But thus this doctrine offers Enough to Consideration to marginal

Every at once to quash all their vain trust In their own

stren th. how vain a thin is it for ou t to think to do





that Great and excellent work which it is a the peculiar

honour and Glory of X to be the author of namely to Re

new the heart. it is t oo Great and excellent a work for the

principalities and Powers of heaven to p erform they were no

thought as the worthy or ables to do and will you a poor

weak worm fallen worm Grovelling in the dirt be so

Vain as to thi attem pt. In so doing you aft dont attem pt

that work of mighty men more mighty P owerfull than

you, Nor the work of angels but th e Peculiar work of

the Great God and the most excellent of his works.

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You might as well think to Create Anot her sun and t o

be the Cause of true Grace . how Can You Communicate

the Glory of X and of his fullness to yourself alas it

is not Yours t o dispose of. Give over therefore all such

vain expectations and when you st rive and Labour dont

Let it be with any such view that you shall make your own marginal

heart the better or any way to Renew your own soul but

striv dont seek it from your self but strive as seeking of

it from God an as expecting all from him waiting upon

X to open Your Eyes and Change you into t he Image of

his Glory by his own spirit.

we must look to G. to Reveal X to us in his ordinances

it is a will be a sorrowfull thing if we Come to ordinances

& see nothing of X in the m if we Come to the sacrament

when we Come to the sacrament of the L supper

Let us wait upon G. by his spirit to Give us t o see the beauty of

& the divine excellency of his dying Love

marginal

2 Cor 3 18 But we all with Open face be- marginal

holding as in a Glass the Glory of the Lord are Chan-

ged into the same Image from Glory to Glory even, as

by the spirit of the Lord.

The Apostle in t he foregoing verses is speaking of

the excellency and Glory of the Gospel and Illus-

trates by Comparing of it withs the Glory of the

Law he Calls one the mini Let ter and the other





the spirit the one the ministration of death the

other the ministration of the spirit the one the mi-

nistration of Condemnation the Other the ministra-

tion of Righteousness. the Glory of the ministration

Law Which was but the ministration of death and

Condemnation that moses face shone when he Re-

cieved it And deliver'd it thati so brightly that Children

of Israel Could not behold it it dazzled their Eyes

the brightness of moses face Represented th e Glory

of the m osaic dispensation. and the Apostle argues

that seeing th at which was a ministration of death

and Condemnation and a vanishing dispensation was

to Glorious how Glorious Indeed then must he that he yt

which is the mist minist ration of Justification & marginal

life and an Everlasting dispensation as you may see be-

ginning with the 7 verse.

[&] The Apostle Observes one Remarkeable diffe in the

12 and following verses Observes One Remarkeable dif-

ference between the Legal and the Gospel dispensa-

tion that as one was obscure Revealing things by in

types and shadows under a vail as moses put as vail

over his face to hide the Glory of it the other is express

and plain & Clear without any such dark shadows. we

use Great Plainess of speech says the Apostle and not

as moses who put a Vail Over his face. But now

seeing we have the spirit of the Lord now we have

liberty by the spirit of the Lord r to behold t th e Glory

of God with open face there is without avail and are

tho it be but in a Glass or in a Glass are Changed into

the same Image from Glory to Glory as by the spirit

of the Lord. these following things may be Observed

in the words.

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1. Whose Glory it is that is seen Under the Gospel that

is the Glory of X not thee Glory of the Gospel moses

the word the Lord is Generally in the new testament used

Particularly for X it was the name the disciples used to





Call him by. the Israelites they beheld the shining marginal

of moses face who was but we behold the bright-

ness and Glory of the face of Jesus of whom moses

was but a type.

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2 this Glory is beheld under t he Gospel with Open face

not through a vail as the Children of Israel beheld

the Glory of moses face for the Apostle had been speaking

that that vail was now taken away.

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3 but Yet tis in a Glass we dont behold the Glory of

X tho we behold the Glory of X without a vail yet

we behold it as Reflected from a Glass are we dont

see the Glory of X Immediately in this world that is

Reserved for the heavenly state tho and tho th is sight

be Clear without a vail yet tis d arkly in Comparison of

What it wil l be then. 1 Cor 13 12 now We behold

as in a Glass darkly then But then face to face.

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4 we Observe the Influen effect and Influence of

this sight of the Glory of X it Changes into the

same Image from him t hat beholds it into the

same Image from Glory to Glory he still alludes

to Moses. Moses was fourty days and fourty nights

in the mount and neither Eat nor drank Conversing

familiarly with God there and he saw his Glory marginal

for then it was that God answerd moses Request when

he said I beseech thee show me thy Glory. and Go

he saw Gods back parts when he Passed by and Proc-

claimed the Name of the Lord. Moses Conversing

with God so long in the Mount it made his face

shine it t ransformed him into t he same Image

so those that beheld the Glory of X are Changed into

the same Image their faces do as it were shine

too. they have a shining and a Glory derived

brought upon their souls upon the sight of X as moses

had upon his face from his sight of Gods Glory. he was

the Are Chan ed into the same Ima e from Glor to





Glory that is from Xs Gl Glory to t heir own Glory

that is tis from his Glory as the Cause to their Glory as

the effect as when the suns light is Reflected from

a Jewel tis fr there is one Glory derived from another

Glory.

Lastly Observe the Immediate Efficient of

this sight and the Change it makes that is the

spirit of the Lord. this is all done by the spirit of that

same

same Lord Whose Glory is seen even the spirit of marginal

X he Gives the sight of this Glory and tis by his In-

fluences that this sight thus Changes the heart.

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from the words I Observe These two

doctrines

Doc I That Believers have such a sight of the

Glory of X as Reveald in the Gospel. as Changes

em into a likeness to the same Glory

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Doc II That tis the spirit of work of the spirit

of X only to Give a true sight of X and to make

Like X

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But we shall speak to the first of these only only

at this time viz. That believers -------------------------

I Prop is That believers have a sight of the Glory

of the Glory of X. Natural men that live under

the Gospel the y hear as much about the excellency of

X as others, they Are told Wherin his e xcellency Can appears

and ti hear the same Reasons that Prove that he must

be excellent evidence his excellency, they have the

same Glass to look into as others. they Read in the

same scripture they are shown have the same ministers

to show em X Glory excellency but Yet they see no Gl

Glory in X. they hant the Least Glimpse of his Glory. marginal

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But believers they h ave a sight of thi s Glory. they both





see and feel a Ravishing beauty and excellency in him.

they have a new sight of him before they speak of the ex-

cellency of X and Could Reason of the Wonderfull love

of X in Dying for sinners but tis with him now as with a

blind man that has his eyes Open'd ha tis all new and strange

to him.

I dont say that all believers have an exceeding Clear

sight of X there is Great difference in the degrees of

Clearness they ha may have a true sight of X and yet

they may see him but darkly 1 Cor 13 12 but if they have

but a Glimpse of his true excellency it makes him appear

lovely above all, the Chief of ten th ousands he Immedi-

ately the believers pearl of Great price. tis a sight that draws

the heart after him. t hat makes the heart to L ong for him so as

to see more of him. & to have Communion with him. and to

u have the Enjoyment tis a sight that makes the he art

Rest in him as a portion and happiness. so that if he might

have his Choice of all things he would Choose him for his

highest Good and he is enough.

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This sight of the Glory of X dont so much Consist in the Ima

gination that it should seem to t hem as if they saw a visible

shape or as if they saw a light witha t heir bodily eyes marginal

tho When the heart is very much affected it often

works upon the Imagination but it Consists in the In-

ward sense of the heart. he has an deep sense and impressi-

on Given him of the divine excellency of X he feels it

with Power upon his heart

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This Glory of X and excellency of that is seen by

believers Consists Principally in the se things

[1 majesty] marginal

1. [2] The excellency of his holiness. holiness is the highest

of all excellencies tis the very beauty of God which wherin

God himself Infinitely delights and which is beheld and

praised day and night by th e Angels herin the beauty of

Jesus X Consist s this i s the h ighest Part of divine beauty





we Read of the beauty of holiness Ps 110 3 . and

96. 9 X is Lovely and upon this account principally

that he is so holy he is Infinitely holy in his divine

Nature. w he Appeard holy harmless undefiled and se-

parate from sinners in thehi s human Nature

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The holiness of Jesus X makes him appear exceeding

lovely in the sight of the believer he has another notion of

X holiness than other men. the holiness of X makes other

men hate him they have a naturalle Aversion to God and

Jesus X because the of their holi ness but to X is amiable marginal

upon this account in t he Eyes of the believer the holiness

of X is that to that to him in his eyes that brightness is

to the sun and as has beauty is to the lily and as fra-

grancy is to the Rose. X appears exceeding Glorious be-

cause of his holiness both for the holiness of his person and

the holiness of his design as mediatour and the holiness

of his way of salvation he is Ready to Join with the An-

gels in saying holy holy.

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3. 2 The excellency wonderfullness and excellency of his marginal

love the true believer has a discovery of this you Cant

Convince a natural man that Xs love is excellent and

wonderfull if you tell him what a Glorious person X was

and how he had no need of us. yet it wont appear won-

derfull that he be to 'em that he loved us, if you tell

em how little and unlovely we were and that we were

Enemies Yet i t dont appear wonderfull. if you tell

him that how much X did and how much he sufferd

yet he sees no w excellency in the L ove of X but

the believer he has a discovery of it and X appears beauti-

full to him and worthy of all Love and Praise upon the ac-

count of it. he sees how much X has deserved by this his

marvellous Loving kindness. he sees that he should ex marginal

ceeding ungratefull if his heart should not be won by

this Love the dyin g Love of X. Eph 3 18 19 that ye

may be able to Comprehend with all saints What is the





the love of X which passeth knowledge.

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Believers see that there is an ocean of Grace and love in

the heart of X that there is love and Pity enough to Answer

their Necessity necessities there is need of no more it

brings him to that fountain to that ocean of love his soul

Rests and in it and is satisfied and Contented.

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3. The Meekness and humility of Jesus X this shows

the excellency of Xs temper and disposition to see one that

is a divine person that so meek and patient and Lowly does

wonderfully set forth the beauty of Jesus and the ex-

cellency of his spirit. tis a Ravishing sight to see In-

finite Power and so Great meekness and humi lity Joind

together and Infini so Great majesty and so Great meek

meekness Joind in the same person meeting in the

same person.

this has a tendency Greatly to Embolden the soul to Come

to him and trust in him. if he would Clothed only with marginal

majesty it would tend to fright and terrify the soul and

make him afraid to Come and Cast himself upon but when

he i has not only majesty but the Greatest mee kness and

Lowliness of heart this tend s to make the soul not afraid

to Come it tends to draws and allures the he art. this

Another There th is is one benefit of X being incarnate

that now divine and Greatness and Glory and meekness

and humility sweetly meet together and he thereby is

the more fit mediatour between God and man the Great

God and poor sinfull men miserable men.

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4 His The Faithfullness of Jesus X as a Mediatour

and friend. the believer sees the faithfullness of Jesus

X Jesus has Undertaken the Greatest and the most difficult

work that ever any person undertook and he is most faith-

full in the di scharge of it he has undertaken to be the Re-

deemer of those Who will Put thei sinner and tho to offers

himself to be the Friend of all those Come unto him and he





is a faithfull Redeemer and Friend. the excellency of a friend

is faithfullness X has this excellency in an Eminent man-

ner that is one of his names faithfullness and true Rev 19

[JE has crossed out a line which is up side down

at this point on the bottom of this leaf. The line

runs through th e bottom of leaves 18v. and 19r.]

11 And I saw heaven Open'd and beheld a White horse marginal

and he that sat upon him was Called faithfull and true

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The saints believe and know thi s faithfullness of Jesus

X they are so sensible of it that they Are not afraid C to

Commit their souls to him to trust him for their salvation

to venture their Eternal interest upon his faithfullness

they know that he is faithfull that has undertaken for them

they Can therefore Confide in him as a saviour and Choose

him as a friend Choose him and Confide fully in h im as a

saviour and as a frie best and dearest Friend. Thus

believers have a discovery of the Glory of Jesus. Before

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I Proceed to the next Particular I would Give one Caution

that I would not be underst ood that all believer all be-

lievers have a distinct view of the Glory of X in each of these

Particulars at once. he may have a true sight of the Glory

of C X and yet n ot have a distinct apprehension of the holines

of X or of the love of X or faithfullness of X or admiration

of his meekness and humility. but Yet tis Indeed because

his heart is possessed with a sense of those thi ngs that makes

X appear Glorious to him perhaps the saints believers mind

dont fix upon any Particular but Yet X appears i he very love

[Two lines of text are crossed out and upside down

at this point on the leaf. See note at bottom of

L. 18v.]

he has a view of the Loveliness of X and sometimes marginal

the mind fixes principally upon one of those particulars

and a In others are not so distinctly taken notice of

but Indeed they Imply and Include one another. the

a true sight of the love of X implies a sight of the holi-





ness of X for it is a holy so it infers the faithfullness of

X for there Can be no true love where there is not faith-

fullness so it also includes the humility and meekness

of X for the wonderfullness of X love Consists very

much in that it moved him to such wonderfull Conde-

scension.

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II Prop This Glory of X is discoverd to believers in and

by the Gospel. this is the Which this Glory of X Jesus is

to be seen the Glory of X is Reflected from this as from

a Glass . X Indeed discovers himself other ways

our he there is abundance of the Glory of X is to be seen

in the Creation for it was he that made all things and it

is by him that all things do Consist and so in Gods works

of Providence hereby may be known th e wisdom of X

and the Power of X his majesty and the Common bounty

if and if mankind had not depraved and Ruined his

understanding these thin gs might have suffici been suf- marginal

ficiently known by the light of Nature from the things

that Are made.

but X our mediatour and saviour is no where Reveald

but in the Gospel so those same perfections which may

be known in by the works of Creation are much more

Clearly known by the Gospel but his excellency and

Glory as a mediatour is no Where else Revealed. his

that Ocean of love and Pity to sinners hi s dying love

and Infinite Gr saving Grace never Could have been

known . have been known . nor h is meekness and humi lity.

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nor Indeed Could it ever have been known only by

the works of Creation that there was any such person

as Jesus X as a distinct person it woud n Could never

have been found out that there was any distinction of

persons in the Godhead of Father son and holy Ghost so

that the Glory of God in the face of X is seen only by the

Gospel.

That is the Instrument which God makes use to Reveal

the beauty of X unto the soul. tis in that that we have





the several excellences of X declard tis in t hat that we

are Informed of the wonderfull works of X whereby he

has manifested his Glory there we are told of his holiness

and there we may see Instances and exercises of it in All marginal

his works Relating to the salvation of there we are told

that how greatly he loved sinners And there we may

see with our own eyes how how he loved by the account

that is Given us of the effects of his love. there we

have the account of his life of his s wherin we may

see his meekness and Patience Lowliness and Quaintness

of mind and there we may see his faithfullness how

he fail'd not in the most difficult Part of all his Under-

taking that was dying for sinners that was dying

for em.

The Gospel is as a to Reflecting Glass fr that Refracts

the Glory of X as the light of the sun is Reflected from

a Looking Glass and as a perspective Glass or a Glass

through Which we behold X Glory as philosophers

view the st ars through a Glasses th at they Cant d isting

distinctly see with their Naked eyes

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III Prop Proli This sight that believers have of

the Glory of X Changes them into a likeness to the

same Glory. tis a transient or superficial Apprehen

Impression of the love of X that a little effects their hearts

to such as hypocrites have sometimes that Changes marginal

does this but it i s a true sight of X a true sight will

do that tho it be but a Glimpse when once the soul

has had a sight of the true excellency of X his face

will ever after that shine as moses did after he saw

God. it will make a Change in his nature t hat will

Last forever he will have some of that beauty and

that Glory that he beheld, upon his own soul. he saw

the beauty of X and he ever after has the some for of the same

beauty he becomes like him.

The Glory of X is such that it is of a transforming nature

its of a powerfull nature it Changes all that behold it





into the same Image it Reaches to the Bottom of

the heart to the most Inner soul it is a sight that Puri-

fies and beautifies he that has one seen X he will he

must be like him X is so Glorious and his Glory is of such

vir virtue t hat he every one becomes Gloriou s that is

with him.

we Naturally fall into an Imitation of them that we of-

ten Converse with and m uch admire but Conversing

with X has such an efficacy that it Changes the very

nature. them that X shines upon t he he makes

them also to shine as the Planets Round about the marginal

sun sun or as the tree s and the fields they blossom and

look beautifull by the suns shining Upon them.

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1. it Changes the heart into the same Image

That is a true sight of X makes persons to be of the same

temper and dispostion of the same Genius and Inclina-

tion. They see the excellent holiness of X and that mak

Changes them into t he same Image they also become

holy, their hearts are purified from their filthiness this

sight expells fil sinfull and filthy Inclinations &

makes divine and spiritual and heavenly makes to ab-

hor and Loath sin as the m ost Loathsom thing in the

world makes em to delight in God and in holiness.

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They see the excelll excellency of the love of X and it Chan

ges them into the same Image and makes them of a brig

disposition it fills their hearts with mutual love to X

and it fills them with tender love and Charity towards

those that are X those that X died for. it so Gives

them and as X loved his Enemies so it Gives them a

disposition to love their Enemies to forgive Injuries

and makes of a peaceable disposition

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a sense of the meekness and humility of X makes

al them also of a humble and lowly disposition marginal

makes 'em to be of that spirit to t hink of others better





than themselves and in honour to be preferring one Ano-

ther of others m akes them to be of a spirit Contrary

proud

to wrath and Rage and self

a sense of the faithfullness Jesus X makes them to be

of the same faithfull spirit for som of a disposition to

hate all ways of Guile and dishonesty. all manner of

unfair and unfaithfull dealings thus it Changes their

hearts into the I an Image of the same Glory of X.

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2 it also Changes the life in to the same Image it this

nat Change naturally and necessarily follows from the for-

mer. it makes the life to be holy and heavenly he that

has seen X he Cant live as he used to lives he is Raised from

the dead and he will walk in newness of life he hates

sin and he will avoid it he loves holiness and he will

practice it . tis his nature now to live holily and every

man will live according to him his nature.

as his heart into the Image of X wonderfull love so s it

will appear in his life. he will ha not only love in word

and in tongue but in deed he'll show his Inward Charity

by the fruits of it . he'll be of a meek faithfull and marginal

up honest and upright i n his dealings in his Communica-

tion hell be of a meek patient hum Lowly behaviour

hell herin follow the steps of Jesus X. all those be

like X will also Act like him. Tis a a true sight

of the Glory of X will make this Change in heart and

life

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Application

1 Hence Learn the excellency the saints that they

Are Changed into the Image of Gods Glory the Glory of

Jesus . they have such are understandin g of X excellen-

cy and an acquaintance with that king king of Glory

and are become like u nto him h ave th some of the same

beauty and excellency bestowed upon them t hat X has for

which he belov is from all Eternity beloved of the Fa-

ther. this is t he excellency for which Jesus X is admired





and Praised by the Angels. X has no higher Glory than this

that the saints have the Image of and Reflection of

tis the e xcellency of the Angels in heaven that they have

the Image of the Glory of God and it is also the exc and

there is nothing that Can Render a Creature more Glorious

than this. for a hereby they Are said to be made Parta-

kers of the divine Nature and 2 Pet 1. 4 there are marginal

Given to us exceeding Great and Precious promises that by

these ye might be made partakers of the divine Nature.

and what nature Can be more excellent it is much more

that if it h ad been said that we might be Partakers of the

Angelick nature. the saint s are partakers not of angels

nature but of Gods nature. so it is said Ephes 4 24

that the new man is Created after God. G God is the Ori-

ginal and the new nature is the Copy. so believers are

said to be Partakers of Gods holiness they are holne

because God takes of his holiness and Puts a it upon em

to Heb 12 10 he Makes them beautifull by Put-

ting his own beauty upon them. Agreable to that Ezek

Ezek 16 14 Thy beauty was Perfect through my

Comeliness which I Put upon thee.

for a man to have true holi Grace and holiness makes

a him truly more Glorious that than if his face alwaies

shone as moses Did it is a Greater thing to have the

soul shine bright with holiness.

Indeed the saints on Earth the bes have but a little holiness

and so the best of them so littl e that they h ave Reason to

be ashamed and so much of th e Contrary that they have

Reason to be ashamed. for sin deforms the and some

have much Less than others. but the Best i marginal

Therefore tho the saints are so excellent and true holi-

ness be so Glorious a thing Yet saints are no futher ex-

cellent than they are saints no further than they are ho-

ly so far as they are sinfull t hey are filthy odious Creature

for sin makes deforms the soul as much as holiness beau-

tifies therefore if the best of men if God should look

upon as they Are in the mselves and not as they Are in X they





will would be hatefull and abominable in his sight

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2 from this doctrine Learn to h av Glorious the

saints will be made in heaven. if here in this world

to by seeing the Glory of X as in a Glass darkly and

seeing but a faint Glimpse in Comparison. they are so t rans-

formed into the same Image into a likeness of the same

Glory and are made partakers of the divine nature how

Glorious will they be when they Come t o see him face

to face they shall not need the Gospel to Reveal

him they shall then sees him Immediately and

Dwell in his Presen ce. 1 Corinth 13 12 for now we

see through a Glass darkly but then face to face Now

I know but in Part but then shall I know even as I am

known

we

we we may Conclude therefore that as there will be marginal

a far more Glorious sight so t hey shall be Changed into

the same Image to a much Greater degree. 1 John 3. 2

Beloved now we are the sons of God And it doth not yet

Appear What we shall be but we know that when he shall

Appear we shall be like h im for we shall see him as

he is. the Apostles You see Argues that we shall surely

be like X hereafter to a Greater degree t han now be-

cause we shall see him as he is that will transform &

make like him. a now they are now so much like him

as to be called his sons sons but th is is nothing to what

they shall be.

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The[1]. 3 Use may be of self examination . Let those

that Entertain hope that they have seen Xs Glory ex

amine themselves whether the y Ever had such a sight

as Changed them into a likeness unto X try the mselves

by this doctrine try themselves by this doctrine whether

they thei r sight of X was true or no if it was true it

has Changed you into a likeness to t he same Glory ---

whether or no that You have felt the Power of the dis-





covery so a our na ure s an e n o a eness

to him when you if you have seen aright you have

been a New Creature ever since. marginal

Persons sometimes are affected a may Considerably for

a little while by the thoughts of the love of X but

it dont Come with a mighty Changing Power it soon

Goes and Leaves the Na same Nature as it found there

is no effectual Change of the heart. but a true sight

has a sanctifying Influence it makes that Change that

never Can be unmade a

Examine therefore any sights of X that Ever you have

had has made You of the same temper and disposition as

he was of has of filthy made you pure of Carnal made

you spir itual of Earthly m ade you heavenly . but

has it made you t o abhor and loath sin as the most odious

thing in the world and has it made You delight in

holiness.

have You Got such a sight of the love of X as has Changed

your nature very much into love are you disposed to love

X and to love his people. is it Enough to make a man

dear to you to thin that he is one of X. are you

of a meek a peaceable and a forgiving disposition.

are you faithfull do like X do You hate all ways of

dishonesty and all ways of deceit.

and has it Changed your life do you live a holy.

and a spiritual life do you lit live a life of love marginal

a life according to the life of X.

I shall mention some thi ngs more particularly by

which you may try y our self whether y ou have had

[1 it will Convince you of the truth of the Gosp] marginal

a true sight of X.

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ing to see him oftener and to see more. if your heart

is made like X your heart will be Going after X. a man

may say that he longs to see X because he longs to be de-

liver'd from his danger and from his trouble. he longs for

safety because he is dreadfully afraid and he longs for safe





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that sees has seen Jesus X he does as it were naturally

Long after Jesus X for his own sake. it is like the natural

appetite. as it is natural for the body to Crave food so

the Renewed soul has an appetite after Jesus. he natu

has a natural desire after seeing and Conversing with X

his very heart is drawn that way. if it be Your Natu

nature to desire X then Nature upon occasion will dis-

cover it self sometime upon the ment ion of X you'll

feel it to the Bottom of your heart and it will Renew

your longings after a sight of X. as when a man mentions

a pleasant sort of food to a hungry man or drink to marginal

a thirsty it Renews his Appetit e. it I dont say it will

alwaies be so but sometimes upon occasions your New Nature

will thus d iscover itself.

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[4] 2. if you have had a true sight of X it will make your marginal

hearts Rest in him as a saviour and as a portion. the heart

of a natural man is not at Rest. it is uneasily Going

from one thing t o another pursuing after happiness. and

when in trouble about the danger of hell then it is flying

from one thing to another for defence and for saf safety.

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But when once the soul has seen X the soul finds Rest

heart Can Rest in X as a saviour and as a happiness. when

the excellency of X is discoverd it is enough, the soul is

Contented without another. he has found the fountain of

blessedness he desires no t h Other blessedness. this was

typified by noahs dove who wanderd about seeking Rest

and finding none till she Return'd to the ark window of

the ark and noah Put forth his hand and took him in.

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Therefore examine your self how do you find Can you

feel that you Can take up an your Contentment in X is a

must you forever in X . hear what the Psalmist says Ps

73 25 Whom in have I in heaven but thee and there in none

on Earth that I desire besides thee

3dly





5 3. if you have had a true sight of X you will long to marginal

live more worthy of him. it will be your happiness so

to do it will seem to you that yo it will be t he Real appe-

tite of your h eart to live according to the Gospel to be

Conformed to Jesus X in Your Conversation. it will in be

your meat and y our drink to do his will that is you wil l

naturally desire as p men desire meat and drink youll

hunger and thirst after Righteousness. your desires to

this will be unfeigned and your Endeavours will be

Answerable you wont only do Long t o have your

sins and Long to be accepted into a state X love. long

to be one of his Redeemed ones and Long to be in heaven

with him but Youll long t o live to his Glory.

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