Chap. I .Se4t,Io Book.V. 108.9 --------------------------------------------------- dfcntially and wholly that is our 11/J ~·n all, when we fay God is 11/lin All we do not exclude the Son, and holy Ghofr, fort he whole Godhead is all in 11/1 to all the Saints, as well as the firft perfon in the Trinity; the .Father is .til, and tlre Son is all, and ·the holy Ghoft is all; and in that Chrift is God, and the Son of Qod, we may fay of Chrift, that he is all in all; only the truth of this po!ition is not from the humane nature, but from the divine nature of Jcfus Chrift. z, It is not derogatory to Chrift, but rather it doth exceedingly advance Chrift in the tho~ghts of all his Saints; while it was Hcceffary Chrift veyled his Deity, and when his work of mediation is fully finifhed, Chrift then fhall revealc his Deity to his Saints more than ever before. In this refped: might I fa:y if any pcrfon in the Trinity receives· more honour than other, Chrif.l: fhould have moll; every crdtture which is in heaven hea.-1 Rev. 5.q. 1/.tying,bleffing,honour, glory, ~mdpon•er/JnmNhim thatjirteth oN the throne, m~d unto the Lambefor ever and ever; not only unto God, but particularly to the Lambefor ever and ev.er. It is true, that God only, and God fully,and God immediately is a/! in all, but doth that hinder thatJcfus Chrift is not alfo only, fully, and immediately .til i11~tll ! fcc how the Scripture joynes them cogether, which plainly argues that they may conGft, I faw no Temple in the City ,for the Lord God A/might], and the Lambe are ReY.~ x.~l,l J'· the Temple ~fit, 11nd the City had no needofthe Sun, neirherithe Moonetojbineinit, fortheglorJof Goddoeslighten it, ana the Lambe ,is the lig'ht thereof. Now then as I have fpoken of God, fo that I may fpeak of Chrift, and conclude all with Chrift, I alfert this dotl:rine, that the glor} of Chrifl which the SaintJ foal! beho!J j,, ('1rijf to all eternitJ i1 their all in all. · In the difcuffion ofwhich I. fhall open thefe particulars , r. What is the glory of Chrill. 2. How the Saints fhall behold his glory. 3. Wherein is the compre- 1 henfivenefs of this cxpreffion, that the beholding ofChrift is our 1411 in all. · . z. WhatisthegloryofChrill? I anfwer, thatthegloryof .hrift is either humane, or divine. r. There is an humane glory, which in time was more cfpecially conferred upon his manhoo~. 2. There is an e1lential or d1vine glory, which before time. Z Z2 2 2 z.. and
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