Of the f\nowled_g of (jod the Father, ~' afore tbe Wcrld rrw, as the Spring of all; and this Connexion of all thefe will ~-amount to thi,, That, firfl:, in God's predeflinating of him afore the World, it was that he ~ave him this Glory, fpoken of, verf 5· And, fecondly, that that Glory was lirfl: and abfolutcly given him by the Father, and then ours by him– felf concurring with the Father, who loved us as he loved Chrifl:, vcrf 22. which Two are the Sum and Subfl:ance of what I am to prove. This thus proved, as meant o(' Predeflination, · my Interpretation of verf. 5· [ Glorijj me wit!> the Glory I had with thee afore the .World w,u J proceeds: . r. With the Glory J; Thou hadfl: the Idea, the Portraiture of Me, when I was among all thofe other Models and Schemes of Worlds, and varieties of Crea– tures thou hapfl in thy view 1 and which thou could[( have ordained to make, when as yet thou did([ not. I in the Hue and Array of God-Man, Gm ply as fuch con!idered, came up afore thee, and out-!hined each and all ol thofe crea– table Glories of meer Creatures thy Power was able to make; and I took thy Heart above all thofe curious Pi/lures or Images, in the Power of thy Art, what-ever, and oudhined them all, as not worthy to be thought of, or look'd at with me or my Glory•; that is, above all and afore all, thy Will and good Pleofure, did here fet the Fiat of thy De!ire, and of thy fir[( Ddire; for being !atisfiecl, in the Morning, with the Image of thy felf in me, thou faidll, Thi! [ purpof" to be·my Fellow, and my foie Delight, which no other of meer Crea– ture~, or all, could ever h=tve been. 2. Glorify me now with the Glory J which in decreeing of me to be God-Man, Thou hadfl: in thy Heart, in thy De!igns and Purpoles, to befl:ow; and didft then, and by this Decree, al.fually endow me with, as the natural Inheritance, Propriety, and proper Due and Concernment to that Perfon, thou thould or– dain God-Man, and one Perfon with thy Son ; This I now beg of thee, to be now po!fe!fed o£ 3· With the very fame Glory, according to the exal.t Draught of it, that was in thy Divine Underflanding, and Will, and Purpofes about me ; and he there– fore C1ys, with the Glorynow, which I then had; that is, in the Model, the Idea, exal.tly anfwering one the other. There are two Parts of the Petition, (as was (aid ) Glorify me now, the firfl; With the Glory I had, that'• the fecond. And thc(e two mufl prove to be, in a true relpel.t, one nnd the fame Glory. And if any (as many do) will urge, That this latter [The Glory which 1 had] can be nnderfl:ood of no other, but of Chrifl's Divine Nature,. or of the Second Perlon Gmply confidered; then, that other part [ Glorijj me now J will recoil and check them, as to that Opinion: For, it mufl be truly, Come way, the fame Glory. And though it be true, that the Divine Nature, or the Second Pcrlon, he mip:ht alone fay, 1had a Glory with thee rtfore the World wa1; namely, the.Efltntial Glory of the God-head; yet he might not f•y, glorify me now with that Glory; for that E:!fential Glory, was neither to be prayed for, nor was it ever laid afide, or interrupted, as it was enjoyed by him with God; No. And again, on the other Hand; For the 'VIan to fay, Glorify me now with the Glory I had \vith Thee; and mean, the E!fential Glory of the God-head, that is as incongruous as the other. So as, take both parts of the Petition, in con– junl.tion together, and as to belong to but one Subjell, either· the Man alone, or the Second Perfon alone; and they will never luit either, in an uniform way, or famenels of Glory. You can no more apply them both to the Divine Nature, than you can to the Humane. And yet it is plainly in!inuated, to be . one and the fame Glory. This will never be unridled (at leaf!, not (o fairly ) any other way, than by this of Prede£tination, viz. That look ~Phat Glory i" God'J 11ltimate PurpofcJ tmd Tranfoliions with his Son, was fore·ordained and de~ Jigned "'"' 01 God-Man, (and as fuch, He was the Subjel.t of God's Decrees as well as We ; as many Scriptures declare): And fo it is exal.fly one and the fome GIOI)' ; which is the glofs that Au.Jiin long fince gave of the words ; Clarifica me Jicut tunc, ita 6" nunc: jiCIJt tunc pr~defiinatione, ita 6'- mmc perfedione: Fac in klundo, ~ff<!!.od apud Te jam fuerat ante nmndrmJ; Ft~c in ji10 tempore quod an– If otnnirJ teiJJpora flatuijli, &c. Glorify Me, as then, fo now; ~as then in Prede– Hination, fo now in the perfect performance of it : Do that in rhis its due Time, which
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