34,6 e imrinonp oftie Zíbíne Zttribute1 Chap<I g face beholding ásinaglafs the Glory 'of the Lord, that by viewing in the Gofpel the Life of Chrift 'which was'glorious in Holinefs, We are changed into the fame ImagefromGlory toGlory,even as by the Spirit ofthe Lord : that is, gradually faíhioned in Grace according to-his likenefs. And what canmore powerfully move and perfwade us toHolinefs,than to confider the Prefdent that Chrift bath fet before us? For howhonourable is ittobe likethe Sonof Gode Byconformity to Chrift,we partake ofthe DivinePerfeEtions. The Kingof Heavenwill acknow- ledgus for his Children, whenwe bear the refemblance ofour elder Brother.Befides the motiveofHonour,Love Both ftrongly incline to follow Holinefs in imitationof our Redeemer. This is one difference between Know- ledg and Love, the Underftandingdraws the object to it felfand transforms it into its own likenefs ; thus ma- terial objeâs have an immaterial exiftence in the mind when it contemplates them : But Love goes forth to the object loved ; the Soul is more where it loves than where it lives ; that is, there is more of its intelletual pre- fence, its thoughts anddefires, and it always affects a refemblance to it. Thus Love humbledGod,and made him like to us in Nature 5 and LoveexaltsMan,by ma- kinghim like to God in Holinefs ; fôr it excites us to imitate and exprefs in our actions the Verruesofhimwho bath called its to his Kingdom and Glory.. 3. Inorder to the reftoring ofHolinefs to lapfedMan, the Lord Chrift purchas'd and conveys the Spirit to them. A ftawofSin includes a total privationofHoli- nefs, and an a&ive contrariety againft it. The Sinner is dead as to the Spiritual Life, and as unable to revive himfelf, as a carcafe is to break thegates of Death and return to the light of the world : but he lives to the Senfual Life, and expreffes a confiant oppofition to the Law
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