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on
the
Excellency
of
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take
this
along with
you
,
that
God
expe&s
that thole
that
do
fee his
glory in
Chrift, fhould glorifie
him
in another
manner
than thole
that
fee his glory
onely thininr, in
the
Works
of Creation
and
Providence;
that
as
there is
much difference
between the illining
of
the
Sun
in
its
fuit
llrength,
and
a
Glow
-worm
,
even
fo
there
fbould bee as
much difference
between beleevers
glorifying
God,
and
heathens
,
as
there
is
between
the Glow
-worm , and
the
glory
of the
Sun
;
you
fhould
not
fatisfie your
felf except
you finde
that there
is
Tome
fuch
proportionable
difference;
for
certainly
if
you have
feen God
in
Chrift,
you
have
been him
wonderfully
indeed
;
therefore in
2
Cor.3.a
3.
faith the
Apoftle
, But
weed
with
open,
face beholding
ots
in
a
glafs
the
glory
of
the
Lord
are
changed
into
thefame
image,
fromglory
to
glory,
even
as by
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord. This
Scripture hash very much
in
it,
bee
fpeaks
of
the
Gofpel,
and
compares
that
to
a
Glafs,
wherein the glory
of God
fhines
,
fo
as
wee may behold
it
with
open
face, and
fo
be-
hold
it,
a
that we are
changed
into the
very fame image
of
it,from
glory
to
glory,from one degree
unto another.
Wee
may behold the glory
of God in the
glafs
of
the creature,
and never bee changed
into the
fame image;
but
when
wee
behold
the-
glory
of God in
the
gl als
of
the Gofpel , wee
then
come
to
bee
changed
into
the fame
Image
,
and
Bill
to
bee
changed
more
and
more;
and with open face
wee
do
behold
it.
And
in
chap.4.
verf.6.
For
God
who
com-
manded
the
light
to
fhine
out
of
darknefs, hath
fhined
into
our
hearts,
to
give
the
light
of
the knowledge
of
the glory
of
God
in
the face of
Jefm
1
hri
fl,
Mark
it
, hee
is
the
knowledge
of
God
,
the
light of
the
knowledge
of
God
, and
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
the glory
of
God;
and all
this is,
in the
face
of
Jefus Chrift
;
in
the
face of
the creature there
may
bee
the knowledge of
God,
but
the
light
of
the
knowledge
this
that bath
feen
mee, hash
feen the
Father,faith Chrift
to
Philip;
It
was
a
maxim among the
Fathers in
the
time
of
the
Law,
that
no man
could
fee
God,
and
live, God
was
fo
glorio
Q
that
us,