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On
the Excellency
of
Chrift.
to
all the
Elea.
Now
fuppofe
there
were
a
glafs
that
all
the
beams
of
the
Sun
that
ever could
Thine
upon
the world,
we.e contrasted in
it,
and no
bear.-
of the
Sun
could
íhine
upon
the
world but thorow that
glafs
,
HI
it
muff
come
upon
the
glafs, and
thine
thorow
it,
and
fo
Thine
upon
the
world, furely
this glafs
would bee
very glorious.
You may
conceive of Chrift thus, Conceive
of
God the Father
as
the
Sun,and
of
all
his
ele
t
ones
as
the
world,andJefus Chrift
as
the
glafs
between
the Father,and
all
the Elect;
now all
the
beams
of
the
love, and
mercy,and
goodnefs
that
ever (hall
come fromGod
upon all his
ele& ones,they all
come
thorow
this glafs
,
thorow
Jefus
Chrift
;
Oh
how
glorious
is
Jefus
Chrift,how wonderful
is
he then in that
glory
of
the
Father!
Fourihly,
The glory of the Father
is
wonderful in
him
in
this,
that
God the
Father attains unto
his
greateft
de-
fign,
the great
defign
that
God had,
in
making of the world,
and in
the preferving of the
world;
I
fay,
God attains un-
to it
by his Son,
by Jefus
Chrift, Andthat
defign
would
bee
loft,
if
Jefus
Chrift
did not
bring things about for the
glory
of
his
Father.
God
hath
made
a world
for
his
glory
,
and
hee preferves
a
World
for his
glory ,
but
the
main
defign
that
God had in making
the
world,
and
that
hee
bath
in
preferving the world
it
is
to fetch about
a
great
defign that
hee bath
only
by
Jefus Chrift, and
there-
fore
it
is
that the
Father
is
fo
well
pleafed in
his Son
, be-
caufe
that
by
him bee
comes
to
attain the great
design than
bee bath in
making
the
world.
.eß.
You will fay,
What
is
that
?
Anfxiw.
Truth it
is,
wee underftand
but
little
of
it
for
the
prefent
, but wee know in the general
it
is
this
That
bee
might
have his
elect
ones
eternally
with
himfelf
to
behold
his
face,
and magnifie him
together
with Angels for
his
mercy in Jefus Chrift
,
that
is
the
great
defign
that
God
bad
;
other men
have
great
defigns
in
their
heads,
but
the
greateft
defign
that God bath
of
all ,
it
is
to
fetch
about
his
honour in
his
Son, and to glorifie himfelf in
his
ele6ì
ones
to all
eternity,
that
is
the great
deign
for
which
bee
made
the