202 Chap. r9. An Expofition upon the Boo, of J o B. Verf. 9. Secondly Becaulè they keepe us warme, and fence us from the cold of outward fufferings. Thirdly , They are as garments , becaufe there is an orna- ment as well as an ufefulr elle in them. Chrift impl,-yes that Solo- monr Glory was his cloathing and aray, while he faith ( compa- ratively to the lillyes ofthe field ) Solomon in all hisglory, was not arrayed likeone of thefe, ( Matth. 6 29. ) Solomon in his Glory, was Solomon at the height of his outward pompe and greatneffe. When Micholl faw David daui cing before the Lord at the remo-. vall of the Arke ; Howgloriouo was the King ofIfrael to day, faith thee? That is, hewas not at all glorious ; Thee thought he had layd his honour in the daft, and ftript himfelfeof his Kingly G1o= ry, while he daunced before the Lord with all his might , girded with a linnen Ephod. The Church is the Citie ofGod ; And of that Citie glorious thorn ditZ4 thins are fpoken, (P/al.S7. 3 ) TheHebrew is, Glories arefpoken Juno de tt i. e. of thee, O thou Citie of god. All the Cities of the world are the pWrrquid l'eli Cities of God by his General) title of Soveraignty For fo the to gtortofu teddere, whole world is the Lords, and thefullneffe of it( 'Pfal. 50. I2 ) But there is a Citie which is his by a fpeciall title of propriety ; For as the Lord bath a peculiar people , fo he hath a peculiar Cirie; And indeed, the peculiar Citie ofGod is nothing elfe but . the peculiar people of God , living in theorder of the Gofpel. Now this Citie of God bath its Glories that is many things Which make it Glorious. The Cities of men have their Glories, and many have fpoken Glorious things of them. Their Glories. are; Fiít, A pleafant fcituation; Secondly, Riches; Thirdly, Populou neffe, or the moltrude ofinhabitants ; Fourthly, Beau- tiful' Buildings ; Fifthly', Strong walls, and__Bulwarks ; Sixthly, Good Lawes, Seaventhly, Good Magiftrates. Thefe are the chiefé Glories of the Cities of men. But the glories of the Ci- tie of God , are , firft , Truth of.doCetrine; Secondly , Puritie of worship; Thirdly, The unitie of Profeffors .urthiyand chiefly the prefence of God among them; of which the Pro- phet Ezekiel fpeaks in the)aft verfe of his Prophetie; The n me of that Citie, from that day (ball be the Lord is .there, Thefe are the Glories of the Citie of God , and thofe are thé . Gloties of the Cities ofmen. Now as f C thefe..publickte eci mercies and ad- vantages are theGloryoities, both iñ their civil! and fpirituall capes
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