to theE P H E S I A N S. for ifChrifl: will put !orthall his riches,and bet~me poor ?n purpofe to make men~~ rich what riches will that be? So that you fee lt IS a nch mh~rttance, Srr.X).. l And let me add this too, (which is a good Meditation ol .l!tif/ms upon this 1/Y'"'...l place,)faith he,quidfaC!rm'jimt,f!Jc.. How rich will his nches mal;e us when we !hall meet with him in glory,when Ius poverty makes us thus rtch: As the Apo!tle 1remember exprelletll, Rom. 11. 12. [peaking of the Jews, If thrfall of thrm bt the-rzchu ofthe wortd,attd the dzmi111jbi11goj thembt riches of the Gentzles, what will thttrfllllltjs be? And fo much now for this lirfl: Attribute, that it is a rich Inheritance.We come to glory.The riches faith he, ofthe glory of hts l11herz• tallce. To open to yo'u the word Glory; Gtory,it importeth a! ways an excellency of things; .and it importcth a fuperexcellency ~oo. lt 1mporteth an excellency, as it is Jaid, Mutt. 4· 8. that Satan !hewed !urn the Kmgdoms of the World, and the glory of them, that is,all the excellency ofthem.And it imponeth an height of excellency, 7;;,11~., fo IS the .exprellJon, 2 Pet. 1. '7· t/;e excellmt glw)'· Always glory hatll an eJ<cellency, yea an<;! an excelling excellency too, or dfe it is not glory faith he, 2 Cor.3·9• 10. This glory (fpeaking ofthe Law,) is no glo– ry by reafon of the glory that excelleth, a11d zf the minzjlratio11 of co11dtm11atto11 btglory, much more doth themzniflratto11 of righttoufitijs exceed i11glory. Tne word that is ufed forGlory, it lignilieth in the Hebrew and thcChaldee bot!>, a weighr;,and the Apofl:le hatlun allulion to the meaningof the word according to the Hebrew pnrafe 1n his exprellion,2Cor+•?· where he calleth it a weightofglo– ry. Very well, now to make ufe ot this tofet forthto you the glory of Heaven. Fir~ ttnoteth out all excellency in Man.The glory of men he calleth it 1 Pet. '•'?·The flower oftheg•·afs,that is the excellency of men;all forts of excellencies ate meant .by glory: And itis an exceedi'ng weight ofthofe excellencies too,or cl!~ it is!'o,t glory, To in!tance in fome. As, Fir!t for beauty, it is an excellency of man; when his beauty doth arife to a brightnefs, to a fplendor,. it is called glory,w.hen it rifeth to fuch a glory as daze– leth the eyes. Therefore2 Cor. ~-?· you may read that Mojes face did thine that they coold not behold the glory of his countenance. It is not an ordinary beauty that is called glory, but, when it arifeth to fuch abight as it dazeleth the eyes.that tl1ey cannot,beb.old it, it bath a weight in it; it opprcfTeth the eyes. · So l.kewife Ail. n. B. it is faid there, that P,zut could not lee by reafon of the glory of the )!ght; .it is not an ordinary light,but that light that dazeleth the eyes, that a man cannot fee it, that is f~l'~rexcellen~y ?flight; that is called glory. So likewife ifyouc9metopomp, 1l1tnfeth, 1! 1tbefuch a pompas1s tranfcendent, which all men fall down betore asthey do before a King, then it is glory, it is not only pomp, but it is a fuperexcellency, a tranfcendency, beyond what is ordinary.¥<ill read of the Q,I~en of Sheba, 1 Kmg. 10. )· when !he faw all the riches of Solo• mo11, his glory as it is defcribed there, that there WM 110 more jpirit in her, yet file her felt was aQ,Ieen, file came into the City with a great train and with. much riches,· yet when ihe faw Solornon exceeded her, he did fa exceed her t,hat ihe ·ha~ no fpirit in her. N~wwhat faith Chrifl: ?f the fl:ate? of the pomp ofSolomon, Mate. 6. 29? Solomo11 m all!Jts glory. tt ts m the Ongmal, 111 a/J his Royalt,y, it was a glory fuch as no King elfe had, it was not only. pomp, but it was a pomp thaqnade h~r even fwone again, whe1_1 {he faw idhe .had no fpirit in her, this was glory. So ify,ou take it tor power and !lrength;ordinary firength is nothi11g, but if you come to a fup.erexccllei!CY of firength, it is called glory, therefore in 2 Thrf. 1 ;. 9· it)s ca\ledthegloryvf Chrijl'spo7ptr; when he hath (uch firef1gth a~ i~ 110t in all,creature~ ~gain, _thi,s i§J191 power. only, but the,glory of pJwer. Tli~- ·w!)rd _Gl5J'iY. ~~~~) !)!'teth O?~ the fuper~xcellency of every good thing. SoJik~wife, t~~e jay;and pleafur.e, if-it come to joy,which h~th a fuperexcelleq– cy in;lt, which ~h~1minsJ of,man'cannot imagine .how. gre~.t it is, nor cannot utte(, th~n it is called,g)orious. 1"Pet. 1. 8. With joy 1f11{ptaltablt andglorio11s,orfitll of gtoo:" So no~.whatfoever doth exceed the exp.ec:ta~i~n of the Creature ; that is admtred, thaus called glory.In·2 Tbef.t. 10. Sp,.\51[Jg.of Chn!t, fatth he, whm bejbaU come to beglorified ill his Sdints, andto.bt male wonJerflll, or adrnired _in all them tbat believt; when it cometh to wonderment, ih'enii is glory. So
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