274 An Expofttion of the Epiftle --'--------- ------ - ------ ~ So that now you ha~e-;-~~;npleat definition of Glory~ It fignifiethfir!l: all Ex– Ser. XXI. cellences whatfoevcr; and all Excellences in the height, and fuch a weight as ~ tl!ey do opprefs, that t_he. ordinary under!l:anding of man cannot bear_: So Strength, in the glory of it, ISjttpere:x:ctllency of jlrmgth ;_and;oy, when It ex– celletll, is called Joy ft~ll of glory. So much tor the openmg o thephrafe. •' Now, if you would know the Glory of Heaven, you are to do two things. You are fir{l to fancy all forts of Excellences, of Beauty, of Strecgth, of Joy, of Holinefs; take what you will, and when you have done, it is a fuperexcellil~,g Excellmcy; there is that Glory in it beyond all wl;!at you can imagine in all thcfe. - To exemplifie it a little. Fir!l:, In the Body, for indeed the Scripture cloth not hold forth the glory of the Soul, nor arc the words of men able to exprefs it ; but the Scripture fets forth the glory of the Body. The World bath -but·one thing, (that is a Creatur~) that truly deferveth then.ame of ·beingglorious, and that is the SUiz, Now, faith he, Matt. '3 ·113· 'lhe r1ghteowjha/ljhme aNheSrm. And our Saviour Chri{l, he giveth them an infiance of it M att. z7· 2 . t·here he transfigured himfelf before them, and it is •faid, H~face did /hitte auhe Sun, tmd hisgarmmts were as w hitf as the tzcht, fo whJ.te as 110 Fuller could white ·them. • · Now, my Brethren, to what end cloth the Scripture give •US one inRance of what glory there is in the Bo~y ; but thereby to raife_up our minds to t~irtk, what the glory of the Soul will \le m all for_ts of ~er[edwn·? For conlide'r 'wi"dl your felves 1 l_'he Srm, you do not call it a beaut!fu_l Creature_, as you ~all 'aWo– man; but •It 1s a fuperex_cellency '?f beal!ty_, 1t IS glo~10us. Sa11I1 he of the Church, Pjal.45'·fJ• Shns atlglorso:u Wtt'hm; what IS the mcam~g of that ? It is not a painted beauty, it is not extrinfecal, iris innate, it ·is within; 'I take that to be the meaning. He in!l:anceth only in the glory of the Body, becapfe from that you may argue the·glory of theSoul, The •Body that fhall 'iliine .as ·the Sun, whichisthemo!lglorious thing xhe World bath; what will the "Scut be then ? The Body, that is but the fheath of the Soul. Look Van. 7~ rS': 1 wa~ gritved itz my Spirit ill the midjl of my Body, fo it is tranllated. -Loo"k in your Margeins, and it is in1hemidjf of "!Y/heath; he calle!'h his Body but the lheath of !Jis Soul, but the garment. Now in the Transfiguration of Chri!l:tliere is mention omade, that his Garments were white, fo wbite ai no 'Fuller· cot~!d w-hite thtm; and Luke9,29, -it is faid, thty wtrewhfte m1r/ jhi11ing. l'l/ow, if ·his'Bollyfli,i~ing as·the Sun, mad~ his Garment~-white',' and the Body is' but as ·t[le Garment of the S?ul; and 1f the Body lhmeth as 1 the ~4n; bow , w111 the Soql be th,en? Fle~e heth the compar.Jfon; H1s Body dtd ilune as the'Sun, 'his 'Garments were whi,te, and they were glittering too; rhe Body is 'but rhe()ar· ·ment o.f the Soul, if that'llline as t~e 'Sun, what will the Soul do? Riches of gto':Y, faith the Apo!l:.le here. My Brethren, _The Soul is (Qe glory. of ~nan. ·Gm.4g.6. MJ '$ore! (faith he) come-t1ot m to thur jftrrt, nor-myglo':! mto 1hrir ·cormjft. Now, if the Soul be the glory of ·man, and t.he -Body ·w:hicli is'bilt<l •vile thing; QOur v ile Bodi~s, f~ he ~alleth·them_•Pbi/.2:2~.) jf,they ·fhall '!hine ·as ~he Sun, how Will the Sou~, that tsth:·glory cf man m all forts of perfedion ? TheJefore tile 'Apo!l:le !).ere fatth Rsches of 'gio'J'· · • I will name but one place ·and fo leave it, it is z Cor-4- 17.' That word-there which is tr~nllat~d ~xceeding, is '"'9' JmpCo~.~;<&,~mpCoMlv, ?"' ljyferbolt upON ano• Jhtr, that !f 1 one Hyter6,oit_of Speech Wtl~ not·exp.refs tt; as \vnen -you {ar,, A Wall up to H~aven, or an~h,Wall. £a1It the Apo!l:le, 'Exprefs l'leil\'en by ·11yberbo!its, and when yeu 'have done, tumble one hyptrbole u_pon another hyperbot~ a~d ir-wm not exl'r~fs it•' 1l'~i: ·~~e faii'b'of the 6lqr¥<there, ·it'i~ ,ex· ~e'eding, tt •IS f>:ter6_olzca!; ILl~ 'Pf.triPo1euto,•~·hJ_ptrbot:., 1 remeinber'lie{p~~ .of·Sm, and f~1lh It IS ,,.a umr'""'.·~•i7•>l<.,, dli,~vf .mtajurt fin[~!; Rom.7•"I ~:the •finfulnefsof Ithath an byper6qle;~ 1~,man ~ :Wtt cannoHe~ch·It.:Whenhe cometh to fpeak of the Glory of He~ven1 'It bath olfe hyp,er6olt ):lpon a.nother, it1s ~B cxceeding•hypcrbdlical Glory. · · · · · So much now tor:the openin~ of_ th~t. ' "f
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