prefent State and Condition in Glory. 315 ·and glorious fiate th~t by the prefent light of Faith we can defire or long for, fo it evi.denceth a glory in Chr~fl: of ano– . ther kind and nature, than what any creature can be pJrti – cipant in. I · fhall therefore Hate it unto our conftderatioa with fome few Obfervations concerning it. r. Every Be!ie·ver fee th here in this life, an Excellency, a Glory in the Myftery ofG~ d in Chrifl. They do fo in various. degrees, unlefs it be in times of Temptation, when any of them walk in Darknefs, and have no Light. The view and profpetl: hereinto is far more clear, and accompanied with more evidence in fome than in others, according unto the vari?us degrees of their Faith and Light. The Spiritual Sight of fome is very weak, and their views of the Glory of God in Chri!l: are much·obfcured with inevidence, darknefs and in r1 ability. This in many is occafioned by the weaknefs of their natural Ability, in more by fpiritual floth and negli~ gence, in that they have not ha!Jitually exercifed their fenfes to difcern Good and Evil, as the Apoitle fpeaks, He/;. 5· 14. Some want infiruB:ion, and fome have their minds corrupt– ed by falfe Opinions. Howb€it, all true Believers have the ryes of their underfla'nding, opened,to difcern in fame meafure the Glory ofGod as reprefented to them in the Gofpel. Un– to ot.he~s it is foolifhnefs; or they think there is that dark- . nefs m 1t whereuntoJ they cannot approach. . But all the , darknefs is in themfelves. This is the difl:ingui{hing Property ~~d Charatl:er of faving Faith; it beholds the Glory of God m the face ofJefus Chri!l:; it makes us to difcern the mani~ feil:ation of the Glory of God in Chrifi, as declared in the Gofpel. · . 2 .. Our ApprehenGon of this'Glo!y is the fpring, cf all our O!Je~tence, confolation and hope in this world . Faith difco– .venng this manifefiation of the Glory of God in Ch'riil:, enT t 2 g<1geth
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