on the Glory of Chrijl. I i 7 . .. f,fldlf; and the means of the difcovery of himfeif unto us, as through a l¥i 1:1 rlc'1V and Lat t~{S, include a great infbbility and imperfeCl:ion in our view and Apprebenfion of him. There is a M7ali between him and us, whicb yet he fta ncle th behind. Our prefent mortal /fate is this Wall, which mufl: be demoliihed before tve can fee him as -be is. Jn · the mean time he looketh through the !Vindr/ JJ..J s of the ordinances of the Gofpel.He gives us fome .. times,when he is pleafed to fiand,in thofe g/m rl r.., ?.!J.'" , a ·view of himfelf; but it is imp erfeR~ as is ou.r fight of a man through a T¥induuJo The appearances of him at thefe VVindcws are full of re · frefument unt the foul s of them tha t o telieve. But our view of them is impe rfeCt, tranfient, and cloth not abide : \Ve are for the mo!l: pa~t q!lickly left ro bemoan what v\'e ha\'e loft. And then our beft is but to cry ·; ·~--~ .. -the btP;t pant.. etb a/ter the 'Jvater-brook , fo pantetb my Fi · ~ after thee , 0 Gcd ; my fou l thirHeth for- God, fer the living God, when _{hall I come and appear before thee? When wilt thou again give me to fee rbee, tho but as rhrongh the T17mdows? Alas what diftrefs do we ofttimes fit down in, after thele v.i ews of Chrifr and his Glory ! But he proceeds fun her yet; rmdjlourifhes himj"elf throut,h the !,ttt f.p; !.. l'his difplaying of the glory of Chrift, called the flourifning of hiff!felf, is by the promifes o,f tbG GojJe! as they areexplained in the mini ft ry of the word . .In them are reprefenred unto t iS the dd1rable beamies and glories of Chrifr; how precious , how amiable is he as reprefenred in them ? How arc the Souls of Believers ravifhed with the view0 of them? Yet is this difcovery of him alfo bur as N through ·-...
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