I 8 2 1.'Weditatio1JS and Difcourfes on of them. His. beloved Apoftle :John had leane.! on bis bofom probably mar)y a time in this life, in the intimate familiarities of love." Fnt wben he afterwards appeared unto him in his Glory, he fell at his fee.t as dead, Rev. I. I 7· And when he appeared nntq Paul, all the accrmnt he could give tbereofwas,that heJaw a light _ fi 0111- hea·ve;z abo~Je t he.brightne(s of the Sun, whereon he and ail tha~ were with him, fell to the ground, · ACt. 2.6. I 3 q.. . . . ANP this \-Vas one Reafon why in the days of his rv1inifcry here on earth, his Glory was vailed wirh the infirmities of the ftefh, and all forts of fi.1tferings ; as we have before re' tee\. The .Ch n rch in this life is no way meet, by the Grace which .it can be made partake1:· of, to converfe tA:ith him in the. immediate manifefiarions of his Gkrv. AND tberefDre thofe who dream of his Per(o7.:a! R.ei1;n on the earrh before the day of J udgnJcnt} un1efS they fuppofe that all the Saints fhalL be perfcHly glorified alfo (which · is cnly to bring down Heaven to the earth for a while, to no f'L1rpofe) ,pro-vic'e not arall f01· -rhe edification or conf()1ation of rhe Church. For no prefen.t grace advanced unto the bighefi degree whereof in thi~ world !t is cape:ble, can make us meet f~r an im- ~ned!ate converfe with Chrift in his unvaiJed Glory. HOW much moreabominabJe is the fol!yof men, who would rcprefent the Lord Chrift in his pre:ent Glory by piHm·e.s and image.s of him? Vi/hen ttJty have done their utmoft with their' burnifhed glals and gGildings, an eye of ftei11 cannot only behold it, but ~if it be gnided by rea[on, fee it t ' \ ) . . con~
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