1 88 Meditatio111 a11cl Difcourfe.r tion, according unto his meafilre, anfwerable nnto that of our Bleffed Saviour in the Mount. · And by this initial Beam of Glory, he received fuch a piercing vivacity and edge on his bodily eyes: that through all thofe inconceivable diftances -between the earth and the relidence of theBleffed,he looked ftedfaiHy into Heaven, and fa 'lV the glory ~f God; and J efu s ffanrlin_'!, at the right hand of God, Act. 7· ;;, 56. Who then can declare what will be the power and acting of this fenfe of fight when perfeCtly glorified ; or what fweetnefs and refrefhment may be admitted into our fouls thereby? f · IT was a priviledg (who Wli}lld not have long-· . ed to partake of it ? ) to have feen him with our bodily eyes in the days of his flefh. as did the A- ·poftles and other his Difciples. Howbeit he was i1ot then glorified himfelf in the manifeftation of his Glory ; nor they wh? faw him, in the change ~r transformation of their n1ture. How great this priviledg was, himfe1f declares unto thole that fo faw him, Mat. 1 5· 1 7· Verily I fay unto you, that man_y ~ Proph ets and righteous men ha'Ve dejired to _(ee tho{e things which ye fee ; whereunto we flull fpeak immediately. And if this were fo excellent a priviledg, as that we cannot but con· gratulate rhem by whom it was enjoyed, how ex.. ce11ent, how glorious will it be, when with thefe eyes of ours . glorioufiy purified and ftrength ned beyond thofe ?f Stephen, we fha11 behold Chri fc himfelf immediately in the fulnefs of his Glory]! He alone perfectly underftands the greatnefs and ex~ellency hereof, who prayed his Father that thofe who belie·ve in hiw, maj be where he i!, fo _ o-be"holcl-his glory. THE?.E
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