I 9 2 MeditationJ and Difcourfes THIS beholding of tlief.lory of Chrift glven him by his Father, is indeed fhbo'rdinate upro the ulti· mate vifion 'of the effen'ce of God. Whar that is we cannot well conceive ; only we know that the pure in heart jhall foe Gvd. BL1t it hath fuch an immediate connexion with it ' and rubordination unto it, as that w;thout It we ca11 never behold the face of God, as the obje~ dive bleffednefs of our fouls. For he is and fhall be , to eternity, the only means of communic atiop be- ·-~ tween God and the Church. '· AND we may take fome Dire(tibn in ~ur looking into and longing after this perfeR v ie?» "of the Glory of Chrift , from the.t.exampie of the Saints unde'r the Old Teftament. 'I he fight \ 'Yhich they had ofthe Glory of Chrift, for they alfo Jaw his glory) through the obfcnrity of its Revelation, and its being vailed with types and jhadows, was weak arid imperfect in the moftilluminated believers ; much inferior ·unto "Vhat we now have by faith, through the Gofpel. Yet fuch it was, as encouraged them to er;quire and fearch tliligently into ?-vhat7}Jas revealtd, l Pet. I. 1 o, I I , Howbeit their difcoveries were but dark and confuted, fnch as rrien have of things at a great diftance, or in a Land that is ve~y.far off~ as the Prophet fpeaks, ~(a. 33. I 6. And the continuance of this V ail on the Revelation of the Glory of Chrift, whilfr a V ail of Ignorance and Blindnefs was upon their hearts aQd minds, proved the ruin of that Church in its A poftacy, as the A poftle declares, 2 Cor. 3. 7, 1 3, r 4· This double 'V ail ( the CO'Vrtrirtg C!J'Vered, the vaif rvaifed) (;od promifed to take away, Ifa. 2) . 7· and then fhall tl1ey turn • t._O
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