fhadows, to enjoy the Reprefentation of the Glory of Chtift in that Image of it, which is give11 us in the Gofpel ; much more ought we to breathe and pant after our deliverance from beholding it in the Image of it, that we may enjoy the Subftance _ it felf. · For whatever can be manifect of Chr.rift on this fide Heaven, it is granr~d unto us for this end, that we may the m_ore fervently defire to be prefent with hi~. AND as it was their VVifdom and their Grace to rejoice in the Light they had, and in thofe typical Adminiftrations of Divine VVorlhipwhich flia. dowed out the glory of Chrifl unto them, yet did always pant after that more excellent Light and fu11 Difcovery of it, which was to be made by the . Gofpel ; So it wiil be ours alfo, thankfully to ufe and imprC>ve the Revelations which we enjoy of it, and thofe Inffitutions of TFOrfhip, whe·ein our Faith is affifred in the view thereof; yet fo as continually to breathe after that perfect, that glorifying fight of it, which is referved for Heaven above. AND may we not a little exarnir1e our felves by thefe things? Do we efteem this prej]ing to- 'J»artls the perfeH view of the glory of Chrifl to be onr duty, and do we abide in the performaqce of it ? lf it be otherwife with any of us, it is a fignal' evidence that our profeffion is Hypocritical. If Chrift be in us, he is the hope of Glory in us; and where that hope is, it will be active in defires ofthe things hoped for. Many loYe the world too well , and have their minds too much filled with the things of it , ,to entertain defires of fpeeding
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