50 1\-1 editJtig;H and DiJcourfes h~s ~1ooes,we are taught to caft away all ftefhly ImaY,tnations and carnal Affections, th.:1t by pure acts of Faith, we may behold this Glory, the Glory of the only begotten of the Father. I DESIGN ilot here to infi!t on the Explication, or Confirmation of this Glorious Trnth concerning the confl:ittltion of the Perfon of Chrifl: in and by his Incarnation. \\That I can comprehend, what I do believe concerning it, I have fully declai·ed in a large peculi:~r Treatife. Here I rake the Truth it felt' as known, or as it may be thence learned. :My prefent Bufinefs is only to ftir up tbe minds of Believers unto a due Ccntemplatiun of the Glory ofChrifl: in the C1cred IY1yflerious Conftitution of his Perfon, as God and man in one. So much as we abide herein, fo much do ?.ve live kY the Fa i f h of the S(.n of God ;rand God can by a fl)irit of\Vifdom and Revelation open rhe eyes of our underftandings, that we may behold this Glory unto our ineffable Confolation and Joy. "~nd unto the diligent difcharge of our Duty herein, l ilia!l offer the enfuing·DireCtions. I. LET us get it fixed on our fouls and in our m\nds, that this Glor_;' of Chrij! in the Divine Conftitution of his Perfon, is the beft, the moft noble, ufeful, beneficial ObjeJ:, thdt we can be converfant abone in onr thoughtp, or cleave unto in our . Affections. \VHAT are all other things in comparifon of the Knmvledg of Chrift ? In the Judgment o t the great Apoftle, they are but !cjs anrl du1?g, Phil. 3· 8, 9, r o. So they were to him, and if they are nor fo to us, we are carnal. \VHAT is ~he \vorld, and tvh~\t ar~ the things · thereof
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