~7 4 · r.{he 7Yia( and , . Szm. 21' ken of the ObjeB: of Fatth. r. T1s named, The Ridhes of the Glory of this Miflery t!monf!; t/Je Gentiles. Which is (fatth Paul) Chrift in J~ou rhe ·hope of Glory. Now Faith feadeth us to a Myfiery tha~ non~ ltnowe~h~ btllt fuc~ as are the intimate Fr1ends of · Chr1ft, and are put upon all Chrift's fecret Cabinet Councils. 2. Gklry is fo taking a Lover, that it will deprive a natural Man of'h~s Sleep; but the Glory of a Kingdom revealed in the Gofpel,. is the Flower, Marrow and ~P.irits of all Glory imagi~~ble. ·' g. Wbat is the lttches of Glory? Eph. 111. 8. 'Ihat 1 jhou.td preach, · ancxichniaflon plouton tou Cl:'rijlou t.he Gold .lflline of the Riches of the Glory of Chrift, fo deep, that none can find them out, and fo large, that when they are found out, Men and ~ngels .fhall not find their Bottom. 0 what Foldings and 'furnings, an~ inex~ricable Windings of Glory are lapped up m Chnil:? Yea, '.Lreafores, , all 'freafores, are in him, Col.ii. 3· So it is called !!.. Cor. 4· r 7.'Baros doxes a weight ofGlory. But, ;z. .A \Veight eternal, a Weight aged, and fuli Gf ,Ages of G16ry. 3· An e;Kceeding great Weight, ~nd not that only, but, 4· A'jcw more e~ceeding imdeter11at Weig/:Jt of Glory. No Orator in the Greek Tongue bath · any fuch fuperlative Exprdiion, kath hyperbo!en eis hyperbolen aionion :Baras doxes Do but weigh how weighty precious :Jefiis Chri.ft is, how heavy, and how maffie and ponderous the Crown is, ' and .what Mil1iohs ot :IJiamonds 'Rubies, Sapl/lt'e1~s, and precious Stones ·do fhine, and caft out Rays and Beams of pure at)d qnmixed, G1ory. out of his .Crown? · What ~miles and Kilies breathinv. ou_t 'GJorv on thy :now finful Fan~, fhaU come'p1.Jt of Chr~fr. 1\ow the
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