110 TOR WORLD TO COME. then' vile bodies. into the likeness of his own glorious body, by that power whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself ; I'hui. iii, 21. He shall be admired as the bright original, and each of the saints as a fair and glorious copy : The various beauties that are dispersed among all that assembly, are summed up, and united in himself; He is the chiefest of ten thousand, and altogether lovely; Cantic. y. 10, 10. One sun in the firma- ment, can paint his own bright image at once upon a thousand reflecting glasses or mirrors of `gold : What a dazzling lustre Would arise from such a scene of reflections? Bet what supe- rior and inexpressible glory, above all the pewers of similitude, and beyond the reach of comparison, shall irradiate the world in that day, when Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness, shall shine upon all his saints, and find each of them well prepared tq receive this lustre, and to reflect it round the creation ; each of them displaying the image of the original Son of God, and Confessing all their virtues and graces, all their beauties and glories, both of soul and body, to be nothing else but mere copies and derivations from Jesus, the first and fairest image of the Father ! [i0 Here this discourse may be divided. "] Vse. =The doctrines, and the works of divine grace are full of wonder and glory: Such is the person and offices of Christ.,. such are his holy and faithful followers, and such eminently will be the blessed scene at his appearance. In the foregoing part of the discourse, we have briefly surveyed some of those glorious wonders, we now come to consider what use may be made of Such a theme. I. It gives us eminently these two lessons of instruction : 1. " How mistaken is the judgment of flesh and sense in the things that relate to Christ, and his saints." The Son of God himself was abused and scorned by the blind world, they esteemed him as one smitten of God, and unbeloved, and they saw no beauty nor comeliness in him; Is. liii. 2, 3. He was poor and despised, all his life, and he was doomed to the death of a criminal and a slave. As for the saints, they find no more honour or esteem among men than their Lord, they are many times called and counted the filth of the world, and the pffscouring of all things 1 Cor. iv. 13. This is the judgment of flesh and sense. But when the great appointed hour is come, and Jesus shall rétura from heaven with u shout of the archangel, and the trump of God; 1 Thess. iv. 16. when he shall call up his saints from their bed of dust and darkness, and make the graves re, sign those prisoners of hope ;when they shall all gather together" around their Lord, a bright and numerous army, shining and reflecting the splendours of his presence; how will the judg
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