Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

For confirmation of the point; this was the Lords charge to the Gentiles of old, Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the Earth.— And I said, behold me, behold me, unto a Nation that was not called by my Name. And according to this command was their practise; Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord, saith David, and they looked unto him and were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed.— Thus in the Gospel, after this command, Looking unto Jesus, it follows, Consider him that hath endured such contradiction of sinners against himself. And according to this command is the practise of Gospel-believers,¹ We all with open face beholding as in a glass the Glory of the Lord, are changed into the same Image from Glory to Glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Instead of the veil of Mosaical figures, God hath now given to his Church the clear glass of the Gospel; and hence all believers under the Gospel do by contemplative Faith, behold Christ, together with the glorious light of his mercy, truth, goodness, and the rest of his Divine Attributes; and by means thereof they are made like unto him in the glory of Holiness, and in newness of life.

For confirmation of the point; this was the Lords charge to the Gentiles of old, Look unto me, and be ye saved all the ends of the Earth.— And I said, behold me, behold me, unto a Nation that was not called by my Name. And according to this command was their practise; Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord, saith David, and they looked unto him and were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed.— Thus in the Gospel, after this command, Looking unto Jesus, it follows, Consider him that hath endured such contradiction of sinners against himself. And according to this command is the practise of Gospel-believers,¹ We all with open face beholding as in a glass the Glory of the Lord, are changed into the same Image from Glory to Glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Instead of the vail of Mosaical figures, God hath now given to his Church the clear glass of the Gospel; and hence all believers under the Gospel do by contemplative Faith, behold Christ, together with the glorious light of his mercy, truth, goodness, and the rest of his Divine Attributes; and by means thereof they are made like unto him in the glory of Holiness, and in newness of life.

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