And we shall see hereafter (take this Note) that it will be one great part of the Glory of the Saints to see how 1God had an eye to Jesus Christ in all his great works in the world; now we look upon such a work, and such a work to have such an influence upon such a business, but we do not see the reference that it hath to Jesus Christ; hereafter it will be a special part of the glory of the Saints that they shall see how in all the works of God, he had an eye to Jesus Christ; even the work of Creation; God would not have created the world but for his Son, and the fall, and in every thing he had an eye to his Son, for the magnifying the great work of his Son, and such who had a special work of the Spirit of God in those times did understand Gods meaning, though ordinarily they did not: I remember one learned Interpreter hath this expression, to show how they might understand Gods mind by his types, he expresses it thus, As it was with Jonathan when he carried his Bow and Arrows into the field ⟨p. 20⟩2to give David a note whether he should fly away for fear of Saul, or return back again. Now when Jonathan shot his Arrows, he said unto his youth, It is beyond, and on this side. Now the youth knew no more but thus, that he was to look at the Arrow; yea, but saith he, David knew more, that when he said it was beyond him, then he should do thus, and when it was on this side then he should do thus. It is a very good expression in the difference of the types and the letter of things, those who knew but merely the letter they were but like Jonathans youth that did but only according to what Jonathan said, but David he knew the reach of Jonathan, and so was able to make use of it. Oh! it's an excellent thing to be able to understand the reach of God in his Word (as I may so say) and it's a fruit of love. It's a fruit of 3the love of Jesus Christ to his Saints that we should know his mind more than other men do. And certainly if the people of Israel had but known this when they first went into Egypt and returned back again, that the Lord did aim at Jesus Christ in it. Would it not have been a comfort to them, if they had known that God intended to make them conformable to his Son? Would it have been a comfort to them to have known it? Then certainly it must needs be a comfort to the Saints to 4know now, that in all their sufferings they have a conformity to Jesus Christ;
And we shall see hereafter (take this Note) that it will be one great part of the Glory of the Saints to see how 1God had an eye to Jesus Christ in all his great works in the world; now we look upon such a work, and such a work to have such an influence upon such a business, but we do not see the reference that it hath to Jesus Christ; hereafter it will be a special part of the glory of the Saints that they shall see how in all the works of God, he had an eye to Jesus Christ; even the work of Creation; God would not have created the world but for his Son, and the fall, and in every thing he had an eye to his Son, for the magnifying the great work of his Son, and such who had a special work of the Spirit of God in those times did understand Gods meaning, though ordinarily they did not: I remember one learned Interpreter hath this expression, to shew how they might understand Gods mind by his types, he expresses it thus, As it was with Jonathan when he carried his Bow and Arrows into the field ⟨p. 20⟩2to give David a note whether he should fly away for fear of Saul, or return back again. Now when Jonathan shot his Arrows, he said unto his youth, It is beyond, and on this side. Now the youth knew no more but thus, that he was to look at the Arrow; yea, but saith he, David knew more, that when he said it was beyond him, then he should do thus, and when it was on this side then he should do thus. It is a very good expression in the difference of the types and the letter of things, those who knew but meerly the letter they were but like Jonathans youth that did but only according to what Jonathan said, but David he knew the reach of Jonathan, and so was able to make use of it. Oh! it's an excellent thing to be able to understand the reach of God in his Word (as I may so say) and it's a fruit of love. It's a fruit of 3the love of Jesus Christ to his Saints that we should know his mind more than other men do. And certainly if the people of Israel had but known this when they first went into Egypt and returned back again, that the Lord did aim at Jesus Christ in it. Would it not have been a comfort to them, if they had known that God intended to make them conformable to his Son? Would it have been a comfort to them to have known it? Then certainly it must needs be a comfort to the Saints to 4know now, that in all their sufferings they have a conformity to Jesus Christ;
- 1which to see will be one part of the Saints glory.which to see wil be one part of the Saints glory.
- 2A similitude.
- 3A fruit of Gods Love, and of Christ's Spirit, to understand the reach of God in Scripture
- 4A comfort to the Saints in their sufferings, that they have a conformity with Jesus Christ by them.
