And then it's called the Royal Diadem, in the Book of Isa. There is a time therefore when this must appear to be so, which is, when the Lord shall set up Jerusalem as the praise of the whole Earth. Now if the state of the Church in the time of the Law that was Typical, was so, mark what the Apostle saith concerning the types and shadows of the Law, Heb. 10.1. The Law having a shadow of good things to come, and not ⟨p. 38⟩the very Image of the things, can never with those Sacrifices which they offered Year by Year continually, make the comers• thereunto perfect. The Law had but a shadow of the Image of things, as is observable. It had not so much as the Image, it was but a shadow, then surely they could but barely resemble the good things to come: here this Scripture may be understood by the way that Limners or Picture-Drawers use when they would make a Curious Picture of a Man. First they draw a shadow with a piece of Chalk or Cole, by which you may see a little proportion of the man, but what's this to the Image of the man; now that's more excellent, and much beauty there is in that; But in the man himself there doth appear more glory still than in his Image: why the time of the Church under the Law, that was like the drawing of a man upon a piece of Board with a Cole; But now, the state of the Church under the Gospel, that's like the Image it self; and the state of the Church in Heaven, that's as the Man himself: So then, I make use of this Scripture thus: If the Lord ⟨p. 39⟩speak so of his Church in the time of the Law, when the state was but Typical; That it was his Portion,—his Peculiar Treasure,—his Inheritance,—and his Diadem,—and Ornament, and the like; what shall it be in the time of the Gospel, when we come to have the Image of the thing, not the shadow but the Image? and then what must it be in Heaven, when it comes to be the thing it self in glory? And this is the second thing that shall be, when the Church comes to be the praise of the whole Earth. Oh now give God no rest, Lord let it appear thus: this point will help you to pray much, and you should put this into your Petitions. Lord make thy Church appear to be thy Portion; Thy Treasure, Thy Glory, Now come Lord Jesus, come quickly, O that that day might come!
And then it's called the Royal Diadem, in the Book of Isa. There is a time therefore when this must appear to be so, which is, when the Lord shall set up Jerusalem as the praise of the whole Earth. Now if the state of the Church in the time of the Law that was Typical, was so, mark what the Apostle saith concerning the tipes and shadows of the Law, Heb. 10.1. The Law having a shadow of good things to come, and not ⟨p. 38⟩the very Image of the things, can never with those Sacrifices which they offered Year by Year continually, make the comers• thereunto perfect. The Law had but a shadow of the Image of things, as is observeable. It had not so much as the Image, it was but a shadow, then surely they could but barely resemble the good things to come: here this Scripture may be understood by the way that Limners or Picture-Drawers use when they would make a Curious Picture of a Man. First they draw a shadow with a piece of Chalk or Cole, by which you may see a little proportion of the man, but what's this to the Image of the man; now that's more excellent, and much beauty there is in that; But in the man himself there doth appear more glory still than in his Image: why the time of the Church under the Law, that was like the drawing of a man upon a piece of Board with a Cole; But now, the state of the Church under the Gospel, that's like the Image it self; and the state of the Church in Heaven, that's as the Man himself: So then, I make use of this Scripture thus: If the Lord ⟨p. 39⟩speak so of his Church in the time of the Law, when the state was but Typical; That it was his Portion,—his Peculiar Treasure,—his Inheritance,—and his Diadem,—and Ornament, and the like; what shall it be in the time of the Gospel, when we come to have the Image of the thing, not the shadow but the Image? and then what must it be in Heaven, when it comes to be the thing it self in glory? And this is the second thing that shall be, when the Church comes to be the praise of the whole Earth. Oh now give God no rest, Lord let it appear thus: this point will help you to pray much, and you should put this into your Petitions. Lord make thy Church appear to be thy Portion; Thy Treasure, Thy Glory, Now come Lord Jesus, come quickly, O that that day might come!
