The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

There are these 4. expressions for the work of grace.

The Image of God, it resembles God in his excellency. The life of God himself, Ephes. 4. alienated from the life of God, that notes acting like God himself. And then it is the glory of God himself; and the divine nature, 2. Pet. 1.3. So that there must needs be excellency in the Saints that have grace that is of this nature.

Certainly, there is more of God in the meanest Saint, in the meanest gracious man or woman; there is more of the glory of God, then in all the world besides, then in heaven and earth. Take all the creatures, all the glory of God in the heavens, in the Sun, Moon, and Stars, and put all into one. Take all the glory of God in the seas, those vast Oceans, and put that into one; take all the glory of God that appears in the earth, all the riches of the earth, and all arts and sciences, and what you will; put all into one, and the meanest youth or servant that hath the least degree of grace, hath more of the glory of God then all this is. There is more of the shining of God in the least degree of grace in the poorest Christian in the world, then there is in all these creatures. If there were a quintessence of all the excellency, and glory, extracted, and drawn, and put into one, yet there were not so much of God, God could not see so much of himself in that one creature that should have the ⟨p. 131⟩excellency of all creatures put together, as he sees in the meanest Saint that hath the work of grace.

Certainly, there is more of God in the meanest Saint, in the meanest gracious man or woman; there is more of the glory of God, then in all the world besides, then in heaven and earth. Take all the creatures, all the glory of God in the heavens, in the Sunne, Moon, and Stars, and put all into one. Take all the glory of God in the seas, those vast Oceans, and put that into one; take all the glory of God that appears in the earth, all the riches of the earth, and all arts and sciences, and what you will; put all into one, and the meanest youth or servant that hath the least degree of grace, hath more of the glory of God then all this is. There is more of the shining of God in the least degree of grace in the poorest Christian in the world, then there is in all these creatures. If there were a quintessence of all the excellency, and glory, extracted, and drawn, and put into one, yet there were not so much of God, God could not see so much of himself in that one creature that should have the