Great and excellent is the glory of Jesus Christ; the Scriptures every where proclaim his glory. Yea, we may observe a notable Climax, or gradation in those Scriptures that speak of his glory. The Prophet Isaiah speaking of ⟨p. 278⟩him, calls him glorious, Isai. 4. 2. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious. John speaking of his glory rises a step higher, and ascribeth to him a glory as of the only begotten Son of the Father, John 1. 14. (i. e.) a glory meet for, and becoming the Son of God: proper to him and incommunicable to any other. The Apostle James rises yet higher, and doth not only call him glorious, or glorious as the only begotten of the Father: but the glory, Jam. 2. 1. glory in the abstract; my brethren (saith he) have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glory, with respect of persons: for the word Lord, which is in our translation, is a supplement: Christ is glory it self: yea, the glory emphatically so styled; the glory of Heaven; the glory of Zion; the glory of our souls for ever. The Author to the Hebrews goes yet higher, and calls him not simply the glory, but the brightness of his Fathers glory, Heb. 1. 3. as who should 1say, the radiancy, sparkling, or beaming forth of his Fathers glory, the very splendour, or refulgency of divine glory. Oh what a glorious Lord is our Lord Jesus Christ! the bright sparkling Diamond of Heaven: who shines in glory there, above the glory of Angels and Saints, as the glory of the Sun excels the lesser twinkling Stars. When he appeared to Paul in Acts 26. 13. I saw, said he, a light from Heaven, above the brightness of the Sun, shining round about me: needs must the glory of Christ be unspeakable, who reflects glory upon all that be with him, John 17. 24. and stamps glory upon all that belongs to him. His works on earth were glorious works, Luk. 13. 17. The purchased liberty of his people, a glorious liberty, Rom. 8. 21. The Church his mystical body, a glorious Church, Eph. 5. 27. The Gospel which reveals him, is a glorious Gospel, 1 Tim. 1. 11.
Great and excellent is the glory of Jesus Christ; the Scriptures every where proclaim his glory. Yea, we may observe a notable Climax, or gradation in those Scriptures that speak of his glory. The Prophet Isaiah speaking of ⟨p. 278⟩him, calls him glorious, Isai. 4. 2. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious. John speaking of his glory rises a step higher, and ascribeth to him a glory as of the only begotton Son of the Father, John 1. 14. (i. e.) a glory meet for, and becoming the Son of God: proper to him and incommunicable to any other. The Apostle James rises yet higher, and doth not only call him glorious, or glorious as the only begotten of the Father: but the glory, Jam. 2. 1. glory in the abstract; my brethren (saith he) have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glory, with respect of persons: for the word Lord, which is in our translation, is a supplement: Christ is glory it self: yea, the glory emphatically so stiled; the glory of Heaven; the glory of Sion; the glory of our souls for ever. The Author to the Hebrews goes yet higher, and calls him not simply the glory, but the brightness of his Fathers glory, Heb. 1. 3. as who should 1say, the radiancy, sparkling, or beaming forth of his Fathers glory, the very splendor, or refulgency of divine glory. Oh what a glorious Lord is our Lord Jesus Christ! the bright sparkling Diamond of Heaven: who shines in glory there, above the glory of Angels and Saints, as the glory of the Sun excels the lesser twinkling Stars. When he appeared to Paul in Acts 26. 13. I saw, said he, a light from Heaven, above the brightness of the Sun, shining round about me: needs must the glory of Christ be unspeakable, who reflects glory upon all that be with him, John 17. 24. and stamps glory upon all that belongs to him. His works on earth were glorious works, Luk. 13. 17. The purchased liberty of his people, a glorious liberty, Rom. 8. 21. The Church his mystical body, a glorious Church,
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