Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /

(1.) It was not a Change or Alteration of the substance of the Body, as if it were turned into a Spiritual Substance; no, it remained still a true Humane Mortal Body with the same Nature and Properties it had before, only it became bright and glorious.

(1.) It was not a Change or Alteration of the substance of the Body, as if it were turned into a Spiritual Substance; no, it remained still a true Humane Mortal Body with the same Nature and Properties it had before, onely it became bright and glorious.

2. As the substance of the Body was not changed, so the Natural Shape and Features were not changed, otherwise how could it be known to be Christ, the shape and Features were the same, only a new and wonderful splendour put upon them.

2. As the substance of the Body was not changed, so the Natural Shape and Features were not changed, otherwise how could it be known to be Christ, the shape and Features were the same, onely a new and wonderful splendor put upon them.

(3.) This new and wonderful splendour was not in Imagination and Appearance only, but real and sensible. If it had been in Imagination, show and Appearance, it would make Christ like those Deceivers who would dazzle the Eyes of Beholders with a false Appearance; as Magical Impostors, or those Apish Imitators of Divine Glory; as Herod, Agrippa, of whom we read Acts 12. 21, 22, 23. how he appeared in Royal State and made an Oration, and they said, the voice of a God, and not of a Man. Josephus telleth us the manner how he sat in the Sun, with glistering Garments of Cloth of Silver, and when the Sunbeams