A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

(4.) It is a Day of Glorification to Christ, and therefore the Saints long for it; a Day when Christ shall be honoured, and get to himself a glorious Name. God got himself a great Name when he drowned Pharaoh and the Egyptians in the Sea: O what will it be when he shall cast all the Wicked into Hell! Now Christ will come to show the Fullness of his Majesty, the Terror of his Wrath, and to glorify his Justice upon wicked Men. Christ showeth his Majesty every day, but we have not Eyes to see it, our Eyes are dazzled with Worldly Splendour; but then all Mists shall vanish. The Saints that love the Glory of God, must needs long for that time when Christ shall be seen in all his Glory, when God shall be dishonoured no more, and the Kingdom of Sin and Satan have an end, and wicked Men shut up under their everlasting State. And then from the Saints God hath perfect Glory in them and from them: here God hath not his perfect Glory from us, nor in us. This is the Comfort of God's Children, that God is glorified in their Glory, that they may live to praise him for ever, without Weakness and Distraction; and that's the reason of those Expressions, To whom be Glory for ever and ever. They delight in their own glorious Estate, because they shall ever be in a Capacity to bring Glory to God. Nay, then God shall be glorified in all his Counsels and Decrees, in the Wisdom of his Providence, and in the course of his Judgments; for in the Day of Judgment the full History of the World shall be brought before the Saints, whereas now we see it but by pieces.

(4.) It is a Day of Glorification to Christ, and therefore the Saints long for it; a Day when Christ shall be honoured, and get to himself a glorious Name. God got himself a great Name when he drowned Pharaoh and the Egyptians in the Sea: O what will it be when he shall cast all the Wicked into Hell! Now Christ will come to shew the Fulness of his Majesty, the Terror of his Wrath, and to glorify his Justice upon wicked Men. Christ sheweth his Majesty every day, but we have not Eyes to see it, our Eyes are dazled with Worldly Splendor; but then all Mists shall vanish. The Saints that love the Glory of God, must needs long for that time when Christ shall be seen in all his Glory, when God shall be dishonoured no more, and the Kingdom of Sin and Satan have an end, and wicked Men shut up under their everlasting State. And then from the Saints God hath perfect Glory in them and from them: here God hath not his perfect Glory from us, nor in us. This is the Comfort of God's Children, that God is glorified in their Glory, that they may live to praise him for ever, without Weakness and Distraction; and that's the reason of those Expressions, To whom be Glory for ever and ever. They delight in their own glorious Estate, because they shall ever be in a Capacity to bring Glory to God. Nay, then God shall be glorified in all his Counsels and Decrees, in the Wisdom of his Providence, and in the course of his Judgments; for in the Day of Judgment the full History of the World shall be brought before the Saints, whereas now we see it but by pieces.