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Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applied unto unconverted sinners, and saints…Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applyed unto unconverted sinners, and saints…
Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applied unto unconverted sinners, and saints under spiritual decays : in two chapters, from John XVII, xxiv / by the late Reverend John Owen ...Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applyed unto unconverted sinners, and saints under spiritual decayes : in two chapters, from John XVII, xxiv / by the late Reverend John Owen ...
London: printed by J.A. for William Marshall, 1691
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3. IN particular, the Lord Christ is glorious herein, in that the whole Breach made on the Glory of God in the Creation by the Entrance of Sin, is hereby repaired and made up. The Beauty and Order of the whole Creation consisted in i•s dependence on God by the Obedience of the rational Part of it, Angels and Men. Thereby were the being, the goodness, the wisdom and power of God made manifest. But the Beauty of this Order was defaced, and the Manifestation of the Divine Perfections unto the glory of God eclipsed by the Entrance of Sin. But all is restored, repaired and made up in this Recapitulation of all things in one new Head Christ ⟨p. 137⟩Jesus; yea, the whole curious Frame of the Divine Creation is rendered more beautiful than it was before. Hence the whole of it groaneth for the Interest of each Part in this Restoration of all things. Whatever there is of Order, of Beauty, of Glory in Heaven above, or in Earth beneath, it all ariseth from this new Relation of the Creation unto the Son of God. Whatever is not gathered into one, even in him, in its place and according to its measure, is under Darkness, Disorder and the Curse. Hence the Jews have a saying, that in the days of the Messiah all things shall be healed but the Serpent, that is the Devil, and wicked Men which are as his Seed.
3. IN particular, the Lord Christ is glorious herein, in that the whole Breach made on the Glory of God in the Creation by the Entrance of Sin, is hereby repaired and made up. The Beauty and Order of the whole Creation consisted in i•s dependance on God by the Obedience of the rational Part of it, Angels and Men. Thereby were the being, the goodness, the wisdom and power of God made manifest. But the Beauty of this Order was defaced, and the Manifestation of the Divine Perfections unto the glory of God eclipsed by the Entrance of Sin. But all is restored, repaired and made up in this Recapitulation of all things in one new Head Christ ⟨p. 137⟩Jesus; yea, the whole curious Frame of the Divine Creation is rendred more beautiful than it was before. Hence the whole of it groaneth for the Interest of each Part in this Restauration of all things. Whatever there is of Order, of Beauty, of Glory in Heaven above, or in Earth beneath, it all ariseth from this new Relation of the Creation unto the Son of God. Whatever is not gathered into one, even in him, in its place and according to its measure, is under Darkness, Disorder and the Curse. Hence the Jews have a saying, that in the days of the Messiah all things shall be healed but the Serpent, that is the Devil, and wicked Men which are as his Seed.