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Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ
Meditations and discourses on the glory of Christ, in his person, office, and grace with the differences between faith and sight applied unto the use of them that believe / by the late Reverend John Owen, D.D.
London: printed by B.A., 1691
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Chapter 11: The Glory of Christ in the Recapitulation of all things in him.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
DID we live more in the Contemplation of this Glory of Christ, and of the Wisdom of God in this Recapitulation of all things in him, there is not any thing of our Duty which it would not mind us of, nor any thing of Privilege which it would not give us a Sense of, as might easily be demonstrated.
DID we live more in the Contemplation of this Glory of Christ, and of the Wisdom of God in this Recapitulation of all things in him, there is not any thing of our Duty which it would not mind us of, nor any thing of Priviledge which it would not give us a Sence of, as might easily be demonstrated.
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 its 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 its 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