A Body of Practical Divinity

Resp. There is a twofold Glory: 1. The Glory that God hath in himself; his intrinsical Glory. Glory is essential to the Godhead, as Light is to the Sun: he is called the God of Glory, Acts 7.2. Glory is the sparkling of the Deity; Glory is so co-natural to the Godhead, that God cannot be God without it. The Creature's Honour is not essential to his Being; a King is a Man without his Regal Ornaments, when his Crown and Royal Robe are taken away: but God's Glory is such an essential Part of his Being, that he cannot be God without it; God's very Life lies in his Glory. His Glory can receive no addition, because it is Infinite; this Glory is that which God is most tender of, and which he will not part with, Isa. 42.8. My glory I will not give to another. God will give Temporal Blessings to his Children, Wisdom, Riches, Honour; he will give them Spiritual Blessings, he will give them Grace, he will give them his Love, he will give them Heaven, but his essential Glory he will not give to another. King Pharaoh parted with a Ring off his Finger to Joseph, and a Gold Chain, but he would not part with his Throne, Gen. 41.40. Only in the throne will I be greater then thou. So God will do much for his People, he will give them the Inheritance; he will put some of Christ's Glory as Mediator upon them, but his essential Glory he will not part with; in the throne he will be greater.

Resp. There is a twofold Glory: 1. The Glory that God hath in himself; his intrinsical Glory. Glory is essential to the Godhead, as Light is to the Sun: he is call'd the God of Glory, Acts 7.2. Glory is the sparkling of the Deity; Glory is so co-natural to the Godhead, that God cannot be God without it. The Creature's Honour is not essential to his Being; a King is a Man without his Regal Ornaments, when his Crown and Royal Robe are taken away: but God's Glory is such an essential Part of his Being, that he cannot be God without it; God's very Life lies in his Glory. His Glory can receive no addition, because it is Infinite; this Glory is that which God is most tender of, and which he will not part with, Isa. 42.8. My glory I will not give to another. God will give Temporal Blessings to his Children, Wisdom, Riches, Honour; he will give them Spiritual Blessings, he will give them Grace, he will give them his Love, he will give them Heaven, but his essential Glory he will not give to another. King Pharaoh parted with a Ring off his Finger to Ioseph, and a Gold Chain, but he would not part with his Throne,