Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord:…

When I see the Reflection of the Light, on the Objects about the Fire, methinks, I am furnished with Light enough, to make a Reflection of my own upon it. This Light leads me unto that Glory, that shall be Enjoyed by the Saints in the Heavenly World; and unto the very Fountain of all their Glory. If unto the Fire, I should Resemble the Glorious Lord JESUS CHRIST, who shall one day appear in Flaming Fire, the Resemblance, might with many Good Thoughts be prosecuted. It is enough, that our Lord, the Sun of Righteousness, is compared unto the Sun, which is an Ocean of Fire; and that Celestial and Wonderful Fire ball, corresponding with the little Flashes on my Hearth, in the property of Luminosity, the comparison that is now to be made, will be sufficiently vindicated. Nor will it be unserviceable unto this purpose, to remark, that in some Languages (particularly the Syriac and Chaldee) the same word that is used for Fire, is used also for Light. The Splendour of my Fire, tho' so sparkling and so dazzling, that the most lively Limner can't paint it out unto the Life, is but a black Shadow, of the Glory which the Disciples in the Holy Mountain, saw resting on the Transfigured Lord of Glory. One of them that saw it, has reported unto us. That it was a Majesty ⟨p. 55⟩attended with an Excellent Glory; Another of them has reported, That it was the Glory, as of the only Begotten of the Father. Now, that which I would assert is, That unto Communications and Irradiations, from the Glory of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, all the Saved shall be everlastingly beholden, for all the Glorious Excellencies, which they shall ever Enjoy in their Spirits, or in their Bodies. The Church is that Moon, that borrows all her Light from the Messiah. The Lord JESUS CHRIST, by Shining on the Children of God, and of the Resurrection, conveys to them the Accomplishment of His promise, That they shall Shine as the Brightness of the Firmament, that is to say, as the Stars for ever and ever. The Beams of the Lord JESUS CHRIST shall fall upon His people Admitted unto the Sight of Him; and His Amiableness beheld by His people, will be both the Cause and the Copy of whatever Amiable Thing shall ever be beheld in Them. The Glory of God in the Face of JESUS CHRIST. Exhibited unto our Faith here, and unto our Sight hereafter, is that which produces, all our Grace, our Joy, our Crown.

When I see the Reflection of the Light, on the Objects about the Fire, methinks, I am furnished with Light enough, to make a Reflection of my own upon it. This Light leads me unto that Glory, that shall be Enjoy'd by the Saints in the Heavenly World; and unto the very Fountain of all their Glory. If unto the Fire, I should Resemble the Glorious Lord JESUS CHRIST, who shall one day appear in Flaming Fire, the Resemblance, might with many Good Thoughts be prosecuted. It is enough, that our Lord, the Sun of Righteousness, is compared unto the Sun, which is an Ocean of Fire; and that Caelestial and Wonderful Fire ball, corresponding with the little Flashes on my Hearth, in the property of Luminositie, the comparison that is now to be made, will be sufficiently vindicated. Nor will it be unserviceable unto this purpose, to remark, that in some Languages (particularly the Syriac and Chaldee) the same word that is used for Fire, is used also for Light. The Splendor of my Fire, tho' so sparkling and so dazzling, that the most lively Limner can't paint it out unto the Life, is but a black Shadow, of the Glory which the Disciples in the Holy Mountain, saw resting on the Transfigured Lord of Glory. One of them that saw it, has reported unto us. That it was a Majesty