2. When a People have less of Christ amongst them then once they had, then the Glory is Departed from them. For He is the Glory of His People Israel, Luk. 2.32. It was Christ, whose Glory the Prophet Ezekiel saw. In the Vision which he had by the River Cheb••, he saw on the Throne, the likeness of a Man ⟨p. 19⟩upon it· This was the appearance of the likeness of the Glory of the Lord, and when he saw it he fell on his Fac• ; as in the Last verses of the first Chapter is expressed. Now not God the Father, but Christ the Son of God was wont to appear unto the Prophets of Old, in the form of a Man; thereby signifying His future Incarnation. Isaiah had a Vision like this of Ezekiel. He saw the Lord sitting on a Throne, and heard the Seraphims saying one to another, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole Earth is full of His Glory. Isa. 6.3. Because He did execute Judgement, not only on the Land of Israel, but all the Earth over: The Seraphims, the Holy Angels, beheld the whole Earth full of His Glory. The Apostle assures us, that it was Christ whose Glory Isaiah saw, Joh. 12.41. As God the Father, so Christ is called by that Name of Glory. Psal. 85.9. That Glory may dwell in our Land. When the Son of God was Incarnate, and dwelt for Thirty Years and more on the Earth, and in the Land of Israel, then did Glory dwell in that Land. Christ is the King of Glory. The Psalmist Prophesying of Christs Ascension to ⟨p. 20⟩Heaven, speaks as in Psal. 24.7. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, and be ye lift up▪ ye Everlasting Doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. And He is styled, The Lord of Glory: 1 Cor. 2.8. Had they known it, they would not have Crucified the Lord of Glory. It is affirmed concerning the Second Temple, The Glory of this latter House, shall be greater then of the former. Haggai 2.9. And how was that fulfilled? Not in respect of an outward Glory, consisting in the Magnificence and costliness of the Edifice, for so it was not to be compared with the former. Ver. 3. W•o is left among you that saw this House in her fi•st Glory? How do you see i• now? Is it not in your Eyes in comparison of it as nothing? Some have pretended, that Herod made a costly Addition to the Second Temple, so as to make it more Glorious then Solomons. Which is far from being true.
2. When a Peeple have less of Christ amongst them then once they had, then the Glory is Departed from them. For He is the Glory of His People Israel, Luk. 2.32. It was Christ, whose Glory the Prophet Ezekiel saw. In the Vision which he had by the River Cheb••, he saw on the Throne, the likeness of a Man ⟨p. 19⟩upon it· This was the appearance of the likeness of the Glory of the Lord, and when he saw it he fell on his Fac• ; as in the Last verses of the first Chapter is expressed. Now not God the Father, but Christ the Son of God was wont to appear unto the Prophets of Old, in the form of a Man; thereby signifying His future Incarnation. Isaiah had a Vision like this of Ezekiel. He saw the Lord sitting on a Throne, and heard the Seraphims saying one to another, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole Earth is full of His Glory. Isa. 6.3. Because He did execute Judgement, not only on the Land of Israel, but all the Earth over: The Seraphims, the Holy Angels, beheld the whole Earth full of His Glory. The Apostle assures us, that it was Christ whose Glory Isaiah saw, Ioh. 12.41. As God the Father, so Christ is called by that Name of Glory. Psal. 85.9. That Glory may dwell in our Land. When the Son of God was Incarnate, and dwelt for Thirty Years and more on the Earth, and in the Land of Israel, then did Glory dwell in that Land. Christ is the King of Glory. The Psalmist Prophesying of Christs Ascension to ⟨p. 20⟩Heaven, speaks as in Psal. 24.7. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, and be ye lift up▪ ye Everlasting Doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. And He is styled, The Lord of Glory: 1 Cor. 2.8. Had they known it, they would not have Crucified the Lord of Glory. It is affirmed concerning the Second Temple, The Glory of this latter House, shall be greater then of the former. Haggai 2.9. And how was that fulfilled? Not in respect of an outward Glory, consisting in the Magnificence and costliness of the Edifice, for so it was not to be compared with the former. Ver. 3. Wo is left among you that saw this House in her fist Glory? How do you see i now? Is it not in your Eyes in comparason of it as nothing? Some have pretended, that Herod made a costly Addition to the Second Temple, so as to make it more Glorious then Solomons. Which is far from being true.
