N01022:23
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the…
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the great blessedness, which Christian parents desire, both for themselves, and for their children. In a discourse, now put into the hands of such parents, as would be assisted in their duty, by putting such things into the hands of their children. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by Timothy Green, 1705
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Or is there a Glory in Goodness, in Virtue, in Holiness? Our CHRIST is Glorious ⟨p. 12⟩in Holiness, Fearful in Praises. Oh! the Glory! the Glory!—Solomon, what art thou in all thy Glory? What is the Glory of all the works of the hands of God? It retires into obscure Darkness, when set by the Glory of the Son of Man, whom God has Crowned with Glory and Honour, and set over the works of his Hands: Draw near, O all ye Lovers of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and Gaze upon the Glory of your LORD! Say, What Glory, what Glory is it, that you Discover in him? A Beloved Disciple shall answer for you; I will take that as your Answer; Joh. 1. 14. We beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the only Begotten of the Father.
Or is there a Glory in Goodness, in Vertue, in Holiness? Our CHRIST is Glorious ⟨p. 12⟩in Holiness, Fearful in Praises. Oh! the Glory! the Glory!—Solomon, what art thou in all thy Glory? What is the Glory of all the works of the hands of God? It retires into obscure Darkness, when set by the Glory of the Son of Man, whom God has Crowned with Glory and Honour, and set over the works of his Hands: Draw near, O all ye Lovers of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and Gaze upon the Glory of your LORD! Say, What Glory, what Glory is it, that you Discover in him? A Beloved Disciple shall answer for you; I will take that as your Answer; Joh. 1. 14. We beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the only Begotten of the Father.
Secondly; In the Work of Redemption by a CHRIST, there is a Glorious Display, which the God of Glory has made of his Infinite Perfections. The Attributes, the Perfections of the Great GOD; they are his Glory. Every Work of God Proclaims the Glory of his Attributes. From heaven, and from every work of God under the Cope of heaven, there is that Voice heard; There is a Glorious GOD, ⟨p. 13⟩