N01905:13
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored; and the King of Glory proclaimed; on a day of prayer kept (May 10. 1721) at the opening of the New Brick Meeting House in the north part of Boston, by the ministers of the city, with the Society which built it, & this day swarmed into it. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed for Robert Starkey. And sold, 1721
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It is most certainly, our SAVIOUR, who is here celebrated as the King of Glory. That contemptible creature, who lately assumed this Denomination, ought forever to have his memory treated no otherwise than that of a Profane and Wicked Prince, and the most Vain glorious worm in the World. No. It shall be Thy Glory, O our SAVIOUR, to be, The King of Glory! A Glory tis, which Thou wilt not give to another.
It is most certainly, our SAVIOUR, who is here celebrated as the King of Glory. That co•t•mptible creature, who lately assumed this Denomination, ought forever to have his memory treated no otherwise than that of a Prophane and Wicked Prince, and the most Vain glorious worm in the World. No. It shall be Thy Glory, O our SAVIOƲR, to be, The King of Glory! A Glory tis, which Thou wilt not give to another.
Here is a Demand, Lift up your Heads, ye Gates, and be ye Lift up, ye Everla•g Doors, and the King of Glory shall […] in. The Gates of Zion, were dou•, of the Portcullis fashion, and were to be opened by Lifting up. At the Execution ⟨p. 4⟩of this Demand, for the Entry of the A•k into Zion, there is a Dialogue. It is both Enquired, and Answered Who is this King of Glory? Twas provided, I suppose, to be Alternately Sung, by the Officers placed at the Gates. I allow a Type of our SAVIOUR's being Received up to Glory, in this Transaction. But I behold, a Repetition of the matter. This inclines me to an Apprehension; That here is demanded for our SAVIOUR, a Reception with his People: at His Two several Comings into the World. Whatever may be meant, by the Gates and the Everlasting Doors, which are to be Opened for His Reception, be sure, O People of God, our Hearts are intended; The Gates and the Everlasting Doors of our Souls, are to be Opened unto Him. The Dialogue here managed on this Occasion, Enquiring and Answering, Who is this King of Glory? between whomsoever tis carried on, we may well apprehend, the Angels of God concerned in it; The Angels who are the admiring Spectators of his Glory. Tis Remarkable, That in the first Account of this Glorious King, He