Ecclesia Monilia. The peculiar treasure of the Almighty King opened; and the jewels that…

Fourthly. YEA, more than so. The Children of GOD are what the SON of GOD Himself, wears as His Ornaments. He shows them for such, and with Pleasure says, Behold, The Children which GOD has given me! They are the Jewels which our SAVIOUR is not only Arrayed, but even reckons Himself Adorned withal. They are so, when they Adorn the Doctrine of GOD our SAVIOUR in all things. These are they to whom our GOD says; Isai. LXII. 3. Thou shalt be a Crown of Glory in the Hand of the Lord, and a Royal Diadem in the Hand of thy GOD. They may indeed be called, Jewels of the Crown. Our Glorious Lord, uses them for His Crown; and makes His more than Royal Diadem to glitter with them. When our SAVIOUR says, The Righteous shall compass me about; it may be read, The Righteous shall be a Crown unto me. We find this astonishing Dignity put upon some, who were eminent for Holiness, and Watchfulness, and Usefulness; 2 Cor. VIII. 23. They were the Glory of CHRIST. Our Great SAVIOUR Exhibits His Chosen and Called Ones, with the effects of His Grace upon them, and says, This is the People whom I have thus formed for my self; They show forth ⟨p. 10⟩my Praise! When they have such a Mind, and such a Walk, as He had; and when He has prepared them in every good Work to do the Will of GOD, and wrought in them what is wellpleasing in the sight of GOD, & has Forgiven their Iniquities, & Relieved their Infirmities, and Crowned them with His Kindnesses, Now, He looks on them as a Glory to Him. So He produced a Job of old, as one of His Jewels; & said, Hast thou considered him? Consider what a Perfect and Upright Man, there is of my making in him! And so, when He descends from Heaven, with such as will have His Work finished on them, He will then be Glorified in His Saints, and admired in all them that believe. The King of Tyre, being surrounded with Jewels, and having every precious Stone for his covering, has his Glory so described unto us; Thou wast upon the Holy Mountain of GOD; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of Fire. Our Blessed JESUS, being surrounded with such as Delight in Him, and such as Derive the Beauties of Holiness from Him, has every precious stone for a covering; and He walks up and down in the midst of the stones of Fire. And He so displays His Glory from the Holy Mountain of GOD unto us.