on the Right-hand of God. Matth. xvi. 27. For the Son of Man fhall come in the Glory of his Father, with his Angels. Mark viii. 38. Of him alfo shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he cometh in the Glory of his Father, with the holy Angels. Matth. xxv. 31. When the Son of Man Shall come in his Glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he fit upon the Throne of his Glory. Mark xiii. 26. And then shall they fee the Son of Man coming in the Clouds, with great Power and Glory.

The Glory which appeared in the Cloud, that which appeared alone, that with the Cherubim, &c. were every one diffused from a Center every Way; this was the Emblem of the Glory, all others are but Reflections. St. Paul gives us, from the only standing Type, an Idea of this Type in the Original, and at fecond hand, I Cor. xv. 41. There is one Glory of the Light of the Sun, another Glory of the Light of the Moon, and another Glory of the Light of the Stars; for the Light of Star differeth from the Light of Star in Glory. The Fire at the Sun is the Father of Glory, forms the Light, fends it out in Rays every way; the Moon and Stars receive their Shares of this Glory from the Light, they have P 3

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none of their own; and each of them receives it but on one fide, on that fide next the Sun, and the Reflection of that Light, from each, is the Glory of each; and 'tis greater according to the Magnitude of the Star, the Shortnefs of its Distance, &c. Hence Crowns of Men are but each a Hemifphere of Rays; fo to attribute Glory is, by Reflection, to irradiate it upon others; and fo, jointly, backward to the Glory the Light. So Glory is attributed in the fame Manner immediately to, mediately by or through, Jefus Chrift. P 1. 15. I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pfal. lxxxvi.-O Jehovah, and hall glorify thy name. ver. 12. I will confefs to thee my Lord, my Faderator, with all my Heart, and I will glorify thy Name for ever, &c. Isa. lv. 5. For he hath glorified thee. So, 2 Cor. iv. 6. To give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God, in the Face (Perfon) of Jefus Chrift. Eph. iii. 21. Unto him be Glory in the Church by Christ Jesus. Phil. i. 11. Which are by Jefus Chrift unto the Glory and Praife of God. Ibid. ii. 11. And that every Tongue fhould confefs that Jefus Chrift is Lord to the Glory of God the Father. Ib. iv. 19. According to his Riches in Glory, by Christ Jesus.

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Now unto God and our Father, be Glory for ever and ever. Amen, Col. iii. 4 When Chrift, who is our Life, shall appear, then shall ye aifo appear with him in Glory. 2 Thef. i. 9. From the Prefence of the Lord, and from the Glory of his power. i Pet, iv. 11. That God in all Things may be glorified through Jesus Chrift, to whom be Glory and Dominion for ever and ever. Amen. I Pet. v. 10. But the God of all Grace who hath called us unto his eternal Glory in Chrift Jefus. 2 Pet. i. 1. Through the Righteousness of God, and our Saviour Jefus Chrift Through the Knowledge of God, and of Jefus Christ our Lord, according as his divine Power hath given unto us-thro the Knowledge of him that hath called us to (by) Glory and Virtue-that by these you might be Partakers of the Divine Nature, Apoc. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our Sins in his Blood, and hath made us Kings and Priests unto God and to his Father to him be Glory and Dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ibid v. 12. Worthy is the Lamb that was flain, to receive Power, and Riches, and Wifdom, and Strength, and Honour, and Glory, and Bleffing-Saying, Bleffing, and Honour, P 4 and

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and Glory, and Power, be unto him that fitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Ibid. iv. 2. A Throne was fet in Heaven, and one fat on the Throne, and he that fat, was to look upon like a fafper, and a Sardine-ftone: and there was a Rainbow about the Throne, in Sight like unto an Emerald, &c.

It appears the Heathens had attributed this Glory or Gravity to the Light, Pfal. iv. 3. Te Sons of Men how long has my Glory been [fc. afcribed] to the Shameful Thing; ye love p the vain thing; ye feek to the Falfe one. Selah. The Philiftines had given this Glory to their Gods, fo, 1 Sam. vi. 5. Wherefore ye shall make Images of your Emerods, and Images of your Mice that mar the Land, and ye fhall give the Glory to the Alcim of Ifrael; peradventure, he will lighten his Hand from off you, and from off your Aleim, and from off your Land. And, wherefore, should you harden your Heart, as the Egyptians and Pharoah hardened their Hearts. When he exerted himself upon them, did they not let the People go and they departed? The fubverted Jews had ufed thefe Emblems in their falfe Worship, reprefented under the Embiem of Whoredom, for they ufcd to place

their Gods upon Beds and Couches, Ezek. xxiii. 41. And thou haft fet it upon a Bed [or in a Tent] of Glory, and a Table prepared before it; and thou haft fet my Incenfe and my Oil upon it and the Voice of the foolish Multitude was in it; and with the Men DIN 7 of the common Sort [perhaps Sons of Adam in Contradiftinction to Sons of the Aleim] were brought Sabeans from the Wilderness, and they put Bracelets upon their Hands, Buxt. Chald. "A Beautiful young Girl "with Golden Bracelets dedicated to Venus”) and 8 y a Crown of Glory upon their Heads. The Word ND decor is the Boughs which form the Top, was the Ornament of the Stem of a Tree, and bore the Fruit; the Idea is taken thence, and Crowns or Garlands of thefe had been placed upon the Heads of Men, Idols, &c. 'Tis ufed fingular, If. lxi. 10. and is near akin, is to fhoot Branches, Fruit, Children, fo to increase. Ifa. lxi. 10. as a Bridegroom shall interceed for a Crown.

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