Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	face_n	moses_n	shine_v	2,681	5	9.0852	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92134	Roma ruens. Dagon falling before the Arke, or, The glory of Christ over-shadowing all other glories. / As it was delivered in a sermon before. the right Honourable Lord Major, and the right worshipful aldermen his brethren, at Mercers Chappel. By Nicholas Rust, chaplaine to the right Honourable Lord Major. Magna veritas & prævalet.	Rust, Nicholas, b. 1617 or 18.	1650 (1650)	Wing R2369; Thomason E597_9; ESTC R206294	17,713	31

glorie shall be over-shadowed and out-shined Thus desiring pardon for my boldnesse I commit and commend ye all your City families friends and Relations to the grace and goodnesse of our Redeemer Your dayly Oratour at the Throne of grace NICH. RUST Marke 9.7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them and a voice came out of the cloud saying This is my beloved Son hear him IN the beginning of this Chapter Verse 2. Jesus taketh with him Peter James and John and went up into a high mountaine to pray as Luke hath it for when we are to wait on God in such an ordinance Lukke 9.28 we are to get into a mountaine that is to be above the world for you read that Christ sent the multitude away when he was thus to converse with his Father Mat. 14.23 so are we to dismisse the multitude of earthly thoughts and cares that we may attend upon the Lord in such a duty without distraction Luke saith that as Christ prayed Luke 9.29 the fashion of his countenance was altered and his raiment was white and glistering For the Lord leaveth some impressions of his own glory upon those that come to have communion with himself in those ordinances wherein he meets their soules Exod. 34.30 Moses face did shine when he had been with God upon the mount Oh 't is good to draw neer to God Psal 73. ult But assoon as Christ appeared Verse 4. Moses and Elias appeared with him in glory By Moses I do not understand the person of Moses but the ministration of Moses so far as it was Elementarie typicall Heb. 10.1 a shadow of things to come and so to be overshadowed a glory which was to be outshined by the glory of Christ And by Elias I do not understand the person of John Baptist who was Elias but his ministration so far as it was the Baptisme of water 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 John 3.30 an outward sign of the Baptisme of Christ a glory which was to be eclipsed by the glory of Christ I must decrease but he must increase Now these two ministers being put for the ministrations themselves appeared with Christ for whensoever Christ exalts his glory other glories seeke to stand up in competition with it Peter is so satisfied with the vision of this glory that he is content ta take up his everlasting habitation in the mount Master it is good to be here and to build tabernacles not onely to Christ but to Moses and Elias also for when creatures stand up in competition with Christ we are ready to attribute to them the glory of Christ magnifying them as Co-adjutors and Concauses with Christ Habak 1.16 Sacrificing to our nets building tabernacles to Moses and Elias as well as unto Christ But it is the design of the Father to honour Christ Phil. 2.9 and to give him a name above every name that every knee may bow to him and all glory below himself abase it selfe before him therefore Moses and Elias shall not be able to indure the Luster of Christs appearing who is the bright morning star Moses and Elias are overshadowed and darkened by Christ their glory is extinguised no glory remained but the glory of Christ Jesus was left alone For while Peter thus spake A cloud overshadowed them and a voice came out of the cloud saying this is c. From the words thus opened we may observe That The glory of Christ doth overshadow and out-shine Doct. all other glories that stand up against it or in competition with it The Prophet Isaiah speaking of the light and glory of Christ which should break forth in the time of the Gospel Isaiah 40. discovereth the vanity of all fleshly glory how it should wither die and fade before this glory at the 5 verse The glory of the Lord shall be revealed c. and at the 7 verse The grasse withereth the flower fadeth c. Daniel saw in a vision one like the son of man Dan 7.14 in his glory Kingdome and dominion and see there how the glory of those great and powerfull Monarchies did passe away and vanish before this glory it would have grieved the heart of any Royallist to have seen it for the Thrones were cast down verse 9. Their glory utterly marred their power quite broken and all by a little stone cut out of the mountaines without hands verse 26. Dan. 2.34 Their dominion is taken away consumed and destroyed to the end for the hand-writing was gone forth against them MENE MENE TEKEL EUPHARSIN They were weighed in the ballance and found light and their Kingdomes were departed from them Dan. 5.25 The Prophet Esay in another place doth display most divinely the magnificence of this Transcendent glory Esay 2.10 and see how the lofty looks high thoughts great imaginations of men are humbled and brought down verse 10. Great and mighty ones hide themselves in the dust for feare of the Lord and for the glory of his Majestie yea verse 11. the lofty lookes of men shall be humbled and the haughtines of men shall be bowed down and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day the day of the Lord of Hosts shall so be upon every one that is proud and lofty that mighty ones shal be cast from their seats and the strongest oakes of Bashan will not be able to stand against this mighty blast When the Angel came down from heaven who lightened the earth with his glory Rev. 18.1 down came Babylon and all her glory Verse 16 17 18 19. so bemoaned and lamented by her admirers and adorers for in one hour so great laches came to nought for the glory of the new Jerusalem the City of God doth even swallow up the glory of creatures Rev 21.24 The nations do bring their glory into it Thus you see the glory of Christ doth overshadow and outshine c. But I shall no longer stay in Generals but come to particulars First the glory of the wisdome of Christ doth overshadow the wisdome of the world so that it is confounded by it when it stands up in competition or in contestation with it for the wisdom learning Acts 6.9 policie and sophistrie of the world did stand up against and contest with the wisdome of God in Steven but they were all borne down by the Majestie and power of it for the truth of God is powerful Rom. 1.16 yea it is the power of God to salvation and cannot be resisted in the meanest and weakest instrument but it will bear all before it the Libertines Cyrenians Alexandrians were not able to resist the spirit whereby he spake Acts 6.10 or with all humane abilities to maintaine dispute against him for the school of tyrannie is too weak for the school of Christ The Lord Jesus at twelve years old disputed with the Doctors confounding them and amazing them with his questions