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
A97021	None but Christ, or A plain and familiar treatise of the knowledge of Christ, exciting all men to study to know Jesus Christ and him crucified, with a particular, applicatory, and saving knowledge, in diverse sermons upon I Cor. 2. 2. / By John Wall B.D. preacher of the word of God at Mich. Cornhill London.	Wall, John, 1588-1666.	1648 (1648)	Wing W469; Thomason E1139_1; ESTC R210079	152,329	343

knowledge of the creatures by naturall instinct yea and of God too but had not the least scintillas of the knowledge of Christ Plato by light of nature wrote of God the Creator but could not write a word of Christ the Redeemer and the reason is because wee may see something of God a Creator in the Creature but all the frame of heaven and earth could not bring the least knowledge of Christ a Redeemer But this knowledge came by speciall revelation immediately from God e 1 Col. 1. 26. and therefore is especially to be inquired after 1 Cor. 2. 7. We speake the mystery of God even the hidden wisdome which God ordained before the world to our glory Secondly Reas 2 the knowledge of Christ is the most excellent knowledge because the excellency of all other knowledge is included super-eminently in the knowledge of Christ as the brightnesse and beauty of all the Starres appeare in the Sunne And this appeares in these five respects 1. The excellency of the knowledge of God appeares in the knowledge of Christ 2. The sweetnesse of the word consists in the revelation of Christ 3. The knowledge of all the workes of God are not so excellent as the knowledge of Christ 4. The excellency of man is that he knoweth Christ 5. The excellency of the workes of man are that they proceed from man indued with the knowledge of Christ First I say the sweetnesse and excellency of the knowledge of God himselfe appeares in the knowledge of Christ The light of the knowledge of the glory of God shines in the face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4. 6. And this appeares in three particulars 1. In regard of his person for he is the image of the invisible God the print of 1 Col. 1 15 the face of God is seen in him even the wisdome holinesse goodnesse mercy c. and all the attributes of God did shine in his sonne in a super-eminent manner and that in carne visibili in visible flesh even as the Moone resembles the Sun or as some times the child is the very picture of the Father So that Christ might truly say he that hath seen the sonne hath seen the father because he hath seen the attributes of the father shining in the sonne And hence he is stiled the brightnesse or luster Heb. 1. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of his fathers glory and the Character or expresse image of his person g Secondly in regard of the worke of Redempt ion wh in all the attributes of God shine forth more gloriously then ever they would have done if Christ had not redeemed us As the glory of his wisdom to find out such a way to save man by uniting God and man together Rom. 11. 33 which the wit of men and Angels Psa 85. 10. could never have found out The glory of his holinesse and justice against sin that rather then sin shall not go unpunished his owne sonne shall be punished The glory of his mercy goodnesse and Ioh. 3. 16 love that rather then man shall dye his own sonne shall suffer for us he shall dye that we may live he shall be crucified that we may be glorified The glory of his power that he is able to bring life out of death to fetch hony out of the Lions Carkasse and to support mans nature to beare such infinite wrath And hence it is when Christ was borne that the Angels came out of heaven singing and rejoycing saying Now Glory to God on Luke 2. 14 high As if God had never the like glory revealed before no not in the work of the whole Creatiō certainly if we had stood in innocency we could never have conceived God so just and severe against sin so merciful and loving to let his own son suffer to shew mercy to us c. as now we see he is in our redemption by Iesus Christ 3. But thirdly and especially the sweetnesse of the knowledge of God appeares in the knowledge of Christ in relation to us Because to know God without Christ is to know him our enemy a revenging God a consuming fire which makes us feare and tremble to thinke of God As it is with the Divels and was with Adam after his fall he ran from God as his greatest enemy But to know God in the face of Jesus Christ is sweet and comfortable This is life eternall to know thee the onely true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent And the reason is because now we know God to be our God our mercifull loving gracious and reconciled father which is in heaven that now we can with open face and not like Trayrors with our faces covered behold the glory of the Lord 2 Cor. 3. 18. As Moses could with delight see God passe by in all his Royalty and glory when he was hid in the Rock so Gods attributes shining out of the Rock Christ Jesus are sweet and lovely to us that Rock was Christ For now if I know God to be a wise God that knowes all things that are done on earth the greater is my comfort for then he is the more able to know what I want and to take care of me Is he a holy God The better for me because then he is the more able to sanctify me a Ioh. 1. 16. Is he a just God The better for me for then he must needs pardon me seeing Christ his own sonne hath dyed for me Rom. 8. 33. Is he very mercifull Then he will spare me and take pity upon me b Mal. 3. 17. Psa 130. 34. Psal 103. Is he loving and amiable in his disposition Then he will take pleasure and delight in me Is he strong mighty and powerfull then he is the more able to defend me from my greatest and strongest enemies Rom. 8. 31. Is he a rich God that hath all things in heaven and earth the better for me for then he is the more able to provide for me what ever I stand in need of because God is my God reconciled to me and all that is in God is for me But on the contrary out of Christ the thoughts of God are terrible to us we look upon him as our greatest enemy As the Devils that look upon God out of Christ they beleeve tremble Or as a sl●ve that looks upon his cruell master or as a foule felon upon a severe Iudge I knew said the evill servant thou wast an hard man And the reason is because all the attributes of God are now against him All this is against me saith Iacob c Gen. 42. 36. Is he a wise God the worse for me for then he is more able to find out my sins and knowes all the wickednesse my heart is privy to d Jer. 17. 9 Is he holy then he must needs hate me that am so filthy e Hab. 1. 13 Is he just the worse for me for then he must needs punish me and