Sermons Preached at St Paul's Cathederal: V. 4
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850. Excerpt: ... SEEM ON XXII. THE INTUITION OP FAITH. 2 Coe. iii. 18. ' We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." ST. PAUL here contrasts the revelation given by God through Moses, with the revelation given by the Word made flesh. The first was given to one alone; Moses alone saw the skirts of the divine glory, and spoke with God in the mount: we all behold His glory, and have access through the Son to the Father. Moses, after speaking with God, had need to put a veil upon his face, for the people could not bear even the reflected brightness of God's Presence: St. Paul says, "We all with open face" behold it. The Word made flesh has both revealed to us the glory of the Lord, and has given to us the power to look upon it: "God was manifest in the flesh." He is "the brightness of His glory, and the express VOL. IV. B B image of His Person;"' "the image of the invisible God:"2 He "dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory."3 But this revelation upon earth was transient; it had passed away when St. Paul wrote these words. Yet though past, it was not withdrawn: though hidden, it was yet revealed. "The glory of the Lord," in Christ, is an eternal revelation, open still to us: "We all with open face" behold it now. Bv faith we stand before the throne, out of which go forth "lightnings and thunderings and voicesby faith we dwell continually in the presence of the Divine Majesty. The Son hath returned unto the Father, and His visible presence is no more seen. But " God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."4 Let us first see what is this great s...
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