Excerpt from An Essay on the Nature and Glory of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: As Also on the Nature and Consequences of Spiritual Blindness, and the Nature and Effects of Divine Illumination In thefe words of the Apollle jull cited, to whic fpecial reference will be had in the following Ella] thefe things may be obferved -that the Gofpel Chrift, is a glorious Gofpel. - That the glory of Gofpel is feen by all who fit under it, that are not blit and all who fee its glorydo believe, favingly believe That thofe who are blind to the glory of the Gofpel, not believe it - The Gofpel is hid from them, and they loft - That the Devil's grand fcheme is to keep it blind to the glory of the Gofpel; as knowing, that t is the diree'r method to prevent their ever believing to the faving of their fouls - That fpiritual illuminati whereby men are brought to fee the glory of the G pel, to fee the glory of God in the face of Jefus Chr is as immediately from God, as was natural light, wl God' commanded the light to ibine out of darknefs faying, let there be light, and there was light.-that who behold this glory of the Lord, are changed i. The fame image. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.