Excerpt from The Spiritual Illumination of the Gentiles, Coeval With the Conversion of the Jews: A Sermon, the Substance of Which Was Delivered, on September 13th 1814 Moon. And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. Gen. I. 16. He giveth the sun, saith the prophet Jeremiah, for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night. Whatever these great lights are in themselves, whatever are their mo tions and revolutions, whatever beneficial effects they produce on the face of the earth, and what ever services they do to the creatures below, all these things are of Him who hath appointed the moon for seasons, and from whom the sun know eth his going down. Were these great lights to shine as it is expressed in this metaphor, the glory of their Creator and Preserver would be brightly displayed. It must necessarily follow, therefore, that when this great spiritual change shall be ac complished on the church of Christ, which this metaphor represents, the glory of the God of gr ace and salvation will be manifested abundantly. At that desirable period, these words of Isaiah, xlv. 5, shall be fulfilled, And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the'lord hath spoken it. The revelation of the divine glory, consists in the dis play which Jehovah will make of himself and of his attributes, by his Operations of grace among men; and all flesh seeing it together, signifies the church's perception and acknowledgment of this glory; both the one and the other shall, at that time, prevail in the world; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. How will he display the. 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.