...contemplates them living and breathing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who in this, as well as every other sense, " is the brightness of his Father's glory and the express image of his person." Upon this all-perfect pattern he steadfastly fixes his eye, as a painter upon a portrait,...

...nature, so prone to run out into criminal excess, God has graciously condescended in the gift of his Son. He is " the brightness of his Father's glory and the express image of his person," but the effulgence of that glory is so softened and shaded by the veil of humanity, that,...

...existence, omniscience, omnipotence, and immutability, are the declared attributes of his nature. " He is the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person." " In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." " By him were all things created...

...depraved. What a miracle of grace is here ! that we should be transformed into the image of Him who is the " brightness of his Father's glory and the express image of his person." The likeness is here begun. They have the same views and dispositions as their Divine...

...not a friend, but his Son. Not an 8* adopted Son, but his own Son by eternal generation ; a Son, who is the " brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person." Yea, he gave us his only Son, to die as a sacrifice in our room ! How bitterly did Jacob...

...wish for, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. To be with Christ, who is the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person ; who is infinitely fairer than the sons of men or angels : in whose presence there is fulness...

...attained and increased through His Holy Scriptures, for 'they are they which testify of Christ/ and Christ is 'the brightness of His Father's glory, and the express image of His person.' To know Jesus, therefore, is to know God ; for ' He that hath seen me/ said Christ, 'hath...

...and manifestations of grace divine being but a faint unfolding of the glories and virtues of HIM who is " the brightness of His FATHER'S glory, and the express image of His Person," and " in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the GODHEAD bodily." We are none of us flowers...

...God belongs to O him, and is as true of the Son as of the Father; since he is of the same nature, and is " the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person." He is called "the holy one of Israel," more than thirty times in the prophecy of Isaiah....

...as not to see and rejoice in the beams of divine mercy, which emanate from Jesus the Son of God, who is '• the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person, full of grace and truth." How gloomy and dejecting is this system of reprobation when contrasted...