Colossians 1:29

REFLECTIONS

Everlasting praise to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the gracious discoveries made to the Church in this blessed chapter of divine love, and for all the manifestations of Covenant grace and mercy, in the Person, work, and offices of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Head and Husband of his Church from one eternity to another. Oh! what a glorious view is here given of Christ in this Chapter! Lord! be it my study, night and day, under divine teaching, to learn and know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent!

And, oh! thou blessed Emmanuel, God and Man in One Person! Oh! may I unceasingly meditate on the glories of thy nature and essence, One with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, God over all, blessed forever. Amen. May I behold thee in thy Mediator glory, the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature! And, oh! what glories do I here behold and contemplate in thy person, before that a single act of redemption-work was Wrought out by my LORD for his Church, in the time-state of her fallen nature; when as I here read, by thee all things are created that are in heaven and earth; all things were created not only by thee, but for thee, and thou art before all things, and by thee all things consist! Oh! the glories of my Lord, in creation, providence, grace, and glory! And when I call to mind thy wonders of love to the Church in time, thine incarnation, baptisms, temptations, sorrows, miracles, life, death, resurrection, ascension, return to glory, and the wonders of thine unchanging priesthood! When I behold thee now still carrying on the same design, wearing our nature, appearing in our stead, taking up the Persons and causes of all thy people, feeling with them, and feeling for them, and wilt never cease, until thou hast brought thy blood-bought sons and daughters, with all thy royal family round thy throne, to be with thee forever? Oh! for grace, until this great day of my God shall come, to love thee, and to live to thee, and to hail thy wonderous name! Lord! be thou my portion day by day, that by faith in this blessed hope, I may now live, and at length, in the full assurance of glory, die, and be one with thee forever!