while you are here, for you shall appear glorious. In this I shall
Practical Application
The PRACTICAL APPLICATION of this point is the main thing I
shall speak to. Is it so that the saints at last shall appear glorious?
1. First, This serves to bespeak the people of God to BE glorious.
Oh, that you would strive to be glorious now, who at last shall appear
so glorious! Oh, that your words might be more glorious, that your
thoughts of God might be more glorious, that your conversations
might be more glorious, that your actings towards God and man
might be more glorious! The day is coming, O blessed souls, where as
you shall appear glorious! Oh, that you would labor now to shine in
glory, who at the last shall transcend the sun in glory! But I shall
hasten to that which I chiefly intend, and that is this: Is it so that
believers at last shall appear glorious? Then,
2. Second, This serves to bespeak all believers to DO gloriously
while you are here, for you shall appear glorious. In this I shall
endeavor these three things—
First, To lay down some motives to move you to do gloriously
here, who shall appear glorious in heaven.
Secondly, We shall show when a man may be said to do
gloriously.