and the greateſt and happieſt; if Christ is
God Almighty's only Son, believers are
God Almighty's only daughters. You
read of God's daughters in Pſal. xiv.
Chriſt is the King, believers are the
queen; Chriſt is the bridegroom; believers
are the bride; Chriſt is the
Lamb, believers are his wife, Rev. xxi.
9. What ſhall I ſay? the angels in glory
are in a very glorious ſtate, and yet
let me tell you, believers in Chriſt be
higher than angels; they are ſervants,
we are members; they be the friends
of the bridegroom, we are the bride;
they have their perſonal glory, we have
the ſame glory for ſubſtance with Jeſus
Chritſ, John xvii. 22. 'The glory
which thou haſt given me,' faith
Chriſt, I have given them. Believers
be nearer the throne than angels; and
this doth wonderfully ſpeak out that
we are higher than the angels In Rev.
v. The four beaſts are nearer the throne
than the angels.
O! beloved, how are believers advanced! how high are we become, poor duſt and aſhes to be above angels! and this is the greateſt happineſs which we get, by Chriſt's aſſuming our nature for the ſalvation of our ſouls.
