The Queen Crowned with the King

“IVe are made prophets, priests and kings: prophets meet to declare Gods praises, priests fit for holy ministering, kings to reign over our corruptions here, and with Christ for ever in glo7y. As the gneen is crowned with the king, so shall the church reign with Christr What a joy it is thus to receive our honours in connection with our Lord! ‘’Crowned with the King” — this is a vast increase of joy! It makes our seat in the heavenlies the more glorious when we remember that we are made to sit there together with him. To rise in his resurrection, to live because he lives, to be crowned in his coronation, and to be glorified with his glory, this is a double, yea, a sevenfold bliss. The queen’s coronation with the king is much more joyous to her than if she were crowned alone; for all her husband’s honours are her delight, and give her, as it were, another coronation better than her own.

O Lord, it seems too great a thing that such a worthless, unworthy creature as I am should be glorified at all; but to be with thee and like thee is a greater glory than even heaven itself would have been if it could have been enjoyed apart from thyself.