For the glory thereof is departed

For the glory thereof is departed.

They sought to make them as glorious as they could, and they accounted them very glorious. Now shall wicked men, idolaters account their idol worship glorious, Oh! how glorious should the worship of God be in our eyes, the true spiritual worship of God? Let the true ministers of God learn not to glory in the flesh, but desire to know nothing but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

The glory thereof is departed.] For divers years together the worship of the calves had a great deal of glory put upon them, but it went away. And so you know what glory was upon our prelates and such kind of worship, as they of late set up, but the glory is departed. And look to it, whatever inventions of men are, if it be not God's, the glory will depart from it.