96 Chap. 4. An Expofition upon the Book of J 0 B. VeaC 14. 9i 'Jehovah appeared in that flaming bufh, the Text faith, Exod 3. 6. That Motes 19il) hisface, for he was afraid to look upon God; holy Mofes could not bear that glory. Daniel a man greatly beloved of God, and honoured with glorious vifions, was yet greatly aflo. nifhed at thofe vifions Chap, a o. 8. There remained no ftrength in me, for my comlinefr n'as turned into corruption, and I retained no ftrengtb : and verf: 16. 0 my Lord, by the vifion my farrows are turned upon me, and Ihave retained no jirength : Verf. 17 Neither is there any breath left in me. I am ready to dye, T amnot able to bear thy Majetly, in thofe mylteries of thy will, made known to me, How loth Habakkuk cry out in the place afore quoted, of his trembling belly, quivering lips, andof rottennefs entring into his bones. We tied in the New Tefiament, the Saints fwallowed up with the like amazements. Zechariah of whom the Holy Ghoft had given fuch an excellent teffimony a little be- fore, for a man that had avalkedblamelefs in all :ire Ordinances of God,yet as Peon as the Angel appeared,the Text fatth,Hewed trou- bled, andfear fell uponhim, Luk. 1.12. Yea the blcffed Virgin (v,. 29. of that Chap.) Whenfhefan, him (that is the Angel) floe was troubled in her mind. Latfly, _john the beloved Difciple; Peeing Chrift walking in the midst of the (even golden Candleflicks, &e. Fell at his feet as dead, Rev. I. 17. How should this humble and abate us inour fives .' we that are not able to hand before thegracious manifeftations of God, when he comes to reveal himfelt to us in his mercy, how thail we be able to fiand before the wrathful maraifeilatíons ofGod ? The Apoflle tellsus (1 Cor. 15 5o ) Flefh and blood cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven ; by flefb and blood, we are not to under- ltand, the finful nature of man (as ficfh and blood often lignifie in Scripture, being oppofed to fpirit) but the conftitution of na- ture,or that Mate wherein we ifand,as men ; this flefh and blood is not able to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, that is, it cannot bear the majefly, glory, and excellency of Heaven, where God clearly manifefîs himfelfunto his Saints ; and where we shall feeGod face to face ; and therefore the Apotlle argueth all along, as by divers other Arguments, to by this ; to prove the neceflity of a refìtrreel-ion, a rating and a new moulding of the body,into a fiiiritual condition : Why, becaufe our natural bodies are not able to Rand under fuch a weight ofglory, as is prepared for the Saints in that Kingdom : Corruption (nature fubjed to cor- ruption
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