)~~:, , have either bodil~~~:~::~~~:~~~allntuition ofthe:: vine Being. But th1s I will do> faith God, I will makemy _Glorypajs before thee, and thou}haltfee m)' back parts, E)fot!# 33,18, 19, 20, 21, 2,2, 23, &c. This is all that God would grant, namely, fuch external Reprefentations of himfelf in the Proclamation of his Name, and created Appearances of his Glory, as we have of a man whofe back pa-rts only we be– hold as he paffeth. by us~ Bu't as to the Being; ofG'ocl, and hls fubfifrence in the Trinity of Perfons, w~ have no direct Intuition into them,much lefs Comprchen!ion ofthem. 5 .lt is evident therefore that our Conceptions of God,aridof the Glorious Properties of his Nature, are both ingenerated in us, and regulated under the Con.duct ofDivine Revelation, by , Reflections ofhis Glory on other things, and Reprefentations ofhis Divine Excellencies in the Effects of them. So the in– vifible things of God,even his eternal Power and G'odhead,are dearly feen, being; manifefied andunderjloodby the things that are made, Rom. I. 20. Yet mufl: it be granted, that no meer Creature, not the Angels above, not the Heaven of Hea– vens, are meet or able to receive upon them, ruch Cha– ra[/ers of the Divine Excellencies, as to be a compleat fatis– factory Reprefentation of the Being; and Properties of God, unto us. They areallfnite and limited, and fo cannot pro– perly reprefent that which is infinite and iL'Ilmen[e; And this is the true Reafon why all Wori11ip or Religious Adora– tion ofthem is Idolatry. Yet are there fuch effects of God's Glory in them, fuch impreffio~qs ofDivine Excellencies upon them, as we cannot comprehend nor fearch out unto Per– fection. How little do we conceive of the Nature, Glory and Power ofAngels ? fo remote are we fi OJ11 an immediate comprehenlion of the uncreated Glo!"y of God, as that we cannot fully apprehend, nor conceive aright, the re– flection of it on Creatures in themfelves finite and limited. I Hence
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