66 The Per[on ofC/;rifl t/;egreat ~prefentatirve 3• But moreover the Lord Chrifi hath a refpefr herein un 4 to himfelf in his entire Perfon as he was incarnate, and there– in unto the difcharge of his Mediatory work. Ha·ve I hen fo long time withyou, and haft thou .not known me. Whilil: he. was with them, dwelt among them, converfed with them, he was the great Reprefentati'Ve of the Glory ofGod unto them. And notwithfranding this particular mifiake, they did then fee his Glory, the Glory of the on!J !Jegotten of the Fa– ther; ]oh. I. 14And in him was manifefied the Glpry of the Father. He is the Image ofthe Inviji!Je God. In him God . was, in him he dwelt, in him is he known, in him is he wor– :fhipped accor-ding unto his own Will, in him is there a nea– rer ('[pproach made unto us, by the Divine Nature, than ever could enter into the Heart ofman to conceive. In the Confli– tution of his Perfon, of two Natures, fo infinitely diftinfr and fcparate in themfelves, and in the Work it was defigned unto, the Wifdom, Power, Goodnefs, Love, Grace, Mercy, Holinefs and F~ithfulnefs of God, are manifefied unto us.This is the One Bleifecl Image of the Invifible Godwherein we may learn, wherein we may ,contemplate and adore all his Divine Perfections. The fame Truth is te}hfied unto, He/;. I. 3· GodJpake unio us in the Son, who if the brightnefs ,of his Gl(.}ry, and the exprefs Image of his Perfon. His Divine Nature is here in– cluded; as that without which he could not have made a. perfect Reprefentation of God unto us.For the Apoille fpeaks . of him, as of him /;y whcm the worlds were made, and who uf>hvldeth all things by the word of his Po.wer. Yet cloth he not fpeak of him abfolutely as he was God, but alfo as he, who in himfelf purged our .fins, and is fat down at the right banc! on the Majejiy on Htgh, that is, in his whole Per– fon Herein. he is .cl..'rrr:t.uy.L~a. .f J?J~ns , the Ejfulgency, the– R:ef}teN•dr:J?Jry of Divine Glory. That wherein the Divine Glory
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