EjJeB of1)i.-vine Wtjdom awl Goodnefl. 3) Chrifr, is that initiation into both, whereof we are capable in this world. The endeavours of fome to contemplate and report the Glory of God in Nature, in the ·work$ of Crea– tion and Providence,in the things ofthe greater and the leuer world, do deferve their jufi commendation ; and it is that which the Scripture in fundry places calls us unto. But for any there to abide, there to bound their defigns, when they have a much more noble and glorious ObjeCt for their medita– tions, namely, the Glory of God in (hrijf, is both to defpife the Wifdom of God in that Revelation of himfelf, and to come ihort of that transforming Efficacy ofFaith in the con– templation hereof, whereby we are made like unto God. For hereunto alone cloth it belong, and not unto any natu · ral knowledge, nor to any knowledge of the mofi fecret re– ceifes of Nature. I fhall only fay, that thofe who are inconverfant with thefe Objefrs of Faith, whofe minds are not delighted in the Admiration of, and Acquiefcency in things inc~mpre];lenfible, fuch as is this con!htution of the Perion of Chrifr, who would reduce all things to the meafure of their own underil:andings, or elfe wilti.llly l_ive in the neglect of what they cannot comprehend, do not much prepare themfelves for that Vijion of thefe things in Glory wherein our Bleifed– nefs cloth confifi. · · Moreover, This Confiftution of.the Perfon of Chriil: being the moil: .admirable and InefEtble EffeCt of Divine \Vifdom, Grace and Power, it is that alone which can bear the weight ofthe whole Superflruflure of the Myfiery ofGodlinefs; that whereinto the whole SanCtification and Salvation of the Church is refolved, wherein alone Faith can find reft and peace. Other Foundation can no man z,~'Y ja?Je that wbich is laic!, which is Jefus Chrift, r Cor. 3· r r. Refi and Peace with God, is that which we feek after ; (;fibat foal! we do to be F 2 faved?
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