term. t 7. of God in Duty ? 409 v.26.27. For then fbalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and fdtit lift sip thy face to God; Thou (halt make thy prayer unto him, and he fha11 hear thee, and thou fhrll pay thy vows ; So that except we know God a- right,acd.have.forne acquaintance with him, we cannot delight our felvesinGod, we cannot make our prayer to him ,- nor litt up our face unto him. The Second Propofition is, That we cannot know any thing laving - ly ot. God further than he is. pleated to manifest and make known him- felf to us; No man cän make known God but God himfelf ; A.fofes who had feen as much of Gods glory as any man when lie defired a further manifefiation of Gods glory in a higher meaCure or degree than formerly he had teen, he goes to God himfelf for it,Exod.3 3 i8. I befeech thee fhezr me thy Glory. The great promife Christ maketh to them that Love him and keep his Commandments is the manifeflation of himfelf to them by Him- felf, 7eh.1.a . 2 t .-- I will manifest my felt' CO there , for none elfe can, ADifciple puts a Qeflion to him about it, y. 22. Lord, how is it that thou wilt mani f efiE thy J if to to and not to the World ? We have a clear Anfwer to this, Luh; t o. 2a. this very Doc rive which is fo much mar - ter of indignation to the wife and prudent of theWorld is matter of rejoycing and exaltation to the Spirit of Chrifi ; and he laid,. I than/ thee O Father that thou haft hid and thou haft revealed For fo it fumed good in thy fight ; Hence is that of our Saviour, ?ohm 17. 25. O righteous Father, the World hat h not known thre; ut t hefe have known_ The Third Propofition is, That the elcarefl manifefiations of God to us, and fuch as can beget in us right apprchenfions and due concep- tions of him, are made out to us In and By J.fus Chrifi, john r. r 8. No man path feen Gott at any time, the only begotten Son which is in the bofome of the Father, he bath declared him ; Therefore no man ever did, or can apprehend any thing.of God truly, that is, upon a faving.ac- count, but in and by Jefus. Chrifl. The Divine Effence or Godhead , no man loath feen or can fee, in it felt, i Tim.6. 16. Something of this Eternal Godhead is manifefied in the works of Creation, Rom. 1. 2o. The invifible things of God,viz. his Eternal Pow- er and Godhead are clearly feen in the things that are made; But yet this knowledge of God in the Creature could not bear down the vain Imagi°aations,or Idolatrous conception of God in mens hearts, as ap- pears, verf. 21. 23. Much of the Eternal Godhead is manifelied- in the works of pro- cidence :
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