in Contircbíng !Iran% ileaemaption: IO gefted matter He form'd the Earth, the dregs of the Univerfe, and the Sun and Stars the ornaments of the Heavens and the gloryofthe vifibleWorld. How can we refle& onour Spiritual Obligations to DivineGrace without a rapture ofSoul? The corruption of Nature was univerfal, our Ignoranceas perverfe, and our Man- ners as profane as of other Nations, and we had been condemn'd to an eternal Night, if the Light of Life had not gracioufly fhin'd upon us. This (hould warm our hearts in affectionate acknowledgments to God, tfirho hath made known to tes the riches oftheglory ofthis myflery amongfl theGentiles and with that revelation the concomitant power of t;he Spirit, to translate us from the kingdom ofdarknefs into the Kingdom ofhis dear Son. Ifthe PublicationoftheLawby the Minifte- ry of Angels to the ifraelites were fuch a Priviledg that 'tisreckon'd their peculiar Treafure : Hehathfhew- ed his Statutes unto Ifrael ; He hath not dealt fo with 19, 20. any Nation; What is the revelation of the Gofpel by the Son of God Himfelf? For although the Law is ob- fcured and defaced fìnce the Fall, yet there are Tome ingrafted Notions of it in the humane Nature, but there is not'the least fufpicion of the Gofpel. The Law difcovers our Mifery, but the Gofpel alone (hews the way to be delivered from it. If an Advantage fo great and fo precious doth not touch our hearts ; and in pófheffing it with joy, if weare not fenfible ofthe engagements the Father of Mercies hath laid upon us, we (hall be the ungratefulleft wretches in the world. 2. This incomprehenfible Myftery is worthy ofour moft ferions thoughts and ftudy, that we mayarrive to a fuller knowledge of it. And to incite us, it will be fit to confider thole excellencies, which will render it moft defirable. Knowledge is a quality fo eminent, that ittruly ennobles one Spirit above another. As Rea - p fon Chap. VI. Col. 1. 26, 27 Kai. 147.
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