136 Vjeptinuon d ttje íúíne2ttt tbntc , Ch. VII. pole one Perlon, without the confufion of Properties, Reafon cannot reach unto, but 'tis clearly reveal'd Jon. T. 14. in the Word : Here therefore we muff obey, not en- quire. The Obedience of Faith is, to embrace an obfcure Truth with a firm affent, upon the account of a Di- vine teffimony. If Reafon will not afent toRevelati- on, till it underftands the manner how Divine things are, it doth not obey it at all. The Uriderftanding then lincerely fubmits, when 'tis inclin'd by thofe motives, which demonffrate that fuch a Belief is due to the Authority of the Revealer, and to the quality of the ObjeEt. To believe only in proportion to our narrow conceptions, is to difparage the Divine Truth, and debate the Divine Power. We can't know what God can do, He is Omnipotent, though we are not omnifcient : 'Tis juft we lhould humble our Ignorance 2 cor. to. g, to his Wifdom, And that every lofty imagination, and high thing that exalts itfelf again the knowledge of God, fhould be call down, and every thought captivated into the obedience of Chrifi. 'Tis our wifdom to re- ceive the great Myfteries of the Gofpel in their fìmpli city : for in attempting to give an exact and curious explicationof them, the Underftanding as in an Hedg of Thorns, the more it ftríves, the more 'tis wounded and intangled. Gods Ways are as far above ours, and his Thoughts above ours, as Heaven is above the Earth. To reject what we can't comprehend, is not only to fn againft Faith, but againft Reafon, which acknow- Job. ledges it fell finite, and unable to fearch out the Al- mighty toperfeaion. 2. We are obliged to believe thofe 1wyfieries that are plainly delivered in Scripture, notwithaanding thofe feemung Contradi&ions wherewith they may be charged. In the objets of Senfe, the contrarietyof appearances
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