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Doll,
pheliana,Chap.i,
V
E
x.6.
can
give
a
man
life
at once,both fromfree grace,&
diftributive juftice;
for
mercy
and revenging juftice are
not
more oppofite
,
then
grace
is
to
diftirbutive juftice.
Againe, we
fee
them confuted, who think that God propounded
an
indefinite end about
hiscreatures
, deftinating his creature to
his
glory,
in
a
manner indefinite,whereas we
fee in
the
higheft
aEts
of
Gods
coun-
fell
the
Scripture
mentioneth,God
is
ratified to
have his
end, not
in
ge-
neral,
but
fpecified
as it
is
here, the
praifeof
his
glorious grace.
Betide
that, God
cannot propound endsindefinitely
;
for this fuppofeth
that
God
may provide for fome particular end, and be fruftrated
in
it;
that
he dependeth
on
thewill
of
man
in
his
decrees touching
his
glory,
in
this or
that
particular manner
;
that
he doth not
fee in
that
inftant
mo-
ment, or
frgne
of
his eternall
aóì,
.whereby
..
he did decree
to
make
:
When
he
doth
decree
to
make his
creature,to what particular
end he
(hal
bring
him,
onely he
is
fare
fome kinde or
other to
have his
glory.
Obferve thirdly, from
this
he faith;
of
the glory
of
his
grace.]
And
fo
the
other
attributes
of
God
are his effentiall
glory,
a
molt
glorious
Ef
fence
; in
earthly things,
that
is a
glorious
body, which
is
lightfome
and
radiant, and
bath
a
kinde of lufler, Ergo, Saint Paul faith,there
is one
glo-
ry
of
the Sun, another
of
the Moene
andStars, making thefe lightfome bo-
dies fubjeóts
of
glory
:
Thus
it
is
a
property
of
a
body glorrous,to
Thine
as
the Sunne ;
needes then muff
God
be effentially
glorious,who
dwel-
leth
in
light,
who
is
light
it
felfe,
fuch
as
that
to
it
there
is
no acceffe;
fuch
as
that
the
Seraphiins confcious
of
their infirmity,doe veylethem.
felves
before
it.The light
naturall,which this bodily ey
feeth
;
the
light
of
reafon,
of
grace it felfe, all are
as
nothing before
this
light. When
Mofes
faid,Lord
flew
me thy
glory, Exod.
33.
the Lord
faid,
I
will
fhew
thee my excellency;
And what
was,
it?Even
htsgrace,mercy,bonnty,long.
fiff-
fering
&pc.
Exod.34
I
name this
by
the way, to
flirre
us
up,
that
we may indeavour to
know
the properties
of
God,
and view
as
we may,
the
refleélion which
wee have
in
his
wordand workes,
of
fo infinite
glory. How dul
of
heart
are we,
that
we no morefeek to have
the
eyes
of
our mindes wiped,
that
we may
get fome glimpfe
of
it
e
We
will
run
after glorious
fights
on
earth,
and
are much
affeéted
with them, to
fee
the glory
of
Kings;
efpecially
when their royall
elates
have
annexed princelike
wifdorne,
it maketh
that
befall
men,which
did
once
happen
tothe
Oueene ofShe-
ha;
There
is
no
fpirit remaining in
them,they
are overcome with
it;
But
how would this delight us,
did we
in
any meafure difcerne
it?
What
(hall
be our glory
in
heaven, our bleffedneffe, but
to enjoy the
conti-
nuall view
of
this
glory,
this
molt
bleffed vifion
?
By
meditation
and
contemplation, to
fixe
the
eye
of
our fouleson this
glory,
will trans-
forme
us
into
the
likeneffe
ofit.
All the glory
of
this world
is
but
like
thefhine ofrotten
wood, which
feemeth
bright for the
night feafon,
but
is
nothing,
as
we
fee
by
day but rottenneffe
it felfe.
Wherefore
let
it
notbewitch
us,
but
let
us all
feekto God,to
take away
the
vaile
of
ourhearts,to the
end
that
we may yet,as
in
mirrour or
glafl'e,get fome
fight