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644

what

the

Cgofpelmnake;

manifefi,

are

reproved

are

made

mani fe;l

67

the ;ïght.,

for

whatfoever

dstli

make

manifell

is

light

:

That

Golpel

that

you

bring

into the

world

is

that

that discovers

great

things

to the

world

;

what

doth

it

make manifefi?

it

makes

God

himfelf manifefi

,

men

that lived

without

a

God

in

the

world before

,.

men that

had

vain and unworthy

thoughts

of

God

;

now

by

the

preaching

of the Golpe!

they come to fee

God

as

a

God

,

they behold

God

in

the.

face

of

]efus

Chriif, then the light of the

glory of

God

appears

indeed

unto them

,

fo

the Apolìle in the

fecond

to

the

Corinthian/ fpeaking

of

the light that

Chines

unto the

heart

of

thofe

that God

Loth work upon.

In

2

Cor.

4,

6

7.

For

God

who

commanded

the light

to

Thine

out

of

darf<ye

hat)

Jhiued

in

onsr

hearts,

to

give

the light

of

the

knowledge

of the

glo-

ry of

God,

in

the

face

of

Deft!

Chrifi,

But we have

this trea-

fure

in

earthen veßèls, that the excellency of

the

power

may

be of

God,

and

not,

by

us;

there

may

be

fome glimmerinf,

light

of God

from

the

beholding the

works

of

creation

and

providence

,

but

the- foul

doth never

fee

the light

of

the

knowledge of the glory of

God

till

he

Teeth

it

in

the

face

of

Chrilf,

ye have

the glory

of God,

the knowledge

of

the glo-

ry

of God,

and

the

light of

the knowledge of

the

glory of

God

in

the

face

of

Jefus

Chrili, the

Gofpel difcovers

God

to the

foul; thofe

that

come

to underhand the

Gofpel aright they

can

lay

they could never underhand the Gofpelafore.Again

it

did

covers mens ehaces, they never knew the

breach

that

was

be-

tween

God

and

their

fouls

till now, this

is

made manifefi

now

to

their

fouls ,.

the

foulnefs

of

fin

can

never

be

known by all

the

preaching

of

'the

law,

fo as

it

is

known

by

the

preaching

of

the

Gofpel,

when

they come

to

fee

what

the fruit of

fin

was

then the

happinefs

of

mans

nature, the Gofpel

makes

that

ma-

Well

too,

who

could

ever

have

thought that

the nature

of

man

that

had

been

capable

of

union

with the

fecond

Perlon,

with the

Son

of

God,

before the. Gofpel comes

it

doth noth-

thing

but

to fatisfie

theflelh

but

when

it

comes

to

hear

that

mans

nature

is

come

to

be

joyned

with

the

fecond

Perlon

in

the

Trinity,

furely

God

bath high things in

it

,

it

is

the

Gofpel

that brings to

life and immortality , faith the

Apohle,

2

Tm.

Lae..