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On
the
Excellency
of Chrif.
near
Then
God
fpake
to
him
,
and revealed himfelf fur-
ther to
him
:
If
Mofes had
flood
wondring at
this
fight.,
and
went no further
,
it
may bee hee
had
not
had
God
revealing himfelf
fo
clearly
to
him
;
but
when hee
draws
near,
then
Godfpeaks
to
him
:
So
if
your
hearts bee
taken
with what you
hear of this wonderful Saviour, and
then
you
draw near
,
and
take, pains in
your clofets
by me-
ditation
and
prayer,
to fee what
is
the meaning of this
wonder
:
Why Lord thall
I
hear
of
fuch
things, and not
underhand
them
?
they
are things
that
do
nearly con-
cern
mee
, and
(hall
I
not
underfhand
them
?
If
you
la-
bour
to
draw
near
,
God will
fpeak
and reveal further
of
his
mind
to
you
:
But
further
,
of
this
Text in the
Epheiáns
,
F1'ee
mug
labour
to
comprehend
the heights
and
depths, andto
know
the love
of
Chrifi
which paffeth know-
ledge.
You will
fay,
thefe
are too
wonderful
things for us
to
know.
Nay ,
The
Apoflle praies
that
they
may
know
that
which
pafjeth
knowledge
:
Though
the fulneffe
of
the
glo-
ry of
it
pafl'eth
all
knowledge ,
yet (fill there
may
bee
fo
much
of
the knowledge
of
thefe
things
,
as
may
help you
to
fanaifie
Gods
Naine
,
and make
your
hearts fpiritual
;
for
faith the
Text,
That
yee may knew
the
love
of
Gad which
paff
eth
knowledge ,
that
yee
might
bee filled
with
all
the
folneffe
of God:
It
is
a
very ftrange
phrafe
(
for
the creature
to bee filled
with
God)
and
had
wee
it not
in Scripture , wee
fhould
not
have
dared
to
have
ufed filch
an expreílion
:
But here
it
is to bee
filled
with
all
the
fulneffe
of
God
:
This
phrafe
is
a
great
deal
higher;
but
how
comes
this
to
pafíe
?
by compre-
hending the height and depth
and
length,
and breadth
;
that
is,
by underftanding
Jefus Chrift ,
and
the Glory
of
God
in
him
,
by this
means
Both
the
foul come
to
bee
filled
with all
the
fulneffe of
God.
What
is
the
reafon
that
Chriflians are
fo
empty
in.
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