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416

Pure

in

heart fhall

fee God

a

their

God.

is

the

nature

of

the

underflanding

of

a

Rationall creature,

t;

look from

the kffe&

to

the

î_.auie,

and

th

i

:hat

o'hers

caufe,

and fo

higher

and

higher, andineverleaves till

it

comes to

the

Supreame Caufe,

the

higheft Cattle

of

all things.;,

now They

fhall

fee Ged

:This

is

mans

ble(fedneffe.

They

(hall fee

God,

and

fhall

fee his

Counfellr

and will,

all-

thofe

Counfells of

Gód that

do concerne

their

eternall

Injoy-

mentof

himfelfe

;

that's

the

meaning

;

Shall

fee

aid,

and

know

his

mind

:

And

they

(hall

fee God

as

their God

;

That

mull

be

taken into there

three

things.

Firff ,

See

God

the

Firfl beeing

of

all things.

Seçondly,

Know

the mind,

and

the very'heart

df God;

his

will concerning

them

and

their

eternal!

efface.

Thirdly,

They

fhall fee

God

as

their;God,

as

having

an

Interefl

in

God,

in

all

that good and excellency

and glory

they

fee in

God

They (hall

fee

it

as

theirs,

as

having

a

Pro

-

priety

in

it

;

There's

a

great deale of difference

between

a

.Q.Ileens

looking upon

tile

King fitting upon

his

Throne,

and

a

flrangers

;

a

f+ranger

comes and fees

the

King with

his Crowne

upon

his

head,

his

Scepter

in his hand,

upon

his Throne,

with

all

the Nobles about

him,

and

it's

a

Glorious

fight

for

a

ílran-:

ger to

fee ;.But now if

the

2eene,or

the

Kings eldefl.Sonne,

fhould

look upon

her

Husband,

and

he

upon

his

Father,

as

he

fits upon

theThrone

with

all

his

Glory

about

him;

the

Queen

fhe

lookes upon

all

this

Glory

as

her

Glory, it

411

refleels

upon

me,

I

have

an

Intereft

in all

this

Glory And

fo

the

Prince

lookes upon

all this

Glory

as

his

Glory

, as his

Inheritance,

.

this

is

my

Father that

is in

this

Glory

:

why

fo

the

promo

e

mull be underflood,

They

fhall

fee God,they

(hall fee the

excel-

lency,

and glory

;.and Majefly,,

and

Greatneffe

of

Gòd

;

That

is

the

firfhbeeing

of

all

beeings,.and

the

Caufe

of

all

things;

.

And

know

his

mind

and

heart,

-_- And then they

(hall

fee

all

this

as

their

good

;

here's

my

excellency,

and my glory,

my

happineffe-

it

is

in

this

God

that

I

now

behold;

This

is

the pro-

mile

;

They

pall

fee God.

Now God'reveales himfelfe

and

funles

thispromife

many

wayes.

By

an-immediate revelation

of

himfelfe

ro

the

foule;