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418

Ways

whereby God

reveals

himfelfe to

the

foule.

fed,

and

God

revealing himfelfe

unto them,

If

you

fhould

aske

them; what doe

you know

of God

now

more then

you

have

done, they

are

not

able

to

expreffe, onely this,

we

can

fay,

We

were

blind,

but

now

we

fee, we

doe

fee

God

in

another

manner then ever we have

done.

And befides

this

more immediate revelation

of

God to the

foule, one that's pure

in

heart

fees

God'

in

his

works, in the

beholding of the great

works

of

God

in the glafs

of the

crea-

ture

,

in

the

heavens and

earth,

and

feas

;

itjeholds

God

in

anotherway then ever

it

did

before

:

O

the,

glory

of God

that

appeares when

it

lookes upon

the

rifing of

the

Sun, and

the

Moone and

Starres, and the

vafineffe

of the Seas,

and

the

body

of

the earth.

Perhaps

fuch

dayes

as

thefe after

Sermon

is done,many

of

you will

be

walking up and

down.

the

fields

;

but

what

doe

you

tee

?

why you

fee

the green

grafs, and other

men

walking

up

and

downe,

and you

fee

trees

;

But what

of

God

doe

you

fee

here

?

Now

if

you

did

walke

meetly to

con-

template of

God

appearing in

his

works,

then it

were

another

matter

;

A

fpirituall

heart

when

it

lookes upon

the

works

of

God,

it gets

through

the

work

prefently

to God,

it

looks

up

to

heaven,

and fees

the God

of

heaven,

and

the

Cod

of

the

earth

and plants

;

--

And this

is

my

God,

and

the glory

of

God

that

appeares in

all

the creatures, it's the

glory

of

my

God

;

Indeed

when he goes abroad he

may

fee

more Land

then

his

ovine, I

but

I

cannot fee

more

Land

then

is my

Fa-

thers.

And

thòugh

God

fhines

much in his

works,

yet

he

appears

more

clearly

in his

word

;

And

it's

a

good

Argument

of

one:

that's

fpirituall,

that

can fee

more

of the Glory

of

God

in

the

word, then

in all

the great

works

that ever were

done

in

the

world

:

If

the

Lord should

carry

a

man

or

woman

over

all

the

world, and

thew them

all

the

Cotn

lies

in

the

world";

yea,

carry them

up

to

heaven, and

Chew

them the

Sunne,

Moone,.

and Starres, and

finable

them

to

underfiand

all

the

motions

of

them,

and

Phew

them the

Seas, and

be

able

to

underfiand the

motion of the

Seas,

the

ebbi'ngs

and

the

flowings, and

all

the

vafineffe

of that

creature:

And

fo

if

he were

able

to

under-

.

and