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"Oyes

whereby

God

reveals himfel

f

e

to

the joule.

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eland

all

the nature

of the plants,

as

Solomon

did,

and

the

my-

aeries

of

all Arts

and Sciences

;

yet

when he

math

done all,

corning

to

read

the

word,

he

&a11

fay

, well;

I

have

feene

a

s

Prat.

r

r9. g6,,

end

of

all

per

feCtion,butThy

Word is

exceeding broad

;

I

fee

more

in

thy

word, then

I

doe

in

all the

book

of

uiçure

:

A few lines

of

thy

word

Both

difcover more unto

me,

then

all

the

book

of

nature befides

:

I,

this

were

a

good Argument

of

purity of

heart

;

A

pure heart

goes and

reads in

the word,

and Both

not

read

it

as

other books,

but

fees

the

wifdome

of

God there,

the

purity

of God there,

the.

Authority of

God

there

;

the

word

is

not

a Pealed

book

to

fuch

a

foule,

but its open to

it

;

.

And

then

it

fees

God

in

all his

Ordinances

;

they

are

the

álaf

esby

Which

he

fees

God

Likewife

the'Miniílery of

the

Word,

and Sacraments, and all

other

Ordinances,

God comes

into the foule,

and

the

foule finds thofe

but

as

Glaí

%s

to repre-

fent

God

unto

it

:

And

it

fees

God

again

in

the

Saints

;

In

the

Saints,

there's the

Image

ofGod

;

there's the

pia-m-e

of

God

in

the

creature

;But

in

the Saints,there's the

lively Image

of

God,

as

the

Image of

the Father

is

in

the

child:

The

men

of

the world they fee

little

of

Cod

in

the

Saints; But

now

When

their

eyes come

to be

opened,and

their

hearts

purified,

they cannot looke upon

any

godly

men or women,but

they

fee

much

of

the glory

of

God

in

them

:

and

it's

this that makes

them

fo

love

the

Communion

of

the

Saints,becaufe

fo

much

of.

God

appeares In

them

;

yea

and

they

fee

God

in

their

own

fpirits

more then ever

before, there

was

nothing but

darkneíle

in

their

owne

fpirits

before, but

now

being fan&ilied,

there's

the

prefence

of God

within

them, they

fee

God

within

them

in

their

owne

hearts

----

But above

all,

that that

is

here

in

this World,they fee

God

in

the

face

of

Jefus

Chrifl,there

they

fee the

glory of

God,

thofe

that

are

of

pure hearts

or fpirits.

In

the

z

Heb.

Chriíl

is

faid

to

be

the

charaE.fer

and

Ingr.

ven

forme

of the Image

of

God,

the

brghtneffe of his

glory. You

hive

not

fuch an

expretIionof

all

the

Angelis

iii

heaven

,

nor

Men

in

the

world

:

It's true, Mm

was

made

aceo

°ding

ro

rhe

Image

of

Gad,

I

but Chrill

is faid

to

be the

brigh. ne

ie

of

Gods

Gloty,

and

the

expreffe

Image of

his

perfon,the

expr

íf

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