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Pare

in

heart Jhall have

a dear

fight of

God

hereafter,

433

bead

being bodily

in him

:

why

then

the

Saints

that (hall have

the

fullneite

of the

God

-head ipiriwally in thet a,ihall

see

him,

fee

him

immediately

;

Not

as

we fee

a

Colour, but

as

we

fee

the

light

:

The

light

is

fiat

in

our eyes,and

by

that

the

Colitr;

fo

then

Gods very

beeng (hall

be

firfi in the eye

of the

foule.

;

we

fee

God here

in this world by

his

effedts;we fee

the

Glory

of God

from

the

effe&s

of Gods wifdorne, and

his

power,

and

his

goodnette.

What

doefa

thou

fee

of God,

6

thou foule,

in

this

world,

who

art Contemplating of

God

in

the

mot}

ferions

manner

?

Why

the

foule

will

fay,

Lord,

I

fee glorious beanaes

of

thy

wifdome, and thy power, and

thy'boodnefle

in

thecrea-

ture,

the

great

works

that

thou

haft

made

:

This is

but

to

fee

God

in

the

erfects

of

what

he bath

done; but

we (hall

fee

him

face

to face. You

fee

a

work-man in

fore

piece of

work

that

he

hath

done,and

O

you

long to

fee

the

face

of

that

man

:

N

.pw

God

bath wrought this

world,

it

is

the

work of his

fingers;

but

you

shall

not fee

God

then

by effedts

fo

much

as

imme-

diately

:

we come here

to

know

rather

What

God

is

not, then

what he

is

;

as

thus,

when we fay

God

is

Infinite, what doe we

naeane by

that, but that there

is

no bounds

of

his

beeing,

---

When

we

fay

that God

is

Incomprehenfible, what's

.

that, but

that

God

cannot

be

Comprehended in

any

place

When

we

fay

that God

is Eternall,that

he

hack

no

begiriniag,no

end,

no fuccelfion

of

time

When

we

fay

God

is

Immutable,

fill

it

(peaks

rather

iv

hat

God

is

not theftwhat

he

is

;

that is,

he doth,iaot change

:

When

we come

to

fay,

That

114

is

a Spirit,

that

fecnaes

to be,au'Amrmation, what doe we nieane

by

that

?It

is

but

to

take off

front

any

conceite

of

bodily fub-

fiance,

that

God

is

not

cori

oriall;

for

if

we

fhould

fpeak

pro-

perly,

God

is riot

a

Spirit,

not

of

the

fame

nature that Angelis

and Mens föules

are of, for

they

are but creatures

:

Awl

God

cannot

be

faid

properly

to

be

rhie-fame.thing

that

a

crehiire

is ;

but

beciufe`he

would take away

all

conceite from

him

of be-

ing

bodily

;

therefore

we

fay,

he

is

a

Spirit,

When

wve

fay,

God

is-holy,

what doe we doe when we come

to

defcribe

his

holineffe

but

this,

he

is

that whereby he

bath

not the

leaf

fpotand faine

of

fin ; -and

fuch

kind

of

things

;

So

that the

K k

k

truth

f