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431i

Tore

in',

art

f14ìl

hate

a clear

fight; of

Cod

Lereafter:

truthis,

the

moil

of our knowledge

of

'God

here,

it

is but

bÿ.

negations rather then

any

other

way

:

J3ut

then we

`fball fee

him

as

he

is, not

only

what

his

beerng

is

not, but

what

it

is,

nd we

!hall

fee

God

likew ife in

the unity of

his'n.

ure

were

we

fee

God

in

feveral

pares,we cannot

underhand the

ex-

cellency

of God to

be

all

one

here

;

As

thus,

when we

would

know

God,

how come

we

to

know and

fee

him

here,

why

'by

thofe feveral fhines

of

his

a,tributes,as

by

the

power,&

w fd5m;,

and

holine

f,, and

goodrefs,

and

faithfulnefs,& eternity,

and

Jmplì-

city,

andin

fanitenef

of God

;

i

hefe

now

are

feveral

things,but

ertainly

there

are

not -manythingsin

God,

all thefe

attributes

re

but

that one

inanite

excellency of

God,

only

they

are

di-

-Vet-re

according to the

feveral

vayes

of the

manifeflation

of

that

one

excellency of

God:

As

fometimes

I

have

told

y

=ou

of

chi

fl-.ine

of the

Sun

through

feveral glaflès

of

leveral

colours:

The

fame beam of

the

Sun

through

a

blew glaffe, gives

a

blew

reffe

&ion,

and

through

a

green,

a

green,

and

through

a "red,

á

red,

but

there

is

no fuch change of

the

Sun,

fo

the

fame'excel

lency of

Cod

working feveral wayes appears

diverfly to

us,

and

fo

we

fee

God

as

if

he

were one great excellency,

made

up

of

many

excellencies, but certainly this

is

not

fo,

God'

is

not

filch

a

glorious excellency,

as

made

up

of

many,

for

he

is

but one,

Bleffed

are

the pure

to

heart,

for

they

fhall

fee God

ilk

the

unity

of

hza

being.

And come

to

fee

the great millery

ofthe

Trinicy,how

three

Perfons, but oneGod,

what

the

Work

of

the Father

is.in

beget-

ting

:

and what

the

Son

is,

in

being

begotten

:

And the

Holy

Ghofl

is

in

proceeding,

we fee

thefe things

by

faith

now,

but then

by fight.

And

we !halt fee

God

in

his

eminency,

and

infinite

above

all creatures whatfoever,and fee him

in

heaven

as

he

is:

and

£ée

what'evei he

1141l

doe;

what

ever he

!hall be working

to

all

eternity,

the

Saints

fluall

fee

God,

(befides the

being

of

God)

hfay,

fee

him in all his workings

that

(hall

be

to

eternity

the

Lord

in leffe

then thefe

fix

thoufand years,

how glorious

hath

he

been

in

his

workings, and would

it

not

be.

a

bieffed

thing

if

ally

-me of

you had

been admitted

w

have

been

with

God