Chap.. 33. An Expofition upon the Pokof J o D. Verf. 26. out holinefs ; faith being fogreat apart ofour holinefs, and(by drawing verrue fromChrií daylj) themaintainer of it all. Se- condly, there is a fight of the face of God in glory. And ifnone can enter intoglory but holy men, then n9 man without holinefs can fee the -face of God there. Thus Chrifi faith of the Angelis, They slwayes behold the face ofmy father which it in heaven (. Math: 18. 1 o.) Nowwe fee the face of God . darkly as in a glaffe ( 1 Or: 13.-12. ) that is, in his word and workes, in his ordinances and appoyntments ; in there we haveglimpfes of the face of God, but we fhallfeehimface toface ; that is , as fully and comprehenfively as creatures can ; we can never comprehend God, but we fball have comprehenfons of God fo farre, as finite can take in the fruitions of Infinite. We /hallfee kir face with Thirdly, Note. It is thegreatef joy and bappinefs ofmtvs unaginable tofee the face ofGod. Any manifefiationof God ii a jóyfull favour, and a full mani- feRation of him fills the heart with joy ; Lord lift up the light of thy countenance upon so ( faith David, Pfal: q.: 6, 7.) thou hag put gladnefs in my heart more then in the time their corne and wine sncreafed ; As if he had fayd, I rejoyce in thy favour more then woridlingsdoe in their bell enjoyments. Skew us the father and it fuffceth ssr, fayd Philip ( John 1.I.8.) let us have but that fa- vour, andwe defireno more ; we have enough, we can have no more, if we maybrat fee thefather. True joy Rands not, in any fights, nor in the fight ofany thing here below, but in the fight of God above while we are below, and in a hope that we hall at laff get above too, and there have an everlaßing fight of him, in whole pretence it fullnefr ofjoy, andat whofe right hand are plea- fares for evermore. We read in the Leviticall, Law , ofthe/hew- bread, which was to be fer in the holy place , upon a Table (Exod: 25.3o.)The Hebrew is, the bread of faces. There are two reafons of this denomination ; Firß, Becaufe that Bread did Phew the gracious provifion that God made for them all the way they journeyed from Egypt to Canaan; or that he fpreadaTable for them in tiewildernefs where they had no harveß ; To which the Prophet may allude (Yen- 2. 2.) Ircraember (faith the Lord) K k k 2 the 4"
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