59z Verf. 2G1. e,4"n Expo.ition !Ion the é of aI o B. Chap. 37 ,4'erdeturvir fparkof fire is fwallowed up in a great flame, or as the light of á ille fuigore col- Candle, or Glow-worm, is fwallowed up by the Sun ; there is no frtudinir flanding for the Creature beforeGod,in Cuch á nea aiefs of accefs ZYXajefiatir cjusporfirifisss but by faith in a Mediator; Ifa manfpeakhepal befwallowed up. Man is no march for God, or he is a tnoli unegua much. Yet further, there words may note the corti,!!adi of the mind or underfianding of man,by an obje& which is too hi and excel- lent for it; for then his thoughrs,yea and his R,!rHn Loo,are f:va1- lowed up, and he is carried out of bitnfelf, as ;, tna:. in an exrafie or trance, When Sr. 'Paul was caught up to the third heaven.r,a, d hearduofpeakable words, he was fwallowed up with the g! tatne1s s . of the matter, and was in a divine extafie, heiher in the body he could not tell, or whether out of the .body he could ;Ïot tell ( z Cor. 1 z z, 3, 4.) Thus (faith Eliñu) 8iá11 that-man be [wallowed up, who over - boldly ipeaks to God about the great myfieries of pro- vidence, or about any matter too high for him. And therefore, fob, thou haft nor done well to fpeak fo often of pleading with God ; and furely, if any man after thy example, fpeakcomplain- ingiy of what God- bath done, or himfelf bath fuffered at thehand of God, he is fure to beundone, .He fball befwallowed up, . Hance obferve tYlan is not able to bear the Glory and t7ëtljeîly cf God. Goddrwels in the light which no man can!approach unto -(t Tim. -- 6.16.) Mans datknefsis not able to comprehend Gods light ; if heventure too near it, he will faon be fwallowed up. The vulgar perferuta- Latine renders that place ( Proverbs z 5, z7.) Ile that is afear- tor efi Maje- cher of Majeftypall be oppreffed by the Glory ; that is, vhofoever fiat° opprime- fearcheth boldly into the Majefly of God, (hall be fwallowed up rura gloria. by the Glory -of God. We travllate that text in the Proverbs ints, Vulg. For men tofearch their owngtory,is noglory. There is atruth in the former tranflarion, though it be not a true rranfla icn, for, aman that fearcheth into the Majefly ofGod, (hall be overpowered with his Glory. And as man is faon overpowered, or [wallowed up by the Majefly of God, fo alfa by and in the Myfieries of God. Chrift told his difciples ( John 16. r z.) That he hadmany things tofay Santo them, which they were not able to bear. If they who had received fomuch grace, could not bear the deeper myfteries of w
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