5O Chap. X 3. .fin Expo fitionupon theBook o f J oB Verf. 24 are alfo ordinary manifeftations of God, in which only the face of God h fees; And thofe may be re,erred to three heads. Firfk, We fee his face in theglafs of the Word, there we have fa vilion of God,: hence the preaching of the word is called vi- iony (Prov. 29.18,) Where there is no vifson the people peril& Secondly, We fee the face of God in the glafs of his works. What Godis, appears in what God.doth. God needs not fub- fcribehis name to his works.( as men do) to Phew that he is the Author of them, for his works are his name, and in what work foever his hand hath been, his face is feen. Efpecialiy in thofe three great works, firfl, in the work of creation ( Rom. 2o. ) The invifable things of himfrom the creationofthe World,Rre clear- lyfeen, being undertood by the things that are made. Secondly, In the works of Providence. And this even in the common works ofprovidence, our daily.fupport and protection, the confiant re- courfeoffeafóns aná,tinies, of nights and daies, Pf 19, t. The Heavens áleclare theglory of God, and the firmament fbeweth his handyrdik, day unto day asttereth fpeeCh, and night unto night Phew eth knowledge, that is,the provideuces and turnings ofevery day, declare theglory ofGod, andThew his handy,works but chiefly in'wonderful providences, in hisgreat deliverances and miracu- lous operations for his people, is God Peen. Thirdly, In of Redemption, in which the face of God is more ñ the than in both the former, even his manifold wifdome. Peen ans 3. to. phe f_ Thirdly,Weffee the faceofGod in the Ordinances ofhis wor- fhip, in themwe have the moll vifìble vifions ofGod in this life. For this fight holy David ores athirfl, Pfal, 63.2.0 Gad thou art my God, &c. Myfoul where no vvter :s, to fee thy power thy a dry and thirfty land, in the San o t p yglory fo as Ìhavefeen thee y. The of God in the Sanuary, is through_ the Ordinances and worTip of the ,ananary. God is feen in his wonkcb?t be ¿ n more in his word, in that as in a glafs with fame image gl ry of the Lord, tillwe are changed into -: f 2 C r. 3. 18.) The fight ofGod is a transform- ing light, wecannot feewhat he is, and be what we are. The beauty of God íhinesin his Ordinances, and that beauty beheld cloth not onl yxeHeE} upon, on, but alfimulate the beholder. Hence David ) makes it the chiefefl and The choice{{, theorre and the only thingofall his delires, One thinghate 1de fired;
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