514 Chap.13. An Expofition upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 24. forth-light, the beams or fplendour of his Fathers glory, and the imprintedimageof his of fence or perfon ( for the words are a metaphor drawn from a lightfome body, which fends forth beamsof Iight, and from a feal that leaves its own impreffion or image where it is ftampt,I fay) Chrift Jefus is all this, not only in regardofhis divine nature, and eternal generation, but alfo in refpeet ofhis incarnation, and fending in the fimilitudeoflin. full flefh. For in atria manifefted in the flefh, the gloryand excellencyof God theFather íhined forth; who as he is in him- felfaltogether invitible,fohe is in nothing fo vifible as in his Son our Lord Jefus Chrift ; and therefore all the former waies of manifetingGod under the Law, have been laid by and difufed, liince Godmanifefted himfelf to us by his Son : the excellency of this being fo great beyond the former, that to look for them would be but like callingfor frar-light after theSun is rifen, as the Apoflles way of argumentation doth clearly evidence,inthe firll of the Hebrews, ver. 1,1,2,3. But to return to thepoint(from Which I have upon the overture of this notion a littledigreffed. ) It appears by all this, that the manifeffationof God to the foul, is our higheft both priviledge and comfort, and that the hidings of his face areour greateft both lofs and forrow. Thereare four particulars from which I fhall briefly evidence this yet further. Firft, Theneed, or rather theabfolute necefïity we Rand in of theprefence and favour of God. It is needfull for us to have the creature, but there is anecellity that we íhould enjoy God.. God is enough for us without any creature, but all creatures are nothing to us without God ; God andall that he hath made, is not more than God without any thing that he bath made. Secondly, All our profits come in at the door ofdivine favour and munificence. And having God we have all ; He that bath the fountainbath the Ilream,he that hath the Mine hath the gold and filver.He that bath theSun hath the light; Whil'ft we enjoy communionwith God, we enjoy the fountain, the Mine,theSun of all enjoyments. We fay there is nofifhitag to thefea, becaufe the fea bath the vaf}eft capacity, there's fifh enough in the fea to fill all our nets, and to lade all our veffels : we may fay infinitely More truly,there is noenjoyment to the enjoyment of God,God bathenoughnot only to fupply all our needs, but to fatisfie all our delires. Thebell of weer creatures is but a particular good. All
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