Çhap.17. An Expofitioxupon the Book of J. OB. Vert 4 all this, but to the power of Gods Mofes (peaks of the many Cgns and miracles which God wrought in the midst of that peopie,which they-didnotunderftand : Why , what was the reason ? Mofes tells us exprefly, what, Yet the Lord bath not given you a heart to conceive, nor eyes tofie, nor ears to hear to this day, Deist. 29. 4. They had fenírtive eyes and ears, yea, they had a rational heart or mind, but they wanted a Spiritu al eye to fee, a Spiritual ear to hear, a Spiritual heart or mind to apprehend and improve thofe wonderful works of God : And thefe they had not, becaufe God had not given them filch eyes, ears, and hearts. Wonders without grace, cannot open the eys fully,but grace without wonders can. And as a man hath not an eye to fee the wonderful works of God spiritually, until it is given, fo , much lefs hath he an eye to fee the wonders of the Word of God, till it be given him from above ; and therefore Davidprayes, Pfal. 119.18. Open thou mine eyes, that Imay behold wondrous things out of thy Law. And if the wondrous things of the Law, are not much feen, till God give an eye, then much is are the wbndrous things of theGofpel. The light ofnaturethews us fomwhat ofthe Law, but nothingof the Gofpel was ever Peen by the light of Nature : Many who have ken and admired fome excellencies in.the Law, could never fee and therefore have derided that which is the excellencyof the Gofpel, till God hath opened- their heart to .und.erianding. Thirdly, Obferve. - It is a great judgment to have our hearts bidden from under. ftanding the things ofGod. It is a fore judgment not to have the light, but it is a forer judgement`not.to fee by-;the light when we have it. To have' a heart hid from undertlandiug, is far :worfe then to have a' heart unable to underhand. Our usability to únderfland a- rifeth two wayes. First, Froma natural infirmitty in the underftanding. Secondly, From the natural obfcurity of the matter pre.: fentedto the undertlanding." Plain truths are not, apprehended by a weak underttándt ing, and the firongei underttanding cannot apprehend, forge obfcure.truths, as the Apofile Peter faith ofSaint P,auls Niles, that in them there arefame things bard to be underftied; 2 Pet,
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