Chap. i g. s/dn expofition upon the 73oak of J o B. Vert. 27. 3g5 beholdandnot another, that ii,the`fight which I (hall have ofGod 11 attenuc, vet inmy glorified Rate, (hall not be at the fecond hand, but fuch flat, non Ntde° as I (hail have my felfe : The joy which I (hall then receive íhai! bit prb nap atì. ) ur, ttarx opertic not 'be from any report or narrative that others (hall give me of d! cla wm v,- the glory ofGod, but it (hall be from mine owne perfonall viii- (ebo ipje, . on, or fight of God. I (hall fee with mine owne eyes , not an- thers, or not by another. Nowwee know God by the reports made to us of him ; as thofeofSamaria knew Chrifi by the report which the Woman made : So upon the matter the knowledge which we have of God here, is upon the report made tous of God in ordinances, and in providences : but as thofe. Samaritans came to the Wo- man and laid ; Nowwe believe, not becaufe of thy filings : for we have heardhim ourfelves, &c. So we (hall fay at last to all whe- ther things or perlons which have been as meanes reporting and conveying to us the knowledge ofGod, now we know, not becaufe you have fayd it or Chewed it, for we our felves have'feene him. Wee (hall behold God our felves, and not by another. Such (hall be the difference between all the know- ledge we have ofGod here, and that which we (hall have in glo- ry. The knowledge we have here, is but like that which the Samaritans had ofChrift by theWomans report, but that which wee (hall have in heaven (hall be like that which they had of Chrift when.himfelfe came perfonally among them , and fpake immediatly. Orwe may illuftrate it by that of the Queeneof the South : Theknowledgewhich we have ofGod here, andof his glory and excellency, is like that ofthe Queenof the South inher owne Countrey ; there Thee heard a report ofSolomons perfon, ofhis government, ofhis riches, and dignitie, and fuck a report as didnot onely affect and aftonifh her, but provoke her to undertake that great journey that Thee might fee for her felfe, and her eyes behold and not another ; and when thee came to theCourt at ?erufalem, and there beheld Solomon in his perfon, and attendance, when thee obferved the ferviceof his Table, and heard his wifedome, there was no more fpirit in her, ( Kings Io. g.) that is, (bee was as one attonifhed, whole fpiritsare conquered and over. matched, or as one in a fwoone, whole (pinks are funke and diffipated. Where thenaturali Spi- rit doth not ad, it is Paid not to be. When we come to the D d d Court
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