Chap. 23. An Expoficion upon the Bookff J OB. Ve f. 3. 3;7 not as forgetting the diflance of duil and aches, from the glory of God, or from the glorious God,hut as remembring the promtfe, and as infi Piingupon his priviledge as a beleever who is invited to come, and CO corr,è with boidnefle to the throne of Grace. For though that promife was not given out as to the formality ofit in thofc times, yet the vertue of it was, though in a lower degree iili n then norv.To come with baldneffeto the throne ofgracz,founds tr:.,;CC,,, much like this, to come even to hùfeste, and this 70bdid not onely past a ra- as emboldned by the clearnes of his confcience towards men, but dice .21D !tt as by the freeneffe of the GraceofGod in Chrií} towards him. ,aceo Inpurfuance whereofit is well conceived by a learned Interpre- ter, that there is a metonymie, in the word which signifies a pre- uf¡pad tccrrm 7n paredfeate. that is, fuoh a fate as whereon God prefents himdlf :'ao i r> pr ;,p to poore tanners, prepared and ready to give them bt;th admit aud Paai def tance to himfelfe and a gracious audience of their r.:quefis and obi (iii copia ti fuites. The wordwhich we tranflatefeate, fignificth a prepared facia. Coc place,a placefitted, implying fomewhat fpeciall and peculiar unto xeprejensae de, God. Heaven is called the habitatsAn ofhis holinefsand ofhis glory u'n ranyuarn fitpremum lu+ (Efaj 63. is.) yet wherefoever the Lord is, he makes it a tea- diCe,,, i, folio ven, Thusalfo he can make any place where he is a hell. The exce)fo fedcnrE. wicked fhall be punífhed with everlafting firefrom theprefence of 3uft Vuii i the Lord, (2 Thef: I. g;) that is, the very prefence of the Lord `u f'hall be a hell and torment to them. The Lord can be both terri- tern' "°1`" ble and gracious in his prefence any where ; yet he is fomewhere more gracioufly, fome where more terribly prefenr. Some can- not bear thofe expreflïons, The Throne ofGod, the feat ofGod; heaven, and hell. As ifthefe werebut the Imaginations, fancies and fictions ofmans braîne. But the Lord hash his feetes and dwelling places, Whence and where he declares himfelfe, both in mercy and in judgement, both in his ïtolinef'e and in his glory. (Ifa. 6. t.) Ilaw all; the Lord fatting repon his Throne, high and liftedup. Thus the Lordmanifefied himfelfin vilion to the Pro. phet; and David confeffeth, Thy 7hrore 0 God ie for ever and ever (Pfal. 45 6.) thatis, thy Power and Soveraignty. `David fpeakes not ofa materiall Throne fuch as Kings have ; the Power and Soveraignty of God are his throne wherefoever he is, and is pleafed todeclare himfelf inhis foveraigety and power. So that when yob faith, O that 'might come even to hid lease or throne, the meaning is, O that I might come as neere him as poffibly I may.
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