904 'Oftheioyetofheatter his glory, wifedome, and powerPhan cleerely thine. And thoughwee cannot feethe Deltic ordiuinenature, becaufe in it owne effence it is fpirituall and inuifible, yet fhall wee feeGod, in that lively image ofhis forme andour Sauiour IefusChrifl,whoisGod and man. Inwhich fenfe !o. l b faith, Iob 19.17, thathelballfee Gadin hisflelh,that is, Chrifl Iefus his redce- mer,andin him as his perfeCI image andfinelypieîure, in Col. a.9. whomall the fs!neffi orthe godhead deelleth bodily, as theA- poflle Cpeaketh, (hall wee fee the Father andhis holy fpirit. And as we cannot in thislife fee t'ac frrbllancc andoffence of our Cowles with our bodilyeyes ; but yet can with thembe- hold them in the funLions, operations, and a6lions which theyexercife in the body; fo thoughwe cannot viflblic and feniiblie fee the inuifible and incomprehenfible God in his owne fpirituall nature and being ; yet may wee behold him in his creatures, cxercidng in themhis v iiedome,power,and goodneflè,efpecially in that liuclycharacler,andperfe&pa- (erne, hisfonIerts Chri(1. But our chiefeviaonandknow- ledgeofGod (hallbe Ipiricuall in our foule, mind, and vn- derllan.ling,wherewith wee (hall cleerelybehold Gods of- fence and nature, in all his attributes andperfe 1ions,andal- tohis perfons,conceiuing the great myflerie ofthe Trinitie, the Father, Son, and holy Spirit, inthe Vnityoftheir moll Pimple and vndiuided nature; and cleertly knowing the e. ternal generatióof theSonby theFather, & the proceeding ofthe holy Spirit, andwhat diainClionand difference there isbetweenethem.Then ihal we know howal things in God are one and the fame(except only the relationofthe perfons one to another)and that there is no diucr6ritoffaculties,but one pure and perfeaeffence, norhis wifèdome, goodnefle, iu(lice, mercy, and the tea of the attributes different the ore from the other,butall one and the fame inGod,yea ofGod, as being all of hiseffence and being. Then (hall we vnder- fland howGod is whollycuerywhere,&yet without place, great without quantifie, & good without quality. Then (hall weknow thofc great myfleries ofChritls two natures conioyned inthe fame perfon io the hypo(}aticallvnion,and ofthe yaionofour bodies with our headChtit,by the farne 1pitit
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