on the Lord'S' Prayer. fame faint Snadows ar.d 1\.efe::mblances of the Infinite Wtfdollz and Knf.!w!edgc of the Original Cauje of them, hnce wharfoever is in them muft needs bt:: in a far more E~ rnine::nt Degree in the Author and Maker of them. Bur all God's Works carry, qut£- Jam vefiigia Dei, tOme Prims and Foorfteps of God ftamp'd upon them, wh~rehy although they do not all thew his Likenefs, yet they fhew his PoVJer and ~Vifdom itr framing them. l<om. 1. 20 . The invi}ib!eThingsof God from tbe .Creatron of The World are clearly jt:tn, being underjfood by the Things that are made, even bit Et er nul Power andGod/)(ad. Bur he efpecially glorifies himfelf in the Extraordinary Miraculous Works of his Hands, wherher in a Way of Mercy, or in a Way of Judgment. E'xod. I 5· 11. ~Vho i1like unto thee, 0 Lord, glorious in Holinifs, femfulm Praifu1 doing Wonders? Pfal. 8;. 9· Surely his Salvation is nigh ~hem that fear him, that Glory may dwell in our Land. Thar is~ God by his wonderful Deliverances of his Church and People e[iabli!heth his Glory to dwell among them. Secondly, God declares his exceeding and infinite Glory by his Word; for therein he bath given us the mol\ clear and lively Reprefentarions of himfelf: And thofe At• 1ributcs which his Works could never have difcovered to us he bath manifeH:A t:d by his re vealed Will. This is that Table on which he bath drawn his mo£1: rei~mbling Image, this is that Glafs wherein we bcboldi11g the Glory of tbe Lord are changed into the fame lmtJge from Glory to Glory, 2. Cor. 3· 18. And it confifts of Two PJrrs, the Law and the Gofpcl, the onedifcovers to us the Glory of God's ]u/1icc, the other rhe Glory of his iltercy, and both of them are Glories, 2 Cor. 3· 9· For if thi! ftlinijfnrtioll of Condemnati011, which is the Law, be Glory, mu'b more dolb tbe Minijlration ofR1gbtcfia[ne[.r, which is the Gofpel, exceed in Glory. Thirdly, Tbe mojl clear Manrfeflarion of the G!"y ofGodwa; made in Chrifl, who rods the Briglunejs ofbis Glory, and the exprefs lmogeofbis Perfon, Heb. r. 3.ln him Heaven was brought down to Earth, the Infinite comprehended, the lnvifible made confpicuous, and all the Miracle both of Grace and Glory reconciled to our very Senfes. In him all the iitlributes of the Divine Nature are fo interwoven with the Infirmi ties of the liunltlne, that (if I may fo fpeak) God in him ftudied to exhibit ro us a Perfon like our felves, to give us fome Advantage fOr our Apprehenfions to conceive of bis lnilnire PerfeE\:ions. In him Omnipotence became weak, Eternity mortal; Innocence itfelfguilty ; God, Man; the1Creator, a Creamre; the Maker of all, its own WorkmJnlhip; Life irfelfin him underwent the Sentence of Death: And all thef(! ftrange and impofrible Truths, as for other Ends, fo for this, that we might have fame clearer Hints and DW:overies of the Infinite Glories of God, which in their full Brigbrners would only dazlc and confound us, and were difcernable by us only thus tempered and obfcured. And rherefore rhe Apo[lle calls him God manifej/ed in th< rt</h, 1 Tim 3· t6. Certainly God in Flefh mufl needs be rarher veiled and hiddeo rban manife{h:d ; bur _altho' to himfelf he was obfcured, yet to us he was manifcfted; becauft: if the Glory of the Deity had not been thus clouded and a!~ laJCd it had nor ber::n manifefied. For rhu Light which when tempered makes C:i Jce, will Rrike us blind when too Glorious. As we may fa fer direEl: our Eyes towards rhc Sun when it is under an Ec!ipje than when it fhines with uncheck'd Rays. Hence Sr. John, fpeaking of Chrifi in the mean Eftate of his Humiliation, faith of him, St. John t. 9· We bebe!d bn Glory, tbe Glory as of tbe only Begotten of tbe Father, full ofGrate andTrurb. Thus now you have fcen what the Effential and Declarative Glories of God are~ let us now confider why this Attribute fhould fo eminently be afcrihed unto God, Thine is tbe Glory. N0w there may beThree'Reafons given of it. Firft, Becaufe all that is Excellent and Glorious in the Creatures is to be found in God; and 1ba1tither formally or eminently. Is Grace or Holinefs)VifdonzorStrengtb, Duration, J{(fiice or Mercy, any Excellency in thofe Creatures to which they are attributed: They are all in.God formally, and infinitely more Glorious, and witb infi~ nite more Perfe€Hons, than they are in the Creatures: For Created Beings have hut th~ir Hf!1ited a.nd ~int~d Proportions ?f t~efe ~ualifi_calions, but God is infinitely Holy, rnfi•tte!y Wife, tnftnrre!y 1ufl, and tn.finrre!y Merciful' Thefe Things are in him without Allays or Mixrures from rheir Contraries. He is Holy without any mixture of Sin. W1je wirhout any mixture of Folly, Jufl without any mixture of lniq«ity, Jl1crciful wit~out mixture of Cruelty. Yea) thefe are all in him without any Bounds fet them by h1s Namre and C1paciry; fOr they are his Nature, and therefore as in· finite ar.d as unbounded as ir. i\~in,
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