1 3o VERS.I7· AnExpqjition,.Witi-JNotes ~--~--~--~~-=~~~~----· gifts; aB efface may be a fnare, life it fdf aburden; but you never kaew any weary offpiritual bleffings, to whom grace= or the love ~Pfalm6) ·3· ofGod was aburden, therefore* 'tubetter then life. Well then,. they ar.e prophane fpirits that prefer pottage before abirthright,, vain deljghts before the good t>Lnd perfe8 gifts : David makes a. wifer ehoyce in his prayer,P[al.Io6.4. Remember me,O Lord,with the favour th.at thou beareft unto th] people ; 0 vijit me with thy Salvation: Not every mercy will content Do~vid,but the mer– cy ofGods own people ; not every gift, but the good and perfect gift: The like prayer is in ·Pfa!. 1 I~· i 3 I. Look._upon me, and 6e merciful unt9 me, M thuu ufefl to do to thofe ·that love thy Name: Mark, not the mercies that he ufed to beLlow upon the world, b!lt the mercies he ufed to beLlow upon his people and fav:orites : No· thing but the bejf mercy will contrnt the beft hearts.· ~bflr.v1tt.4. 4· That G~d u the F4th~r ofLigh~s: Light ~eing _a fim~le and defecate quahty, and of~U thofe whtch are bodily, moil: p~.tre ;Jnd: fpiritual 6 1s often put to deoypher the ej{ence and,glorJ ofGod, and alfo tpe el.fences a~d perfetlions ofcreatures as they are from G9d ;: the effence ofGod: ~- JohQ 1. 5. God.u light, and there uno dark: nefi in him: There ltg~t being a creatQre, fimple and unmixed, is: put to note the fimplicityof the diyine Effence. So alfo theglory of God; He dwelleth m light inacceffible,I Tim 6.16. that is, in uncon~ ~iveable ~ory:. So Je(us Chrifr, in.regard he received his perfon– ality~nd fubfifience from the Father, is called in t_l},e NicencCreed 1 . ti~~ CM, rpw1@-, 6=~~ h.u91v(li)- CM, 9s\t b-.1)9~ V!$, Light of Light 1 tt114 very Gr~d ofv_ery God. So alfo the creatpres, as they derive their perfe~ions from God·,are alfo ~.alleq Lit.hts, as th~ Angels, Lli;.ge/~ ofLtght,.1. ear. II. 10. the ~a,nts, ChrJdrer; of_Ltght, Luke I6. 8. Yea, n~afonable -creatures, as they have wifdotN and underfiandi.ng, are faip to be LightJ; fo {oh. I. 9· This u the light that enlightnetb ev.try man that c.ometh into the World; that is, with the light of ~eafon; aH the Qmdles in the world are lighted at this Torcb: In iliort, Reqfon, Wifdom, Hqlir,efs, H!ippinefs are ofteq expre,{{ed by light} and •they are allfrom-Qod: As the fiars lhim~ with abor– rowed lq!Jr~, fo do aU the creatures; wh~re you ll?eet witp aoy brigh~nefs arid excellencyin-tbe.FlJ; retp~mper ~tis but ,afire~k and ray .of ·the divine Glory,: A~ the ll:ar brq~ht tpe wife_~pen to Chnil; fo lho~ld ~H the fiar~ 1p the worl9 brmg up y~mr tho~_gh~s to Gf>d,.who tStheJ!~uatam. an~f~Jtker of Lig_hts; ThusM.1t. . . - 5· 16!'
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