An Expojition, .With Notes God that may be~ .asP lato for one ; and c ~lif!4 Rh;djg;;~faith, Ariftotle delighted.much,: in thac Verfe ofHemer, .where 'tis (ai~, T.hat 'fwoutd nev,er be well till thegods and mortal men did come to·live together. Certain .we are that common.infiintl maketh us~ ~o grope apd feel afr~r ~n eternalgood ;;.~ Alh17. 27• Theygropell' after G.oa. Now qo~ . iliall .we corn~ to,·· hav.e any ,commerce with God, there being befides _ the-diftance of our-beings-,. g~i# ~ontral:Jed in .the ~oul? How. can fiubble ~well" with devq~ring burnipgs? guilty creatqr~s tpjn~ ef Gpq,. without trembling? appro.ach him, without being devoured an_d-fwallowedup.of his glory ~ Tqe Heathens w:ere fenfibJeofthis in fome M~t, and th~re.• fore-held, I hat the fuFre~m gqQs weP.e.defiltd:by the unhallowed· ~pprqa~h~spf fipfql !fond ,mortal mtm, .,and therefore invented He· r.oe~,and half goJ.s, a kind'of middle powers, that were to be medi. ator~, to convey their pr-ayers·to the gods, and the bleflings. ofthe gods.b~~kagain to .t~~ql ; foplutarch, J'id. J'cup.ovld-V · 7r.~lfd. op.a..l_~~.-~ ~ J'J"l}£K.1@- p.~1~J :J-~.;v "~ civ9rcJ'71'pw; ·That by tpefe interm.e.diat~ ptJwers there was.aU co~merceand communionbetw~~n the gods· an.d··rnen ::·To ·t41S doCl:rme of the He,achens the bpofile·allq.!i_etb,,. t·-Cor~s.;. .. T,he Heathem . had1erds. me~ny,a~dgtJd_s 'lf!any ;. .as theJ hadmtfnygods,.. many ultimate objects of worffi.ipJ fo.many lords,. th~.t is;medja_to~s~: Bttt to f!4 (faith qe) ther-e is ku.t on,e l-ord, a11d .o1)e God; tha.t is, one Supream Elfeoc~, and one Mediator, whicb-– i~that e~cell~J;Jt and fure way whicp the- S.cri.ptut~s lJay down.for our.commerce with God :. The device of the He~thens be.in~fabulqus and ·;1bfurd, .,could ,oot yield comfort ; but in the GofpeV there ~s exceJlent provifion ·made for our comfort and'hope, for t~ere the Godhe~d and Manhood · is reprefented as met in ooe na· t~re: !heSpn,ojGod W,iiS made theSon ofmtz~t, .that the fotzs or mMmjght be t~efons pfGod;ther~fore .the Appfile Pettr fheweth,.. That ~he gre~t workofChri!l wauobringus to aotl,; I Pe!.;.I8. tobring God and miln.tog~ther: So theApofile Pa~l faith,Heb. 10. 2o.We may.draw '{~fir thrpugb the vail Ofhi1j)efh: 'Iisan allufi~ QO to. the Temp\~, where the ·V~il·.hid" the ·glory of theSan.Cium · S,anaor,um, and ga:ve en:ttance to ,it : Sp~hriUs Iocarnatio!iJ'_did,,. a_s it were, r~bat~ the egg.of.thedi~ine Cllory.and Btighmefs,..that ~reatures mayc~me ~nd comg:rfe withjt~wi~houtrterror•. -)Chtriil JS the true [acohs_ladder, John 1. 5·I .Th~~1bo!tPtn ofWhic.h ~QHcheth E4rt.h,_~e~~ is,_Ns HIJ~f)ni.ty; , a~~-~b~.toz t;~~~k~~~ !!_~a'!'_~,~~ther_e· Jji;!
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