ofGod and his Will. Glory fhines forth, in an evi~en~ manifeflation of it felf un~ to us. And as a farther explicatiOn of the fame Myil:ery, it is added, that he is the CharaEfer or expre.fs Image of the Perfon ofthe Father. Such an impre.ffionof all the glorious Properties of God is on him, as that thereby they become legible unto all them that believe. So the fame Apofile affirms again, that he is t~e Image of God, 2 Cor. 4· 4· In what fenfe, and unto what End he de- . dares, v.6. We have the knowledgofthe Glory ofGod in the face ofJefw Chri/f. Still it is fuppofed that the Glory ofGod, as eifentially in him is in·vifible unto us, and incomprehenfible by us. Yet is there a knowleclg of it neceifary unto us, that we may liv~ unto him, and come unto the Enjoymentofhim. This we obtain only in theface or Peifonof Chrifi 6v 7reJaW7roJ ~:Xv'i'~; for in him that Glory isteprefented unto us. 'This was the Tefiimony which the Apofl:les gave concern– ing him, when he dwelt among them in the dayes ofhis flefb. They Jaw his Glory, the Glory as of the only begottenofthe Fa~ ther, full ofGrace and1ruth, Joh 1.14. The Divine Glory was manifefi in him, and in him, they faw the Glory of the Father. So the f'lme Apofile witneifeth again whorecor.. ded this Tefrimony, I Joh. 1. 2. !'or the life was manifejled, and we ha-vefeen it, and bear witnefl that eternal life was with the Father, and wasmanifefled unto us. In the Son incarnate – that eternallife which was originally in and with the Father, was manifefi unto_us. ' , It may be fa id, that the Scripture it felf is fuflicient for this End of the Declaration ofGod unto us, fothat there is no need of any other Reprefentation ofhim;and thefe things ferve only to turn the minds ofmen from learning the 1\tiind and \Vill of God therein, to feek for all in the Perfon of Chrifi:. But the true End of propofing thefe things, is to draw men unto the diligent Study of the Scripture, wherein alone they are K 2 revealed
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