- 76 T!Je Perfon ofC!Jri.ft t!Je great ~pojitory Beingand Nature thetprings of all Truth do lie. Whatever is Truth, fo far as it i io, d~rives. fro.m h_im; is an emanati– on from that eternal ountam of It. · Bemg, Truth, andGood– nefl, is the Principal Notion of God, and in him they are all the fame. How this is reprefented inChrifi"as he is in himfelf tpe effential Image of the Father, and as Im:arnate the Re- ' prefentative Im.age of him unto us, hath been declared. The Counfels oj Godare the next Springand caufe, as alfo the fubjecr matter or fubfiance, ofall Truth, that is fodecla– ratively. Divine Truth is the 'Declaration of the Counfels of God, Ail. 20. 27. Of them alJ~ the Perfon ofChrifr is the facred Repofitory and Treafury; In hill) are they to be learn– ed. All their efficacy and ufedepends on their Relation un– to him. He is the Center and Circumference ofall the lines ofTruth, that is, which is Divine, Spiritual, and Supernatu– ral. And the beauty ofit, is prefented unto us only in hisfac~ . or Perfon. We fee it not, we·know it not but as God fhines into our Hearts to give us the knowledge of it therein, 2 Cor. f. 6- ' So he tefiifieth ofhimfelf, I am the iruth, John I 4· 6.. He is fo Ejfentilly as he is one with the Father, the God ofTruth, 'Deut_ 32. 4· He is [oe.flicient!J; as by him alone it is fully and effectually declared. For no man bath feen God at any time, the en.!J !Jegotten who is in the !Jofom of the Father, he hath declared him, Joh. I. 1 8'. He isTo fttb/lant ially in (!)ppoli– tion unto the Types and Shadows of theOldTefiament; for inhimc!welt the fulnefs oftheGodhead·!Jorli{y~ Col. "2. 9· The Body isofChrifi. v. 17. He is fo Suljdlive!J; For .allDi– -vine Truth rektting to the fuving Knowledge ofGod, IS treafu redup in him·.' - In him are fjid all the trea(ures of Tfli{clom and Knowledge, C{)l. 2 . ~ : That is the Wi'fdon1 and Knowledge of God in his ,Counfcls ~oncerningthe Vocation, SanCtification and Salva– tion
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