The Preface. '· bims,aboJJe tl;e Seraphims, aboiJe all undorftanding. Lay thyl;and ou thy mouth; it is not la"'Wful tofearch into tlJefe l;eavenly myfle~ ries. It u la1Vful to know that.he wcU born; that it is not lawful for me t9 deny ; this I am afraid to enquire into. Far if Paul when he "'WcU tak~ninto tl;e third I-lea1Jen, affrms that the things tvhich /;e heard could not be uttered ; how can we exprefs the my– fiery ofthe Divine Generation, which 1ve can neither apprehend. nor hear. Why do fuch torme.nting Queftions dd!ght thee! Ephraim Syrus wrote a Book to, this purpofe, againfi: the1n.who would _f€arch out the Nature of the Son of God. Among many other things to the fame purpofe · are his words, cap. 2. Inftelix profeEto, mifer, atque impuden" t!JSimus eft, qui fcrutari cupit opiftcemJuum. Millia millium, & centies millies millena millia Angelorum& Archangelo~mn, cum borrore gloriftcant, & trementes adorant; & homines luui, pleni peccatis, de di-vinitate intrepide dijferunt ? Non illorum ex{ior- . refcit t?rpus, non contremefcit animus; fed fecuri & garruli, de Chriftd Dei filio, qui pr.o me indigno peccatore paj]its eft, deque_ ipjius utraque generatione kquuntur; nee faltetn quod in luce cte;:;. cutiunt, Jentiunt. He i:1 un!;appy, mijerable, and mofl impudent, 1vho deftres to examine &fearch eut his Maker. Thoufands of tboufands, and hundreds of thoujands of millions of Angels and Archangels, do glorifie him1vith dread, and adore him Thith trem:: bling; and jhall di11ty men full offins, dijjmte ofthe Veity 1Vit!J– O.ut fiar? Horrour dot!; notJhake their bodies, their minds do not tremble, but being fecure and prating, t!Jey,Jj7eak. of the Son of , Docl, 1vhoJujferedj01~ m~ unworthy Jinner, and ofboth his Nati0 -vitics
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