2 90 ETJidences of Di1Jine Wifdom· rays of it felf into enlightened minds, and truly humbled fouls. But how little aportion ofit is heard !Jy m? How weak, how low are our conceptions about it ? We cannot herein " find out the Almighty unto perfection. No fmall part of the Glory of Heaven will confifi in that comprehenlion which we ihall have of the Myfiery of the Wifdom, Love and Grace of God herein. .Howbeit we are with all diligence to enquireinto- it whi111: we are here. in the way. It is the very center of all glorious Evangelical Truths ; not one of them can be underfiood, be– lieved, or improved .as they ought, without a due compre-. l1enflon of their Relation hereunto;. as we have fl1ewed be– fore. This is that which the Prophets. of old enquired into and after with all diligence, even the Myfiery of _God manifeft in the flefh, with the Glory that enfued thereon,r Pet. r.r r. Yet had they not that Light to difcern it by, which we have. The Zeafl in the Kingdom ofGod, as to the knowledge of this Myfiery may be above the greateft of them. And ought we not to fear left our floth under the bea·ms of the Sun ihould be condemned by their diligence in. the twi– ]iaht?. 0 This the Angels bow down to look into, although 'their eoncerns therein were not equal to ours. But Angels are An– g~ls, and Prophets were Prophets; we are a generation .of poor Jinful men who are little concerned in the Glory ofGod or our ownDuty. · Is it not much to be·lamented that many Chriil:iarrs con– tent themfelves with a very fuperjciary knowledge of thefe things ? How are the Studies, the Abilities, the Time and Diligence of many excellent perfons i~gag.edjn,. a_nd lai?\ out - about the Works of Nature, and the effects ofDIVme W1fdom -and Po.wer in them, by whom any endeavour to enquire in" t O? /
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