29 2 · Evidences of J_)ivine Wifdom· · - unskilful iwthe !Ford of RighteoufiJefs, and fo are Babes in-a ·weak condition, as theApoftle fpeaks, HelJ. 5· 1 3· · This is, .the way of Spiritual Peace. \-Vhen the foul of a Believer is a– ble to take a view of the Glory of the Wijdom ofGod, exalting all the other holy Properties of his Nature in this great Myft.ery unto 0ur Salvation, it will obviate all fears, remove all Objections, and be a means of bringing in a.ffured Peace · into the mind; which without adue comprehenfion.ofit,will never be attained. 2. The afrih.g of Faith. hereon, is that which is accompa ., nied with its great Power to change andtransform thefoul into · the Im~ge and Lil{enefs of Chrifl:. · So_is it expre{fed by the Apoflle, 2 Cor. 5· 18. T¥e all with openfacehho!ding, as in a 'Glafs the Glory ofthe Lord, are changed into the .fame Image ' from Glo1y to Glory, e·ven as by the Spirit ofthe Lord. We all /;eholding; xct-To7rte;.~o-(J.Iivoc, not taking a, tranfient glance of thefe things, but diligently infpecring them, as thoiedo who. through a G'lafs defign a fieady view of things at ·a difiance~ _That which we are thus to behold by the continued acrings of · _ iaith in holy contemplation, is theGlory ofthe .Lord in the face of Jefzu Chrifl., as it is expreifed,. Cb. 4· v . 6 which is nothing, but that M.Jflery ofGodlinefs, in whofe ex}?Ianation we have been ingaged. And what ·is the effefr, of the fleac(y contem. plation of this Myfiery by Faith ? fJ.Ii'W.if-'!JPC{J~fJ.Ii::::ra, we are 'Dhang,ed, made quite other creatures then we were, cafi into the form, figure, and Image ofJefus Chrifi, the great delign of all Believers in this World. \V.ould we then be like unto Cht~fl:? would we bear the Image of the Heavenly, as we have borne the lrrage of the Earthy? is nothing fodetejfab!e · ur.tO-tls as the deformd Image of the OldMan; in all the lulls of the mind and of the flefl1 ? is nothing fo amiable and defira~ ble as the Image of Chrifl: and the Reprefen tation of God iw him; this is the way, , this is the means of attaining the end, which.we..aim.at._ ); Abound-:- . - \ .
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