Epi/tletotheHE13REws. 49. of the world, tills 13. 18. Not only all thofe, which at firft he wrought, but alto all that ever he would to do. The Idea and Sy(lem of themwas all in his Holy Mind fromEternity. Now though in theircreation and produtlion they are all fingly fuited and fitted, to the timeand feafon wherein they are brought forth and made, yet as they lye all together in theMind,. Will, and Purpofe ofGod, they have a Relation one to another, from thefins to the Wt. There is an Harmonyand correfpondency between them all ; theylye all in a bleffed fubferviency in themfelves, and in their refped un- to one another, unto the Promotion of the Glory ofGod. And therefore though in theCreation of all things, that work was fe» ted unto the (late and condition wherein they were created, that is, of/yummy and Holinefs; yet this hinders not, but that God might anddid foorder them, that they might have a refpeét unto that future work of his in their Reftauration byChrift, which wasthen no lefs known untohim; than that whichwas pettedly wrought. 3. The moltreafonable and belt intelligibleWay of declaring the Order ofGods De= crees, is that whichcalls them under the twogeneral heads, which all rational Agents refpeA in their Purpofes and Operations; namely, of the /al/ End, and the means con= ducing thereunto. Now the tstnsoft End of God in all his wayes towards the Sons of men, being the Manifeellation of his ownGlary by the way of Mercy and Juliet, what ever tendeth thereunto, is all jointly to be looked on, as one entire means tending un- to that End and purpofe. Theworks thereforeofthe Old and New Creationbeing of this fort and nature, one joint and general means for the compaffing of the fore- mentioned end, nothing canhinder but that they may have that refßetl to each other, which before we have declared. Vert I. THe Apo(tie in thepurfuit of his Argument, proceeds in the Defcription of the Perfon ofChrifl ; partlyas giving a farther account of what he had betoreaffirmed concerning his Divine Power inmaking the worlds ; and partly to inftruá the Hebrews from their own typicallnffitutions, that it was the Me)jab whowas figured and repre- fented formerlyunto them, in thofe fignsand pledges ofGods Glorious Pretence which they enjoyed. Andfo by thewhole, heconfirmeth the Propofitionhe had in hand,con- cerning the Excellencyand Eminency of him by whom the Gofpel was revealed, that their Faith in him, and Obedience untohim, might not be thaken or hindered. Verfe g. ',Os de äaavyaoµa á hens 5 xaeuellp d *ni*sns duaû, mepsrr as rd adlu aid gápxrs dlvvd[xeus duro, d`s' iaurd raeaptituir o:se4esre. oil. iµaplsiäav ás<lr, iaáOator br Nrg", lteya000araç ll' ú+I.sTOif . d's' aavvû, is wanting in M. S. T. But thefence requires the words, andall other an- tient Copies retain them : :µalt, is wanting in fame Copies : and one or two for Zndeiot, have TWIN which hath nothing whereunto it thould relate. Somealfo read, Opbru d µsySAbown¢; ,taken fromChap. 12. v. 2. where theword is ufed. i c dv, jui eft ; 9,1i cum fit ; Rui exijienr ;. Who be ; Who when he os, or was; ös 4: Who al./ling; as Phil. z.6. & vadpyur cv rsopyÿ Ssá, Whobeing in the Form ofGod. Who being, saavyasµa á lilac, Splendor, Radius, Juba); Effrslgentia, Refulgencia, gaaúyarµas Relucentia. The Splendour, Ray, Beam, Effulgency, or fhining forth ofGlory. Syr. min, Germen,fo Boderius,the branch; Tremeliur and D' Dieu,Splendor,theArabick concurring. 414, is Lux, Light; particularlythe MorningLight, Nis zo. v. r r. bµ Anoas áxpss tiv1.4 , he talkeduntil! the break of day, or the beaming of the Morning Light ; duyl SAiu, Glojf.'Vet. Jubar Solis ; the Sun-beam; and fometimes it denotes the Day it felt. It is alto fometimes ufed for the Light that is in burningIron : äaauyñ, is ofthe fame fignification : properlySplendor Lucie, theBrigbtnell, Shining, Beauty,Glory,or Luf re of light. Hence is äuyéa to Thine forth, to thine ints, to irradiate, 2 Car. 4. q.. «s 71 µñ a'vydom äv7ile, that the Light of the Gofpel fhould not irradiate, /tine into them. äaaoygeo, is ofthe fame importance ; and from thence äsravyaoµa ; The Word is no where ufed in theNewTejtament fave in this place only; nor dòth it occurr the Old of theLXX. Only we have it, Wifd.7.26. lifdom is faid to be äaastyasrpu 'oaf
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