the Glory of Chrift. I 69 Devil amd wicked mer which are as his fe.ed. 4'· HE is•glorious herein, i~ · th·at·he is a}?point. ed as· the only means of exertmg, and expreffing ·a11 the Treaft1res of the Infinite WifCI·om of Godt 'towards his Creatures. The Wifdom of God is abfohu~ly, always and in all things Infinite. God doth r1ot , God cannot aCt with more Wifdom in one thing than in another ; as in the Creation of man than in that of any inanimate Creatures. In the firft Creation Infinite \iVifdom was the infeparable ' companion of Infinite Power. How marvellous are thy w~rks, 0 Lord! in Wifdom haJf t'hott made them Ill. Bpt when the effeCts of this Divin·e VVifdom in their principal beauty and glory were defaced' , greater Tr~afiues of VVifdom were reqtiireq unto their Reparation. And in this Recollection of all things in Chrifi: did God1 lay them forth uhto the utmoft of whatever he will do in dealing with his Creatures; fo the. A• poftle ~xpreifeth it, Ephe( 3: I o. To thdntefJt tlmt. now unto the :princtpalities a'-~Jd ' po?J!efs i~ hea1Jentj . places might be knoum by the .Church t'he marJifold wi{dom of God~ By th€ Recapitulation of all things into this· one head, the manifold various unfearchable VVifdom of God was made known unto the Angels themfelves. They knew .not before of the defign an_d work of God afrer the ~ntrance of fin. Thefe could riot coh1prehend the VVif~om that might repair that lofs. They ~new not that Divine VVifdoin had another way to take herein, ~t leaft they know tiot what way fpat ihould be. But hereby the mailifo1d VVif- , - · · · do~
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