J76 MeditatioNJ and Difcourfli poft1e cloth not here difcourfe concerning the way or means of the Revelation of it 11mo us, but·of the ·Means or Inffrument whereby We comprehend that Revelation. This is our Faith , " ·which as it is in us, being weak and impetfeet, we comprehend the Repre[entation that is made unto ·Us of the Glory of Chrift, as men do the .fence -of a dark Saying , a Riddle , a Parable , that is, imperfeCtly, .and with diffic1.1lty. ON the account hereof we may fay at pr~fent, -ho')P ,little a portion is it that ?Pe know of him? as 'Job fpeaks of 'God, chap. 2.6. 14. How imperfect are our co11ceprions of him ? How weak are our minds in their manageme~ ? There is no -part of his glory that we can fully comprehend: And what We do comprehend (as there is a comprehenfion in Faith, Eph. 3·.1 8.) we canno~ al;>ide in the fieady contemplation of. Forever bJeffed _. be that Soveraign Grace, :whence it is that .he wbd . commanded light to jhine out of darknefs, hath .foi· ned inlo otw heat'ts to give us the light ~f the , k_now· ledge of his c'Um Glory in the face of ]-efo.J· Chriff, ·and therein of _the glory of Chrift himfeJ(; ~hat' #he hath fo revealed. him unto ns, . as that ~e may ' love him, admire him and obey him ;·. bur cqh· ' ftantly, fieadily, · and clearly to behold .his glo~y ·in this life we are not able, for we ~fZ]k qy _ fa#h,- a.nd not by Sight. HENCE our ,(lght of him here, is· ~s ..it. wqe· · by_G~ances liable to be douded by many _inr~f.P.O"' · fittoi1s. Behold he jlandeth behtnd the .wall, .}e looket'h.forth at the windows, jhewing ( f'~O Jl_(?.Urifhing) himfelf at the lattefs, Cant. 2.. 9'· There' is a: great Interpofition between him and us, as a- - I ' 1Vaft
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