186 Meditati~ns and Difi'Mtrfn Howbeit this new light doth not aboli!h, blot out or render ufelefs the other light of nature, as the Sun }Vhen it rifeth extingnifheth the light of the Stars: But it directs it, and reCtifies it, as nmo its principle, objeCt and end. Yet is it in felf, a light quire of an'othet nature. BL~t he who hath only the former light, can underfl:and nothin'g of it, becaufe he hath no raft or experience of its power and operations. ·He may talk of it, and make enquiries about it, but he knows it not. NOW we have received this Light of Faith, ai1d Grace, whereby _we difcern fpi'ritual things, · & behold the glory ofCbrift in the imperfeCt manner before defcribed. But in ~aven there fhall , be a fhperadded light of GlcrJ, which iha11 make · the mind it [elf rJine as the }t1'mament; Dan. I 2. 3· Hhalt only fay three things of it. ( r.) That as the Light of Grace doth not deftroy or abolifh the Light of natore, but recti fie and improve it ; fo the Light of' G!o7 flnlln ot abolifh or defl:roy the Light of Faith anrl Grace, but by incorporating with it render it abfolutely perfect. (2.) That as by the Light of Nature, we cannot clearly cotTprehend the true nature and efficacy of the Liy:,ht of Grace, bec1ufe it is of another kind, and is feen only in its own light ; fo by the Light cf Grace '\Ne cannot abfolutey comprehend this L1ght of" Glory, · beiryg of a peculiar kind and nature, feen perfeclly only by its own 'Light. Tt dotb not app::anvhat we flwll be. ( 3.) That this is the bell: notion we can have of this Light of GlMy, that in t~1e firfr infl:ance of its oper8tion, it per;. feB~y transforms the foul imo the Image and Likenefs of Chrijl. TH 'S
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