\ i I I I I I .j I dn Bxpojition 'lJfOn I "'f~ · F:tt/'cr is-noted in_ rhc_JC \YOrds: ~1/hich is,.and 'lA I ding:for it IS ht: whrc/; !~,whichwm, ~;i·l~'btchis 1· wh:cblVdl,tWd whtch J.J to come. 1 he holy Ghoft to come. Angcls and the JOules of men thcv br· in the:,~: ~ndji-o'?"_'h~Jr.:unO'frits wh~~h arc be~ eternal!; but not cucry way: though they l)c c~ fore h.~ tlhoM. _11~.~ S:mn~ m_ the ?·t vcrf~ . 1 tcrna~lln_ that t~)cy t11all m:ncr dic,yct had they .An~fto:-,~ Icji'.s C.hrtsf, ~vhu:h wa fn!thjullwtt~ a b:gmntng. Sc('ondly, they :ue ct<:rn:tlr, not l ; ncj]c :_a~taJi~ft f,cgPttcn of rhcdc~d, ·a.na Lordo11a :~blolutc:ly,but byparticipation; fOr God 1 nadc I rhc.k,p1g1 oj the eArth, vnto ht'!'l'l_ r_hat !o~tedv...., them erernall : but the Lord is moft abiOlutcly ~~dwo1jbcd -r.JJ,ft()m o;~rJinncs in ruo ownc 6/oad, , ofhimfclfeeternal\. . \ (j'C. . . r • . ~ ~ I Fourthly note, l~e f.'l.ith 110~ from himwhich I S.lohn \11 the fid1 place dc.Jcnbcs the father, I fhall be, butfromhJm whtcb u to come r.hat is ''by a dii\ribution, "hieh cxprc!li:th the true to iuJgemcm: to giuc VSto vnder!t.t;d, Tha; 1nature of God i ..n cbefe wOrds :.Which U, wac, this ctcrnall God is alfO aiudcc of alll1is ere:>• ~ ~r."di4 tocq;ne, In v.•hi'h healludcsto tha ... t, Ex ... , c_ures, cfpccially men and An£cls. A' point of I od.,; .1'4..,15. where frlofcsdemands of (,od,lf I fpcciall vfc,to moouc ,.s tb v\•alke bcfO"re God rhc pcople_lhould a"Skc: who fcm him, whach~ with :1ll good confcicnc"'· lf any fhal1 fl.attc; .i lhould3nlwn ( 1'he Lord bids l11m fay,Ehich J I himfclfc, thinking he f11all be dead before that ·1 lclnJt.lbh;u/J fent me : wh!ch ~wo names fc._rue B day come: 1:mfwer, ir maybefo.Wh2t then? t? oneend~, n':lmcly, to o:prdfc the n:lture~f thinkd~ thou th~rc~y to c~tcape his !~dgmcnt ? I God. They arc rr:mfbtcd, 1rtm, ~md .the L ara: Novenly: for tlus (..>od ccmcth to !lldgc thee \ bm dtcf~ En.glifh words doe not fully q:prdfe particularly by death , and thereby to rcferuc I ~ th~~lr figni~cation. Ycc S.loh~ cxp~unds .the~ thee to the iudgemcnt of the great day. Oh, . })ete, rt)3kltlf! l..1uch , ro figndic hzmwhichu, that v\•e would kriouOy think on th1s;i~ wQu}d •;vhich ~~"" , and is to comt. Which words of bee ameancs to moouc vs to repentance:, by i Io/J,n al(o i~1 ch7 or.jgin:all bee tn(;ne full in fenfc ~reakirig ofthe courfe offin_nc, a1_~d endcauou- ~ th(.:n our Enghfh tongue can ~vel cxprdfc.And n ng to kecpc a good confw:nce m all things, ,yet they may bee thu> cxplatoed: Grace and A Et. •4,· 16. .ilnd fo lhall we be rcadic to meet :peau b~ftom IHm, which i& in IJimfolfe , and of him at his comming, whether by dCath or bimfelf<, amojl pcrfeEt a,;d aifoi!Jfc f•bflance, iudgcment. :which w.u a majfprrjc[f fobjfl!:ncc , 1md)1hich i.J .An4 from the{emwz f}iritJ which are hefore . t {J come, amo.fl flk{P(ut( ,pnf~U,Jimptcfi·bjlance his thro1zt•.Thefc words commonly~nc cxpoun- ~ i!'fd tj]'ena. In thclc words arc touched iu~1dry ded of fcu.cn Angels of God which fl:md be- , ')-.·.cightie poin.c~. fore the .throne, 3nd mitllllervnto him. But it 1 Fir!l, touching the n:~tme of God, namely, c:mnot be meant of them : firfi; bccaufe grace ' r~ac God"'" qojl abfol""P"f'Et f<bflanc. and \C and Peace is here f.1id to procecde from thefe I efence,wbic~ barb hio 6uir.g inhtmfelfc, ofhimfeuet~ fpirits; but it cannot comefrom the holy fe!fe, a,dfromnpJft orher. Paul faah, .An id{)// i& Angels, "\.\•hieh attend tomini{kr before the I vorhittg , 1 . Corimh.8.4- th3t is, nothing fubfiLord.Stcondly,in this vcrfc, which is abenefling in 11at.,urc, but a mcere fond dcuifc of diClion,or a falutati6 oflohi1 to the church,thc mans brainc; But the true G,od i$ an dfcncc \ feuen 'fpirits, arc fetbcforc lefm Chr;jl, the fcfubfiA:ing, al)d chat of ~imfcifc ;tlonc perfeCt.. cond pcrfon ofthcTrinitic;but there is norc"a- /Y; and herein diffemh from all ldob and fa!fc I fon nor rcfpecr,for which the angels lbouldbe Gods. 'I , • placcJ bcforeChnA-.Thcwords :tre rather thus Secondly , her~by wee. (cc .a diffc:rcncc be.... to be expounded, Andft·omthefettc1)/Pir.its,&c. t'f/CCJlC: God and all his crcamres. Et1cry c~ea~ th3t is, ti'om theholy Ghofl.This expofition is turctis ~ fubll'ance , as.Aw.f.cls and Men: likemoO: agreeable to all the circumAances of the wile mans boliie and loulc are (ubllanccs: y~t I text ; ond the holy Gholl ma~ bee called by noneof chcfc h:~.uc bccing of t)lcmfclucs, but, I the name of thcfoa::m fpirits for two c~ulcs: from God, and ofGod. And ycc wee muH not Firfl, bcc:m(c though hec be onclyo.. ne in filbconctlue, ~at the creatures arc pans of God, 1 fiancc,yet he isfiuen,that is, mAnifo!ain ref?lrd though the'fhaue their fubHances and bceing D of gifrs and operations which procccdc from ofhim; for then ~achcrcature fhould be god; him. Secondly, S. John here fpcaketh of the for the comm\lnication ofthe diuine fuhfbncc father, Sonne, andh-oly Ghoft, as he f:1wc cannot be wi(hou.r.Jhc diuin~ natu-re: but gods them in vifion: (for here he fcttcth downeone fuh(b.ncc is indJuifiblc.:, :md incommunicable. vifion "'·hieh he fawc)now he beheld d1c holy . to the are3ture. My meaning then is, that God Ghofi in forme of feuen lights in avifion,RetJ. ' ! made th~ creatures out of himfelfc ')fthat m~t... 4·5. 1 ttr which he cr~ated by his word; ::md prcfcx:~ which art6tfotc his throne. Thi'i he fpcakcs \ ucth them bceino made. Which by the way bycomparifon taken fi·om c:1nhly kings:whi~h . 1 n1o.uld cqch vs-~o rcturoc lOUr bodies and fittino in their thrones , doe there !hewe thtlr (oules by obcdi<!ce vmo God,in lieu ofthankglori~ and maieflic. So S.fohn fawe in l·tfion fulncffc, cndcauouring his glpry aH th~ d:~.ycs God the F:ahcr fittino in his throne., & Chrirl ofour life. at hisrii ht hand;:md beforethe throne thehoJ ' 1 Thirdly, hence we lcarne, that the Lord is lyGhoH. Which manner ofappc:'lrancc proo~ I Et anal~ cucri~ . .':'•ay, wi~ont bC'ginning or en~ •ucth nor, th:'lt the holy Ghoft is infcriour tp the
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