necíauo 1aítij. 305 'hor himfelf íst duff and afhes, Job 42. 6. The bright [pining man turned Daniel's comelinef into corruption, Dan. To. 8. And what thofe outward appearances did in a fenfible way, that Faith which is an inward Vifion of God, doth in a Spiritual; looking on him by Faith, a dread falls on us from every Attribute or Work of his. His glorious Majefty makes us go and hide our felves in the duff of our own vilenefs and nothingnefs. His pure Holinefs comparatively turns us and all our comely Graces into rottennefs. His dreadful Juaice founds fo loud in the threatning, that we can- not but tremble at every word of it. Nay his very goodnefs and tender bowels lying all a- bout us make us afraid to trample thereon by finning ; even thofe in Nature do fo, much more thofe richer ones in Grace. H c very rain calls for our fear, Jer.5.24, And what do thofe dews of the Spirit which are not common as the other ? His bounding the Sea doth fo, ver. 5.22. and what doth his bounding cor- ruption, which elfe would drown Soul and all in perdition ? Oh how tremendous is our life ! our Bodies living on the Blood of Cre?. tures, and our Souls on the Blood of God 9 our neural being lying in the arms of that Power which bears up the World, and our Spiritual in the arms of that Grace which faves it; Earth flowing round about us with Blefiings, nd Heaven it felf coming down in Promies, and carrying back our Hopes thi- ther. Who in fuch Vifions of Faith would not X fear,
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