380 netiauo faít). fparkled out of his Humane Flefh. It is not the meet Voice of Man but of God, coming with an Authority more than Humane, and letting the heart, made like 7ofiah's tender by Faith, into an holy trembling at it, as a fig - nal proof, that the Lord is the Speaker ; One who hath the Keys of Heaven and Hell in his own hand,and upon Obedience or Rebellion is able to fave or deftroy. The Believer by the command and reverential awe put upon his Confcience, finds That there is a Divine Pre- fence and Grandeur in it, which to oppofe, is to ftrive and make War with God himfelf Again, out of the feeming foolifhnefr wif dom difcovers it fell. whilef but a man is teaching outwardly to the ear, there is an in- ward Teacher in the heart : The Spirit of Re- velation uncovers the holy things, and brings forth this or that facred My fiery to the View, Intus datur, intus corn f cat, intus revelatur, as St. Au(lin expreffes it. The Father of Lights Thews himfelf there in facred Revelations ; Chrift feals up the Ordinance by the dropping of the holy Unction. A Believer meets with fuch illuminations as are far more precious than all the Lights in Nature. Hence St.Chry- foflom's Auditors, when he was like to be fi- fenced, cried out, Satins of ut Sol non lucent, quam ut Chryfoftomus non doceat ; It were bet- ter to lofe the Sun, than fuch a burning Pining light as he was. The entrance or opening of thy words giveth Light , faith the Pfalmift, Pfal. I19. 13o. When the Word preached is admit-
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