416 CH A P. 5. AP Expofition vpon thefirfiz VER.5,6, brethren, when we confider what the Lord euery where álíures vs, for our comfort ; he comes to ref e/b vs,not ro torment vs,to r deemc, not to imprifon vs: to racae,not to defiroy vs: to defleoy fìnne in vs, not vs for finne ; how . much caule haue wee ro lifcvp our heads with ioy ? and i 2, Tim..} s. as 7) aril faith, to i /owe hip appearing sand with the k Spirit, k Reu.%z.r7, and Bride, to fay, Cotnc : Amer.. Been fe come Lord tef i, to. come qt:w ly. VERs.5,6. re arc allthe children ofLight,andchildren oft heD.zy, c, I Ioh.;. t g. m Ephe;.8. n Ifa.5.9, rruovñ eft. The Apollle continues Hill to fer forth the gracious efface of Gods chil- dren he had laid before, they were nor in Darkenrfc: as ifthat had beetle too little; they are children of Light, and of the Day. The amplifications are two. Firß, by the extent in the fubieft; re are 4llchildrenofLight. Secondly, by com- parifon ofvnequals : not of light onely, but ofthe Day: and in the Antrthefis ; yee arc not of the Night, no nor ío much as of D. r'enc fe. Light in propertieof fpecch, is that vifible creature, qualitie,or whatfoeuer you will call ir, that makes things vtfiblevnro vs.The fcriprure tranflates ir,ro Lignifieelpe- cially fourethings.Firfl, r Knowledge. Secondly, Meanes óf knorrledge,, Thirdly, m Sanetifie. Fourthly, n Feliciüç. Reafon of the Metaphor arifeth from likenes, and fetnbla- ble properties of Light, to the things which it is trap fla- red to lignifie. The property and office of Light, is to dill couer vnro vs the differences of things vifible ; not vnñr- ly therefore is knowledge, and the meanes thereofrefern- bled by it. ltis a thing maruelloua pure, admitting no mixture.; no bodily creature, or qu Aide purer: a fit Ern- blade for the fán(}ity that becomes Gods people ; won- derfull
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