Godlirrelle a ,lyferie. z S and above all, wemuff pray : as you fee David, in Ffal. a 19. open mine eyes, Lord, that Imayfeewon_ der( in thy Law. There are wonders in thy Law, but my eyes muff be opened , to fee them. He had fight before, but he delires ailla further and clearerfght;and as the poore man in the Gofpel, that cr edafter Chrift, when he was asked, 'hat woulde f thou have? Lord ,that mine eyes might be ope- ned; So fhould everyone ofus (confidering is is fuck a ravifhing Myfferie) cryeafter God , and Chria; Lord, that my eyes might be opened, that I mayfee wonders in thy Law; that I may fee the wonders in thyGofpel, the unfearchable riches of Chris. Therefore it is that S. Paul, in Ephef. I. and Pphef. 3. he prayes for the Spirit ofrevelati. on,that Godwould vouchfafe that Spirit to take away the veileof ignorance and unbeleefe from our foules, that we may fee, and as it is, Ephef. 3 that we may comprehend theheight, andbreadth, and length, and depth, andall the dimenfions ofGods love inChria. This muft be done by the Spirit ofGod:for as S.Paul divinelyreafons,in t Cer.2. Who knowes the things ofGod , but the Spirit of God? Thereforewee muff plowwith Gods Heyfer; if wewould know the things ofthe Spirit,we mua have the fame Spirit. Now the Spirit doth not onely teach. the Truths ofthe Gofpel, but the application of tho {e Troths, thatthey are ours; this Truth of the Gofpel is mine,the Sacrament fealesit tome. The preaching oftheWord takes away the veile from the things, and the Spirit takes away the I> veile Tfal 119. Ephef. s . Ephef. 3. z Cor. i. The Spirit tcacheth to apply Truths.
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