150; ff Commentary tifora the Gqel , Sol. Plune/t forma y'urarnenti, fed aJfeverationlL ferie, {y obte ftationre dome- /l iczSq. d.quam veri vivir Pharao D.Fre/ton of t Gods Mtrtb. )b 12.14. recuit Arillo t,ggles providen- hamDei ad velum lun.e ufg; prorendi,noaui- Ira. If3.6o.t3. Ifa.6,i_ Hxod.3 3.13. Ila.66 1. 1 Cor.cs.' Ga e de Ani- malib 7a:b» FcâTTov xgHCmv A IL dlliq{ndent expreflion,lhke thar,aCcr.i.r 7 oral, Derrt.32.2, and fo Both God hitnfelf,1f, .'i. 2, And for thole phrafes, As Pharaoh liveth, As thy [dal liveth, &c. they ore ratherearnelt vouchingsofthings, thenoaths. And yet that phrafeofgallantry now fo common, As trueas Ilive,is judged to bent) better then in ,oath by the creature; Numb. ¡4. z'i. with P f l.93.ri. And we may not fwear in jeft, Luc in judgement, ler. 4.2. For it is Clods throne.] We muft not conceive that God is commenfutable by a place, as if he were partly here and partlyi there, buthe is every where all-prefent. The heavens have a large place, yet: have they one part -here, and another there, but the Lord is totally prefent wherefòever prefent. Heaven therefore is Paid to be his throne, and hefaid to inhabit it, I(. 66. I. not as if he wereconfined to it, as o.,frifotle and thole Atheifts in lob con.. ceited it, but becaule there he is pleated to manifeft the molt glow riens andlviiblefins of hispretence ; and there iiia fpeciall -man. ner he is enjoyed and worfhippedby the crowned Saints and glo- rious Angels,d'ç.. Here wefee but as in a glaffe oblcurcly, his toe, traine, back-parts, foot- pool. Nomancan tee more and live: ricl manneed: feesnore her-, that hemay live' for ever. But there a e Pallfee at dfe arePeen, know as We are ksomn, fce him face to face. Ohhow should thisfire up our dull hearts, with ail earneft, nefle and intention ofindeared afi"eftion, to lung, lull, pant, faint after the beacificall vifion-! How thou:d we daily lift up-our hearts and hands toGod in the heavens, thaLhe would tend .from heaven and fave ua : fendhis Mandamus, and command deliverance cut ofSi-on ;;ça>.that himfelf would break the heavens and come down, and fetches home upon the clouds of heaven, as himfelf attended ; that when we awake we may be full ofhis image ; and aswe have born cheiiage ofthe earthly, fo we may bear the r« iniageof the heavenly . St Paul, after he:bad onceteen God inhis throne, being rapt up into the third heaven;. ( like the bird of paradife) heneverletcgroaning our, Cupio di1folvi, I defire to be dijJ'olvcdand to 6e i*'th Chri$, Which isforre forre the bet- ter, And Paretms a little afore his. death uttered this Swan-like Song, . R Difcupio rlvi tecu»z ,. ,o ChriFte,manere: Porno fac regni fat gaol - acting, lui. Oh that IDerrin heaven ! Oh that I'night Beever With the Lord ! ô blifefullplight ! Thus
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