DISC. x.3 THE FORETASTE OF HEAVEN. 537 itual dependence, and a frequent delightful acknow- idgment of it. Such a devout frame as this is heaven, nd such scenes now and then passing through the soup, e glimpses of the heavenly blessedness." SECTION III. Though the eternityandimmensityof God, might, per- Pps, in their ownnature, and in the reason of things, be st mentioned, yet his majesty, his power, and his wis- n, in their sovereignexcellency, strike the souls ofcrea- tes more immediately, therefore I have put these first. )wever, let us now consider the eternity of the great id and his omnipresence, and think how the spirits in Even are affected therewith, and what kindred medita- Is may be derived from these perfections by the saints e on earth. Iproceed therefore, To the eternity of God : which, though the most lted spirit in heaven cannot comprehend, yet it is table they have some nearer and clearer discoveryof -Ian we can have here in this mortal state, while we 11 in flesh and blood. We have nothing in this visible d that gives us so much as an example or similitude The great God who is, who was, and who is to through all ages, he is, and was, and for ever will le same. Let us go back as many ages as we can, r thoughts,. and still an eternal God was before : a being that had no beginning of his existence, vill have any end of his life or duration. And as 's to Moses, My name is I AM THAT I AM," iii. 14. so as there is nothing which had any in his being, but all the reasons of it are derived its own selffulness, therefore we may say of him he is, because he is," and because " he will be :" d no spring of his first beginning, nor any cause continued existence, but what is within himself. n never set ourselves in too mean a light when an God is near us; and every thing besides God but little in our eyes. d, Omy thinking powers, are ye not sweetly lost )ioly rapture, and overpowered with divine plea- 9 my soul, in such meditation as this ? Art thou I;htfully surprised with the thoughts of such self-. ¢ce, and such an inconceivable perfection ? Thy tnsidered as here in this life, is not so much in
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