A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast

Where could there have been any knowledge of ⟨p. 10⟩Christ, if God had not opened his breast in the Gospel, and come forth of his hidden light, and showed himself in Christ, Godman, and in publishing the Gospel, established an ordinance of preaching for this purpose, where had the knowledge of salvation in Christ been?

Where could there have been any knowledge of ⟨p. 10⟩Christ, if God had not opened his breast in the Gospell, and come forth of his hidden light, and shewed himselfe in Christ, Godman, and in publishing the Gospell, established an ordinance of preaching for this purpose, where had the knowledge of salvation in Christ been?

To prove this, we have here a gradation: the eye sees many things; but we hear more things than we see, yet neither Eye hath seen, nor ear hea•d: I but the conceits of the heart, are larger than the sight of the eye, or the hearing of the ear; yet neither eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, nor hath entered into the heart of man to conceive, &c. The ⟨p. 11⟩Philosopher saith, there is nothing in the understanding, but it came into the senses before: and therefore it cannot enter into the heart of man, if it enter not by the eye, or by the ear.

To prove this, wee have here a gradation: the eye sees many things; but wee heare more things than we see, yet neither Eye hath seen, nor eare hea•d: I but the conceits of the heart, are larger than the sight of the eye, or the hearing of the eare; yet neither eye hath seen, nor eare hath heard, nor hath entred into the heart of man to conceive, &c. The ⟨p. 11⟩