The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

Accordingly when Moses prayed, I beseech thee show me thy Glory; God answered him, it was impossible, for no Man could see his Face, and live. And the form of Divine Blessing to the People of Israel was, The Lord make his Face to shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee. Whether the immediate Essence of God can be seen by the intellectual Creature, is a question, but we are sure in ⟨p. 291⟩the Heaven of Presence, God exhibits himself to the Blessed in a most glorious manner: for according to the degrees of Excellency in the Work, such are the Impressions and Discoveries of the Cause. Now all gross material things in the low order of Nature, are but weak resultances from his Perfections, in comparison of their glorious Effects in the Divine World. The Glories of the Place, and of the Inhabitants the Angels and Saints, are the most noble Effects and Expressions of the Divine Attributes. But in a transcendent manner God exhibits himself in the glorified Mediator. He is styled the Brightness of his Father's Glory, and the express Image of his Person; to signify that God, in the Person of the incarnate Mediator, is so fully represented to us, that in him we have a view of God's unchangeable Perfections. This appears by the following words, that having purged us from our Sins, he sat down on the Majesty on high: for they respect the Son of God as united to the Humane Nature, in which he performed the Office of the Priesthood, and took possession of his Kingdom. During his humble State, ⟨p. 292⟩tho darkened with many afflicting Circumstances, the Divine Virtues, Wisdom, Goodness, Holiness, Power, were so visible in his Life, Revelations, and miraculous Works, that when Philip with that ardency of Affection, desired the sight of the Father, the only consummate Blessedness, show us the Father, and it suffices: He told him, He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father. But how brightly do they appear in his Exaltation? We shall see him as he is; in the Majesty and Glory of the Son of God. The Apostle says, We shall know as we are known: This we are not to understand according to the exactness of the Expression; for the Sun may be as well included in a spark of Fire, as God may be comprehended by our finite Faculties. Beyond the fullest discoveries we can receive of the Deity, there remains an entire infinity of Perfections, not to be known by the most intelligent Spirits: