The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

The Angels conjecture only, from the dispositions of Men, from outward circumstances, from the Images in the Fancy, and from material impressions on the Blood and Spirits, what are the thoughts of the Heart: and much less can they discover the Counsel of God himself.¹ The Apostle tells us to Principalities and Powers in heavenly places, by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God is made known ▪ By the first coming of Christ, and the conversion of the World, the depths of the Divine Wisdom were opened, and there remains much undiscovered, which his second coming shall gloriously make known. Before the first they understood not the foundation, till the second not the perfection of our recovery. Briefly,² the Spirit that searches the mysterious Counsels of God, is the alone Intelligencer of Heaven, that ⟨p. 111⟩reveals them to the world. And the more to incite us with sincere and humble Thankfulness to acknowledge this invaluable Mercy, it will be useful to reflect on the state of the Heathen world, who are entirely ignorant of this Mystery.

The Angels conjecture only, from the dispositions of Men, from outward circumstances, from the Images in the Fancy, and from material impressions on the Blood and Spirits, what are the thoughts of the Heart: and much less can they discover the Counsel of God himself.¹ The Apostle tells us to Principalities and Powers in heavenly places, by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God is made known ▪ By the first coming of Christ, and the conversion of the World, the depths of the Divine Wisdom were opened, and there remains much undiscover'd, which his second coming shall gloriously make known. Before the first they understood not the foundation, til the second not the perfection of our recovery. Briefly,² the Spirit that searches the mysterious Counsels of God, is the alone Intelligencer of Heaven, that ⟨p. 111⟩