An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

There is a four-fold conception about that afar off.¹

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] A Long. Mont: Eminus, i. e. a formation mundi huc usque R•b: Solom•th. Non plane perspicit rationem ejus. Pisc:〈non-Latin alphabet〉 A Longe. Mont: Eminus, i. e. a formatione mundi huc usque R•b: Solom•th. Non plane perspicit rationem ejus. Pisc:

First, Some expound it for afar off in time. The work of God doth not wear out; that first and great visible work of Creation which was from the beginning, yet remaineth. Ages pass away, but the work of God doth not pass away, though done some hundreds, yea thousands o• years ago.

First, Some expound it for afar off in time. The work of God doth not weare out; that first and great visible work of Creation which was from the b•ginning, yet remaineth. Ages pass away, but the work of God doth not pass away, though done some hundreds, yea thousands o• years ago.

Secondly, Afar off, that is, imperfectly, not fully; he may have some discoveries of it, every man the weakest man may discern somewhat of it. Things that are high and afar off, are confusedly seen, not clearly or fully discerned. A man that is afar off cannot be distinguishingly known. When a man is afar off, we may see him to be a man, but what manner of man he is, or who he is, we cannot discern; though possibly it may be our own father, yet being afar off we cannot know him distinctly. Thus to see afar off notes only a confused knowledge. That's a good sense; things afar off are not distinctly seen.