There is a two-fold sight of God; First, immediate, or in himself; and thus God is seen only by himself, and of himself, to all others he is invisible, No eye hath seen him, nor can see him, (1 Tim. 6.16.) The Lord told Moses, No man can see my face and live; that is, no man can see me immediately, no man can have any ocular sight of me, as we see those things that are before us; God is a Spirit, and therefore invisible. Job doth not complain, (in this sense) that he could not see God, for he knew God was not to be seen, nor did he wait for any such corporal view or sight or presence of God. Secondly, There is a mediate sight of God, and that by a three-fold means; First, in or by his Word; for that is one glass wherein we behold him. Secondly, there is a sight of God in his Works, they are another glass wherein we see and behold him; and those works are two fold; First, the works of Creation, in them we may see or contemplate God all the world over, in his power, wisdom, and goodness, (Rom. 1.19, 20.) Secondly, his works of providence, ordering and disposing all the motions of the creatures, as himself pleaseth, how much soever any of their motions are displeasing unto him. Thus we may see God in his works, that is, it is seen by his works, not ⟨p. 103⟩only that he is, but what he is, or that he is Eternal and Infinite, that he is Most Wise and Omnipotent, that he can do all things, or that nothing is too hard for him, he having brought all things out of nothing. There is a Third Medium or Means by which we may see God, and that is, His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, (2 Cor. 4.6.) The light of the knowledge of the Glory of God shineth to us in the face of Jesus Christ; that is, in the person of Christ, God-Man, we may behold the glorious Grace of God unto poor sinful lost man. All the beams of Divine Love are collected in, and issue forth from the face of Jesus Christ. He that would see how good, how gracious, how merciful the Lord is to sinners, let him by an eye of Faith, or spiritual Contemplation look Christ in the face, and there he shall find the express Characters of all that Glory. By these Means, or mediately in all these ways, God may be seen, and is seen by his People. This threefold sight of God, is the sight of Faith; it is by Faith that we see him in his Word; it is by Faith that we see him in his Works; it is by Faith that we see him in his Son.
There is a two-fold sight of God; First, immediate, or in himself; and thus God is seen only by himself, and of himself, to all others he is invisible, No eye hath seen him, nor can see him, (1 Tim. 6.16.) The Lord told Moses, No man can see my face and live; that is, no man can see me immediately, no man can have any ocular sight of me, as we see those things that are before us; God is a Spirit, and therefore invisible. Job doth not complain, (in this sense) that he could not see God, for he knew God was not to be seen, nor did he wait for any such corporal view or sight or presence of God. Secondly, There is a mediate sight of God, and that by a three-fold means; First, in or by his Word; for that is one glass wherein we behold him. Secondly, there is a sight of God in his Works, they are another glass wherein we see and behold him; and those works are two fold; First, the works of Creation, in them we may see or contemplate God all the world over, in his power, wisdome, and goodness, (Rom. 1.19, 20.) Secondly, his works of providence, ordering and disposing all the motions of the creatures, as himself pleaseth, how much soever any of their motions are displeasing unto him. Thus we may see God in his works, that is, it is seen by his works, not ⟨p. 103⟩only that he is, but what he is, or that he is Eternal and Infinite, that he is Most Wise and Omnipotent, that he can do all things, or that nothing is too hard for him, he having brought all things out of nothing. There is a Third Medium or Means by which we may see God, and that is, His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, (2 Cor. 4.6.) The light of the knowledge of the Glory of God shineth to us in the face of Jesus Christ; that is, in the person of Christ, God-Man, we may behold the glorious Grace of God unto poor sinful lost man. All the beams of Divine Love are collected in, and issue forth from the face of Jesus Christ. He that would see how good, how gracious, how merciful the Lord is to sinners, let him by an eye of Faith, or spiritual Contemplation look Christ in the face, and there he shall find the expresse Characters of all that Glory. By these Means, or mediately in all these wayes, God may be seen, and is seen by his People. This threefold sight of God, is the sight of Faith; it is by Faith that we see him in his Word; it is by Faith that we see him in his Works; it is by Faith that we see him in his Son.
