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no_o man_n have_v see_v nor_o can_v see_v 1._o tim._n 6.15_o 16._o in_o these_o word_n the_o glory_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v set_v out_o by_o three_o thing_n 1._o by_o his_o own_o greatness_n he_o be_v a_o potentate_n a_o king_n and_o a_o lord_n that_o have_v immortality_n and_o light_n 2._o by_o a_o comparison_n with_o all_o other_o great_a one_o he_o be_v the_o only_a potentat_fw-la the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o lord_n of_o lord_n 3._o by_o his_o surpass_a glory_n far_o above_o all_o conceit_n and_o apprehension_n of_o man_n he_o dwell_v in_o the_o light_n that_o no_o man_n can_v approach_v unto_o no_o man_n have_v see_v he_o nor_o can_v see_v he_o thus_o every_o word_n do_v some_o way_n set_v out_o his_o incomparable_a glory_n which_o be_v consider_v according_o will_v breed_v a_o awful_a esteem_n thereof_o and_o a_o tremble_a before_o he_o and_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o seraphim_n do_v cover_v their_o face_n when_o he_o appear_v unto_o they_o and_o the_o post_n of_o 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the_o text_n and_o say_v how_o dreadful_a be_v this_o place_n this_o be_v no_o other_o but_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n gen._n 28.16_o 17._o note_v in_o this_o passage_n 1._o how_o jacob_n be_v affect_v at_o god_n presence_n he_o be_v afraid_a meaning_n that_o he_o be_v strike_v with_o a_o awful_a conceit_n of_o god_n majesty_n in_o who_o presence_n he_o be_v and_o so_o shall_v we_o be_v when_o we_o come_v into_o god_n presence_n and_o hear_v he_o utter_v the_o wonderful_a thing_n of_o his_o law_n we_o shall_v in_o all_o awful_a reverence_n humble_v ourselves_o before_o he_o 2._o note_v what_o jacob_n say_v upon_o consideration_n of_o god_n presence_n first_o he_o say_v god_n be_v in_o this_o place_n he_o mean_v that_o god_n by_o appear_v and_o reveil_v himself_o to_o his_o servant_n do_v show_v himself_o to_o be_v there_o present_a though_o jacob_n never_o think_v of_o any_o such_o thing_n and_o so_o when_o god_n please_v to_o reveile_v himself_o unto_o we_o by_o his_o word_n though_o we_o do_v not_o see_v or_o discern_v it_o with_o our_o bodily_a eye_n yet_o we_o must_v know_v that_o god_n be_v there_o present_a because_o he_o reveil_v himself_o second_o jacob_n say_v how_o dreadful_a be_v this_o place_n this_o be_v no_o other_o but_o the_o house_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n the_o meaning_n be_v that_o because_o god_n show_v himself_o by_o his_o vision_n in_o this_o place_n therefore_o the_o place_n be_v to_o be_v esteem_v as_o god_n house_n even_o as_o heaven_n itself_o in_o which_o it_o please_v he_o to_o dwell_v and_o so_o when_o we_o come_v into_o the_o church_n the_o place_n where_o god_n do_v speak_v with_o we_o and_o have_v promise_v his_o presence_n we_o shall_v esteem_v that_o as_o god_n house_n where_o he_o dwell_v and_o as_o the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v the_o place_n of_o his_o habitation_n thus_o we_o shall_v think_v of_o god_n and_o his_o presence_n when_o he_o speak_v unto_o we_o out_o of_o his_o word_n and_o that_o be_v the_o first_o rule_n to_o be_v observe_v by_o we_o for_o declare_v of_o our_o reverence_n towards_o he_o 2._o that_o we_o esteem_v the_o word_n speak_v by_o god_n minister_n out_o of_o the_o scripture_n as_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o almighty_a god_n this_o s._n paul_n commend_v in_o the_o thessalonian_o for_o this_o cause_n say_v he_o we_o thank_v god_n without_o cease_v because_o when_o you_o receive_v the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o you_o hear_v of_o we_o you_o receive_v it_o not_o as_o the_o word_n of_o man_n but_o as_o it_o be_v in_o truth_n the_o
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heed_n say_v he_o to_o speak_v that_o which_o the_o lord_n have_v put_v into_o my_o mouth_n num._n 23.12_o and_o so_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v god_n who_o speak_v it_o will_v cause_v we_o to_o think_v ourselves_o bind_v to_o do_v what_o he_o say_v for_o no_o christian_a be_v so_o shameless_a that_o will_v say_v that_o he_o will_v not_o do_v what_o god_n do_v command_v and_o therefore_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o when_o man_n be_v resolve_v not_o to_o obey_v they_o will_v rather_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v god_n word_n that_o be_v bring_v unto_o they_o then_o that_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n to_o obey_v his_o word_n so_o the_o jew_n do_v when_o jeremy_n at_o their_o request_n have_v inquire_v of_o god_n for_o they_o and_o tell_v they_o in_o god_n name_n that_o they_o shall_v abide_v in_o their_o own_o land_n and_o not_o go_v into_o egypt_n they_o be_v resolve_v that_o it_o be_v more_o expedient_a for_o they_o to_o go_v then_o to_o stay_v tell_v jeremy_n to_o his_o face_n 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