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be_v not_o god_n 3._o then_o whatsoever_o be_v speak_v of_o god_n be_v not_o accidental_o but_o essential_o speak_v of_o he_o mercy_n be_v speak_v of_o god_n essential_o his_o very_a essence_n be_v power_n mercy_n justice_n all-sufficiency_n chap._n four_o if_o god_n be_v most_o simple_a then_o whatsoever_o 1_o use_v 1_o god_n give_v promise_v or_o threaten_v he_o be_v sincere_a in_o all_o jam._n 1._o 5._o god_n give_v to_o all_o man_n liberal_o say_v our_o translation_n but_o the_o greek_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sincere_o and_o upright_o without_o any_o fraud_n or_o dissimulation_n so_o the_o lord_n be_v most_o upright_o and_o sincere_a and_o simple_a in_o all_o his_o promise_n and_o likewise_o in_o all_o his_o threaten_n have_v the_o lord_n promise_v to_o give_v such_o and_o such_o mercy_n a_o believer_n may_v be_v confident_a
he_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o time_n of_o all_o age_n and_o generation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v sometime_o for_o time_n create_v tit._n 1._o 2._o second_o because_o he_o be_v king_n eternal_a not_o only_a ante_fw-la temporis_fw-la durationem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnem_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la as_o st._n augustine_n in_o his_o book_n of_o confession_n acknowledge_v confess_v august_n confess_v 2._o he_o be_v call_v king_n immortal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o this_o word_n denote_v incorruptible_a pure_a and_o sincere_a and_o without_o corruption_n but_o here_o iâ—_n exclude_v end_n of_o time_n or_o be_v o_o else_o it_o signify_v god_n that_o can_v not_o die_v 3._o he_o be_v call_v invisible_a god_n that_o can_v be_v see_v and_o of_o this_o attribute_n i_o be_o to_o speak_v chap._n ii_o hence_o i_o note_v that_o god_n be_v a_o invisible_a observe_v observe_v king_n or_o god_n be_v invisible_a god_n invisibility_n be_v that_o divine_a perfection_n whereby_o his_o nature_n be_v so_o spiritual_a can_v be_v see_v by_o any_o bodily_a eye_n the_o scripture_n sufficient_o prove_v this_o attribute_n of_o god_n his_o glory_n that_o be_v his_o essence_n be_v invisible_a when_o moses_n pray_v lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o shâ—w_v i_o thy_o glory_n god_n answer_v he_o thou_o can_v not_o see_v my_o face_n for_o 27._o heb._n 11._o 27._o there_o shall_v no_o man_n see_v i_o and_o live_v ex._n 33._o 18._o 20._o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o god_n viz._n his_o power_n wisdom_n goodness_n be_v see_v only_o in_o the_o visible_a creature_n which_o he_o have_v make_v rom._n 1._o 20._o but_o the_o face_n and_o essence_n of_o god_n can_v be_v see_v for_o to_o be_v invisible_a be_v to_o be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o can_v be_v see_v by_o any_o mortal_a eye_n a_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v invisible_a to_o a_o man_n eye_n divers_a way_n 1._o when_o there_o be_v something_o between_o he_o object_n and_o the_o eye_n the_o object_n be_v 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can_v see_v iâ—_n though_o it_o be_v a_o mountain_n because_o the_o sight_n be_v terminate_v and_o bound_v beyond_o which_o the_o eye_n can_v exceed_v or_o ken_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n god_n be_v not_o invisible_a for_o he_o be_v near_o every_o one_o of_o we_o that_o be_v it_o possible_a for_o bodily_a hand_n of_o flesh_n to_o touch_v and_o feel_v a_o spirit_n we_o may_v touch_v and_o feel_v he_o act._n 17._o 4._o a_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v invisible_a when_o the_o medium_n be_v not_o right_o dispose_v as_o in_o the_o dark_a we_o can_v see_v nothing_o because_o the_o air_n be_v not_o light_n which_o be_v the_o medium_n or_o mean_v of_o see_v in_o that_o sense_n the_o schoolman_n say_v god_n be_v invisible_a because_o there_o be_v lumen_fw-la gloriae_fw-la a_o light_n of_o glory_n require_v to_o behold_v god_n and_o so_o god_n as_o he_o have_v reveal_v himself_o in_o his_o word_n be_v invisible_a to_o sinner_n because_o they_o be_v in_o darkness_n and_o there_o be_v a_o thick_a vail_n of_o ignorant_a draw_v over_o their_o eye_n that_o they_o can_v see_v god_n in_o his_o word_n of_o grace_n 5._o a_o object_n be_v invisible_a through_o the_o glorious_a perfection_n of_o it_o when_o there_o be_v not_o a_o proportion_n between_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o object_n so_o the_o glorious_a sun_n dâ—zleth_v the_o eye_n that_o we_o can_v look_v upon_o it_o so_o god_n be_v invisible_a therefore_o he_o be_v style_v light_n inaccessible_a unto_o which_o no_o mortal_a eye_n can_v approach_v a_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v invisible_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o nature_n or_o essence_n of_o it_o be_v spiritual_a and_o incorporeal_a and_o in_o this_o sense_n god_n be_v invisible_a who_o be_v a_o spirit_n more_o spiritual_a than_o angel_n incorporeal_a though_o the_o scripture_n attribute_v to_o god_n eye_n hand_n mouth_n nose_n etc._n etc._n it_o speak_v of_o he_o to_o we_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n but_o it_o set_v forth_o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o god_n by_o the_o 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