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Goſpel Diſcovery of Emmanuel's Land.

WHat ſpeak we, men and angels, of the limits of divine power? what talk we of his manifeſting his excellency in one, or many, or innumerable worlds? Is it not manifeſted to the uttermoſt; The protection of never ſo many armies of creatures can add nothing thereto: Since the manifeſtation of God in the fleſh, is the principal deſign of eternity: And all other manifeſtations are in order to this There ſtands one among us all, who is the firſt born of every creature exiſtant, or poſſible: Here in that man, in whom is viſible to be ſeen ſuch glory, majeſty, lovelineſs, ſweetneſs, compaſſion, mercy, juſtice, wiſdom, and all treaſures of overflowing fulneſs of excellency, in ſuch an incomprehenſible tranſcendant, eminent and ſuper-abundant manner as all the beholders are overwhelmed in a ſea of delightſome raviſhments for evermore.

Couldſt thou, O my God, manifeſted thyſelf more clearly, familiarly, ſweetly condeſcending? Away with other worlds, though they were; This is the only one, ſince my all lovely, WELL-BELOVED dwells here. Thy beauty my fair one, dark round about thee, and fills this world with paſſion