The Gospel treasury opened, or, The holiest of all unvailing discovering yet more the riches of grace and glory to the vessels of mercy unto whom onely it is given to know the mysteries of that kingdom and the excellency of spirit, power, truth above letter, forms, shadows / in several sermons preached at Kensington & elswhere by John Everard ; whereunto is added the mystical divinity of Dionysius the Areopagite spoken of Acts 17:34 with collections out of other divine authors translated by Dr. Everard, never before printed in English.

CHAP. II. How we must both be united, and render praise to HIM that is the Cause of all things, and above all things.

1. IT is That we pray for, that we may be in this MUCH-ABOVE-Light-shining-Mist: and by Unseeing and Unknowing, to see and know that which is above All sight and Knowledge; Even in that, we do not See nor know at all: For This is, To See and know indeed, and Super-Essentially to praise Him that is Super-essential; by the ta∣king away of All things that Are, Even as They that would make A Self-ingraven Image, taking away all the Impediments that stand before the pure Sight of that which is Hidden, and onely by taking Away, shew forth That which is Concealed and Covered by it self.

And we must (as I think) praise and commend TAKINGS-AWAY contrarily to Pos••ions and Affirmations: for them we appointed, beginning at the first, and so by middle ones, ascending to the last: but here making our Ascents from the last, unto the Most-Ancient, we take away All things, that we may without any VAIL know, that Unknown, which is All things that Are, or is

covered under All things that are Known: and that we may See, That Superessential-MIST which is Hid by All the Light that is in things that Are.