[ 239] The difference betwixt a carnall and a spirituall Man, in point of Knowledge▪
TAke a blindman,* 1.1 set him in a clear night with his face upon the Moon when it shines, when all the Stars are sparkling round about, yet he sees nothing of the brightnesse of the one, or twinkling of the other, onely some glimmerings; or keperceives some kind of reflex upon him, whereby he concludes, that the Moon is up, and that the Stars shew themselves. But then take a quick-sighted man, with a perspective-glasse in his hand,* 1.2 and he discovers all, he walks all over the skie, from star to star, from one Constellation to another, he is able to give account of all. Thus, take a man in his pure naturalls, set him in the midst of the Ordinances; let the Administrations be never so pure,* 1.3 the Dispensations never so clear, he sees nothing of God, but as it were through chinks and crannies of Nature; some glimpse and glimmer onely of divine light. O, but the child of God, having the perspective-glasses of the Old and New Testaments in his hand, especially that of the New-Te∣stament, a very clear-sighted glass, he walks from star to star, from one Attribute of God to another; he discovers stars of the first magnitude, as Faith, and Hope, and Charity; nothing in order to salvation is hid from his eyes.