Now  in  making  out  this  Swectnefs,  this  Har-
mony, we  mult  know  that  God  is  the  Supreme,
the  Greateft,  the  moft  Abfolute,  the  moj\  perfect
Unity,  comprehending  in  himfelf  all  Varuty,  not
only  the  variety  of  Diverjity,  but  of  Contrariety,
for  fo  it  is  faid,  he  calleth  Things  that  are  not  (fvich
are  Sin  and  Unrighteoufnefs,  which  are  Privations,
and  have  no  Pojltive  Being  ;  yet  in  his  Couafel
about  them,  and  deliga  upon  them,  he  gives  them
Being,  and  calls  them)  as  tho'  they  were,  and  makes
them  an  Illuftration  of  Being,  an  Illuft ration  of
Things  that  are,  of  his  own  Wifdom  and  Righ-
teoul'nefs.
2.  The  Sweetnefs  and  Harmony  in  this  Variety
of  Diverfity  and  Contrariety,  is  the  Defcending  of
this  Unity  and  Svveetnefs  to  the  utmojl point,  and
diffulingitlelf  thro' ail  this  variety,  this  contrariety,
imparting  to  it,  in  all  its  paffing  thro'  it,  the  Sweet-
nei's  of  his  own  glorious  Counfel  and  Deiign  ;  and
in  the  clolV  Jlelting  upon  it,  in  a  moft  Magni-
ficent, open,  and  full  Revelation  of  itielf  in  the
whole,  and  in  every  part  as  it  is  m  the  whole.  This
is  the  fweeinefs  of  the  Face  and  Heart  of  God,  in
H  4  all


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all  tile  dark  tempeftuous  fcenes  of  Sin  and  Wrath,
during  the  times  of  this  World.
