III.Thirdly, That by the Spirit God hath always revealed himself to his Children.
IV.Fourthly, That these Revelations were the formal Object of the Saints’ Faith.
V.And Lastly, That the same continueth to be the Object of the Saints’ Faith to this Day.
Of each of these I shall speak a little particularly, and then proceed to the latter Part.
§. V.
For the infinite and most wise God, who is the Foundation, Root and Spring of all Operation, hath wrought all Things by his Eternal Word and Son. [40]This is that Word that was in the Beginning with God, and was God, by whom all Things were made, and without whom was not any Thing made that was made, [41]This is that Jesus Christ, by whom God created all Things, by whom, and for whom, all Things were created, that are in Heaven and in Earth, visible and invisible, whether they be Thrones, or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, Col. i. 16. Who therefore is called, The first-born of every Creature, Col. i. 15. As then that infinite and incomprehensible Fountain of Life and Motion operateth in the Creatures by his own Eternal Word and Power; so no Creature has Access again unto him but in and by the Son, according to his own express Words, No Man knoweth the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him, Mat. xi. 27. Luke x. 22. And again, he himself saith, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: No Man cometh unto the Father but by me, John xiv. 6.
[40] John 1. 1, 2, 3.
[41] Eph. 3. 9.
Hence he is fitly called, The Mediator betwixt God and Man: For having been with God from all Eternity, being himself God, and also in Time partaking of the Nature of Man; through him is the Goodness and Love of God conveyed to Mankind, and by him again Man receiveth and partaketh of these Mercies.