...for all that, when he besought the Lord that he would shew him his glory, he received this answer : " Thou" canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live." Abraham before him, though a special " friend* of God," and the father^ of the faithful, the children...

...visions, but, probably, with an audible voice. The other text is to be interpreted more literally. ' Thou canst not see my face ; for there shall no man see me and live.' . Go'd is a Spirit, — an Infinite Spirit; and, therefore, invisible to human eyes. In this sense,...

...perfect views of it, which are to be expected when mortality shall be laid aside, v. 30. Thou const not see my face ; for there shall no man see me. and lire. We cannot rest satisfied with what we see and taste here below ; we shoiild indeed be thankful...

...Herculi ostenderit.' This Hercules seems to have been Moses, who said to God, ' I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he said, Thou canst not see my face,' &c. Exod. xxxiii. .. ;" amined, in which we are authorised to seek and to expect a strong resemblance,...

...Let the language of the great Jehovah Jesus in another place answer it to their full satisfaction. " Thou canst not see my FACE ; for there shall no " man see me, and live," Exod. xxxiii. 20. And why r Because the beams of lmraauucTs fulness arc too strong for the sight of...

...thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be moons, and will shew mercy on whom I win shew mercy. 20 d the LORD will lighten my darkness, 30 For by thee I have run through a troop : by 21 And the LORD said, Behold, therein a. place by me.^nd thou shall stand upon a rock. 22 And it shall...

...not see his essential glory, for that is too dazzling an object for frail and mortal eyes to bear : Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live : v. 20. But, yet, when God would shew himself in the brightest and most illustrious glory that a mortal...

...they are able to take in. / beseech thee shew me thy glory, saith Moses ; but the Lord answers him, Thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me, and live. Exod, xxxiii. 18, 20. Observe, the vision that the Prophet Isaiah had, was a sight of Christ, and was...

...before them. Gen. xxxii. 30. / have seen God, face to face, and my lift is preserved. Exod. xxxiii. 20. Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see .me, and live. THE difference here seems to arise from the phrase, face of God. In the first instance it is expressive...

...Redeemer goes no farther than to reply, / will make all my goodness pass before tliee. — Adding, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live. And yet, if while he is only seen as in the flesh, and his brightest glory is bid in his manhood, he notwithstanding...