...only fountain of being and of blessedness, the only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords ; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which...no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting, Amen. II. The omnipotence of God affords ample...

...not as we are, mortal, finite, and limited. Hence is that glorious description of him, 1 Tim. vi. 16. 'Who only hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen nor can see.' His light is such as no creature can approach unto : he is not seen, not because he cannot...

...Timothy, chap. 1, verse 17, "The king eternal, immortal, invisible," &c. Again, chap. 6, verse 16, " Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which...no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see." Yet Moses informs us respecting the fearful presence of God that appeared upon Mount...

...at any time ; and hence he is styled, " the King eternal, immortal, invisible ; the invisible God ; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which...no man can approach unto : whom no man hath seen, nor can see." But his being, perfections, and government, are not on this account the less evidently...

...art or man's device." He is styled the " invisible God." " Who only hath immortality — dwelling in light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen or can see." 1 Tim. vi. 16. And our Saviour, according to the record of the apostle John, expressly...

...imperceptible to finite minds ; for He is " the King Eternal, Immortal, and Invisible, dwelling in that Light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, or con see." From his nature, as a spiritual uncompounded substance, and from his immensity, as filling...

...one that is finite, may be, an infinite understanding cannot comprehend), that he dwelleth in that ' light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see' (which to us is the description of one incomprehensible); that he is eternal, which we...

...forms a brightness which fitly represents the glory of that God who is invisible, who dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen or can see." These reflections will prepare us for considering, III". THE LOVELINESS OF THE WHOLE OF...

...of Him who is " a consuming fire" — (Heb. xii. 29) — Him of whom it is written, " He dwelleth in light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see — (I Tim. vi. 16) — before the visible manifestation of whose glory, even the cherubim,...

...teacheth us to adore God, as invisible. " Unto the king, eternal, immortal, and invisible; dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, or can see, be honor and glory everlasting. Amen." This, then, is an incontrovertible principle, evinced...