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§ 1, 2. The Occasion and Design of this Discourse. § 3, 4, 5. God's way of teaching his People was by Prophets. § 6, 7. Prophecy not attain'd by any Applicatian or Industry, but depended upon the positive Will of God. § . And, consequently the Vision of God, or beholding the Divine Being, which is superior to Prophesying, cannot be so attain'd. § . That it was never mention'd as attainable, nor the Search of it recommended by the Prophet Moses, § . Nor any other Prophets that succeeded him. § . What was not enjoyed in the early Times of Christianity, when the Gifts of the Spirit were more plentifully poured out, cannot be expected now. § . But such A Power, whereby a Man might (without external Helps) attain to the true Knowledge of God, and Things necessary to Salvation, was no where promis'd by our Saviour. § . Nor enjoyed by devout Persons in the first times of the Gospel; which is prov'd from the Example of the Eunuch. § . And Cornelius. § . The whole Tenour of the Apostles Doctrine forbids us to expect the Vision of God in this Life. § . From all which is inferr'd, that those Scriptures, which speak of the plentiful Effusion of the Spirit in the Gospel Times, are misunderstood by Enthusiasts. § . Why we are not to expect Prophets now. § . If these things be denied to Christians, they are not to be found amongst Heathens or Mahometans. § 19, 20, 21. The Enthusiasm of our Author and others censured. § . Conclusion.