Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

Simile. . .,. That God is .A!lluffic.ient to us. Which con· 'fift S in tWO · things. Gen. If. I• ' Tokcepeus from c:vill. cy,no happines, nogifr, nocomfort, nob1effing that any Creature bath but it is from theLord, th~n heehimfelfe mufi: needs haue it in agreater m.eafiJre. As thefire, that maketh any thing hot; muil: needs beehone~ it felfe, an.d the S~tnn,e that ~nlighrens other rhings, muil: needs he more full of light it felf; fo is.the. Lore/, (tnce all that is in· the creanire;is taken fromhirn ). he himfelfe mull: nee:d&haue anv1ll-foffciency, hemull: be full of all things, and this fhall beenough toOlew yoa · that theLordis in himfclfeA!Lfofjic~ent. , ~ ·· Now that heis fo to us. Firfr we ,will.fbewyou wherein thisAfl.-fofficimcyconfill:s to us, then we will make that good, that he is t<;> ev.ety one ~ of his childrenAU-(ufficimt. HisAl'-fo.lfici.epcJ.to– wards us,conftll:sin thefetwothil)gs;asy.ou1hall fee Gen: I 5.Fearenot A!Jraham,l will6e tl;y 1Juck- /er, andthy'exceedinggreatreward~ · . Firfi,jn that he is aBuckl(r,to keepe _us from· aU evi11,that is one part ofhis A!/.fojficiency,which he communicates to us, that hee will fuffer no e– vill to come neare us, bee -isa Buckler that corn~ palfeth us round about :that fpeech is delivered upon this occafion,when AbrahAmtbadgone out to warre agaizdl: thofe Kings that came out.a:.. gainfl: Sodom, the -Lorddelivered' him; and a-f– ter.this deliverance hetellshim, _tAbrahamfaith he, as I hauedealt withthee arthistime, fo feare not, whenthou.Jallefiintothe lik~dill:rdfe :for, Jam thy JJucider'rwill detend.tneefromaHevill; as Ih~rucdone from this. Now he is·fuch a Buck· l.enhat no creature can piercethrough,he isfuch , l . · aBuck--·

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