( 3O2 ) SERMON XII. Of acknowledging God in all our Ways. Prov. iii. ó. In all thy Ways acknowledge Him, and He (hall direëi thy Path. SERM. H E fupreme Being, from the cre- XII. ation of the world, has made the tranfcendent excellencies of his na- ture intelligible to mankind, whereby he of right demands our adoration and dutiful ac- knowledgments, having planted in our minds thofe affe &ions which make us capable of them. If we fet before ourfelves, in our calm and deliberate thoughts, a character comprehending perfect wifdom, power, rec- titude, and goodnefs; reverence, efteem, love, a defire of imitation, and of approving our- felves to fuch a Being, will arife in our minds. And fince God has clearly fhewn that
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