Of acknowledging God in all cur Ways. 36i that this is his true character, no reafon can SERM, be given for any man's with - holding, that prac- XII. tical affe &ionate regard from him, but norance, inattention, or impure lufts, which deprave and corrupt the mind. Ignorance is inexcufable, the evidence being fo plain and ftrong ; and for inattention, as well as cor- rupt lufts, 'tis what, if we reflect upon it at all, our hearts mull condemn us for. Thus it is evident that the worfhip of' the Deity, or the acknowledging him in general, the moral and principal part of it, has a juft foundation in the conftitution of our nature, and is as apparent to our reafon as any other branch of our duty. But, it is not only the exiftence of God and his perfe±ions abftratly confidered, which call for our dutiful refpel; every man may difcern, and the duly attentive do difcern, that he is intimately prefent with all his crea- tures, every - where, and at all times, exer- cifing his attributes of power and wifdom, righteoufnefs and goodnefs ; and that with him we have to do in a variety of relations, as our Maker, our Preferver, our Benefactor, and our fovereign Lord. Hence ,arife par- ticular duties or exercifes of piety, extending to the whole compafs of our life and affairs, all
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