Arrowsmith - Houston-Packer Collection BT70 .A776 1659

Z40 " Chain of Principles. .Aph, 4, tributes De perfeThionibus divinis. The way thus cleared, I nowproceed with- out further interruption to fingle out the particular dimenfions and dif: courfe ofthem in their order. g. 3. Seeing all divine perfeUions far transcend humane capacities, the fafeft way, as I humbly conceive for us to make a due eftimate concerning the height of Gods fovereignty is to com- pare it with that ofearthlypotentates, which is within the compafs and reach ofourunderftandings. Verily it is not Ti[r.6 ! , without caufe that S.Paul flyles him the bled andonely potentate, the IÇingofikings and Lord of lords; that Mofes, Melchifedech and Abram, entitle him the moll. high God four times in one chapter. For upon fearch it will appear that his Sove- reignty excels that of the high and mighty ones upon earth in point of Exteniivenefs, of Unaccountablenefs, and ofAlrnightinefs. Pfaim-ia or.g I. in point of extenßlrene His king- dome rideth o'er all. The whole earth and

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