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3

A

On

the

Nature of

God.

Works,

and calling upon all creatures

to

praife him,

be-

caufe bee

is

glorious

in every creature

;

but

the

Pfalmiff

reas not

in this in

praifing

God

for

the

glory

of him

that

appears in

the creatures, but bee rife; higher, and takes in-

deed

the

rife

from thence to

praife and biefs

God

for

what

there

is

in

himfelf,

above

that

which Both

appear

in

any

creature.

For

fo

it

is

,

clear,

that to

this the Pfalmiff

Both

arife

in

my

Text

,

Let

them

praife

the

name of

the

Lord

:

for

his name

alone is

excellent, his glory

is above the

Earth

and

Heaven.

The. Earth

and Heaven

,

and

all

crea-

tures therein,

are

called to

praife Gods name

,

and

David

praifes

the

name

of God

for what appeared

there , but

faith

hee

,

Praife

the

Lord

:

for

his

Name

alone

is

excel-

lent and

his glory

is above the

Earth

and

,Heaven.

His

Name

the

Name

of God

is

either taken

for

God

hihs-

felf,

or

for the maxi

feflarion

of

God

;

often

in Scripture for

God

himfelf

,

as,

The

Name

of

the

Lord

is

a'

irong

Toyer

the

righteous run

unto

it, and

are

fafe

;

that

is,

God

himfelf,

Hee

is

the arength

and

Tower

,

hee

is

the

ob

;e;}

of the

trua

of

his

people

;

and

fo

other

Scriptures

;

or

otherwife,

that

whereby

God

may bee known

;

His

Name

is

great

in

'Pad:

And

here

we are

to underaand

both; for

his

Name

alone is

excellent,

that

is,

God

himfelf

is

excellent alone,

the Name

of

him

,

of

him

alone,

is

high,

is

lifted

up

is

ex

ellent

;

and

that

wee are to

underaand

by

the

Name of

God here, God himleif,

as

weil

as his

Manifefiations

,

ap-

pears in the words at

the end of

the

verfe,

His

glory

is

a-

trove

the

earth

and

heaven.

Now Gods manifeaation

is

ei-

ther

in

heaven

or

earth.

But

there

is

a

further

glory

of

Çod.that

-is

in

himfelf, that

is

beyond all-that

is

,

or

can

bee

manifeaed

in

,.

or

to

any creature

;

fo

that

from

the

words

thus opened

,

there

are

there two do&rinal Points

one('

wil

but only touch

it)is

raifed from

the

connexion

of

the

words with

theformer,

and

the other,that

is, the fub-

fiance

of

the

Text,

that

wee fliall abide

á

.

while.

up-

on:

The

irfi

is

this

,

rho

a

grace

.heart

ás

et

tattled`

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