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on
the
Nature
of
God.
5
bare ilavifh fpirit
for
a
childe
to
love
his
father
becaufe
hee
gives him
meat
and
drink;
and cloaths, and
will
leave him
an
in!aeritance
, and
nor
rather
to
love
the
very
psrfoi
of
his
Father;
fo
the heart
is
but falfe with God
that
loves-
God , and
that
delires
after
God, more
for any
thing
that
God
Both,
than
for
what
God
is
;
and
as
thefe workings
of
heart, love, and fear , and
delire,
are more in refpect
of
God himfelf,
than
of
his
works; fo
praifes
of
God, and
de-
lighting
in
God
, where
it
is
from
true
grace ,
it
is
more
from what
the
foul fees
in
God,
than
from.
the
manifella-
non of
all the glory
of
Gad
in.all
-his works
,
for, Praife
the
Name
of
the
Lord
-,
For
his
Name
is excellent, his
glory
is
above
the
earth
and
heaven
(but
wee
(hall
let
this
pafs.)
The
main
Point in
the
Text
which
wee are
to
pitch on
is
this,
That
God is
a
moll excellent being above all
things.
D.
This
is
the
work
that
now
I
have
to
do,
to
endeavour
to.
prefent
God
in
theescell.ency of
his
being
to
you,
onely
you mutt by
way
of
caution
know
before
wee do
begin,
That
God
dwells
sn
that
light
that-
is unapproachable
it
Tim.
That'
it
is
but
little
that
wee
do,
or can know
of
God.
And before wee begin
to
fet
forth
the excellency
ól
Gods being
to.
you
,
you
mutt
know,
that
there
is
infinitely
more
than either
the tongue
of
Manor
Angel can
exprefs;-
when
wee
have done
all
wee
can; there
is
more
in
Gad
that
is beyond
what
wee
can
fay , or
Angels could preach
unto
you;
I
fay, more
than
the
glorious
light of
the
Sun
is
more
than
a
little
glittering of
a
gloe
-worm
in
the
night, more
than
all
the Sea
is
beyond,
and above
a-
fpoonful,.
a
drop
of
water.
And further by way
of
Caution you mull
know
this,
that
it
is impoffible
to
fet
before
you the
excellency
of
Gods
being,
and
yet
to
(peak
fo
as every
thing
(Mould
bee
plain
to
every
one..
Many things
in
the opening
of
Gods
Nature
to
you
,
muff:
needs
have fome difficulty
in them,
becaufe
the
fubjet
that
wee
are
(peaking
of
,
is
fo
high
above
us
;
efpecially
it
muff..
needs bee
difficult
to
unclean fpirits
,
to
fpirits
that
have
,
B.
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