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On

the Nattere

of

God.

inherit

rho

which

is

,

as

if

all the

While

wee

inherited

any

thing in the

world,

wee

did.

not inherit

that

which is.

God

himfelf properly

is

;

So in

Ifa.

45.516.

Ian

Jehovah, and

there

is

none

elfe betides

mee.There

is

nothing that

hath

a

be-

ing behdes

mee

(that

is)

not

fach

a

being,as we

iha

I

further

open ,

yea

and in comparifon

no

being ;

therefore

in

Jfa.4o.

i

5,17.

Wee

have

a

moll

excellent

expretlion

of the ex-

cellency

of Gods being

in

comparifon

of

all

other things,

All

the

Nations

of

the

world

they

are as

the drop

of

the

backer,

and as

the

poll

daft of

the ballance

in comparifon

of God,

Tea they

are

all

nothing, lefs than

nothing?

What

an expref-

lou

inhere

;

take

all

the Nations of

the.>,vorld

, put

them

all together , they are all

but

as

the

drop

of the

bucker,

that

you

(hall fee

hang

a

little

at

the

bottom.:

,

but

as

a

little

dull of

the

bat lance

;

how foon may you

take

your

finger

and

wipe

off the drop of

the

bucket?

why fo

even

all Nations

of the world may

as

foon

perilh

in

refpeet

of

God;

yea

as

if the Holy Ghoff had.faid

too

much

when hee

compared

the

Nations of

the

world

.

to

God

(as

if hee

thould

fay) what, did

I

fay

they

were

as

the

drop

of

the

bucket, and

as

the

(mall duff

in

the

ballance?

nay, they are

nothing

at

all;

nay,and I

muff go

lower,

they

are lefs

than

nothing.

And

thus you fee

the

Name of God

is

alone

ex-

cellent

, becaufe

indeed hee

is

fuch

a

being,as in

compari-

fon

-of

him there isunothing

that

is

worthy

of the

name

of

a being.

That

4o.

of

the

Prophecie

of

Jfaiah

-,

when you

come

home

,

it

will

bee

a

good

Chapter

to

read

in

your

Families,

to

fet out the greatnefs

of God

,

for

that

is

the

work wee are about

to

thew, you what

a

God

you

have

to

deal

wit-hall

in

all

your

wa

-yes

,

the

Name

of

.

God

is

ex-

cellent

;

Read

that

Chapter

,

and` you

will finde

Gods

Name

fet

out

as-excellent

indeed

there. But

that

is

the

firif

In

the

fecond-place

--,

God,

bee

is

a-

prefent

being

,

I

am,

faith hee,

that

is,

God

infóyes

himfelf,

that

infinite being

of

himfelf

altogether,

there is no

fuccellìon

at all

in

the

tei>

1,

as

there

is

in

other

creatures

,-

the-creature

in..