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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..