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On

the

Nature

of

God.

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you would

certainly fall

down

before him, and

abhor

your

felves in

duf}

and aines

:

So

the Prophet ifaiah,

though

a

godly

man,

yet

in

Ifa.6.

nee

heard the

Cherubim

and

Se_

raphi

vs

pra

ling

of

God,

and

crying, Holy, Holy, Holy is

the

Lord'of

Hoafts

;

And

there

was a

vision

of God

upon his

Throne

to

the Prophet

, what follows?

faith the Prophet,

woe unto mee

,

for

I

am

undone

!

Why

?

For

1

am

a

man

of

polluted lips,

and

I

dwell

among

a

people

that

are of

unclean lips;

Woe

unto

wee

,

for

I

am

undone

,

for

I

have

teen the

Ki, ,

the

Lord

of

Hoafis!

I

fee

die Lord upon

his

Throne

,

and

I

behold

the

bleifed

Angels

how

they admire

at

his

glory,Oh

woe

to

mee,

I

am

undone.

If

fo

holy

a

man

(hall

thus

cry

out

upon the fight

of

God,

and

fay,

Wee

to

mee,

I

an

undone becauje

I

am

a

man

of

polluted

lips

!

Oh what

mayefl

thou

do

then

,

that art

a

man

of polluted lips,

and

pollu-

ted heart,

and

polluted

life?

Oh how are thy lips

polluted!

The Prophet

If

aeon,

bee was no (wearer

,

neither

was

hee

one

that

would

talk

filthy

unclean

talk

but yet hee com-

plains hee

was

a

man of

polluted

lips

, and cryes,

Woe to

mee ,

I

am undone , becaufe

I

have

leen the Lord

:

0h

how

would

thy heart then

bee

humbled

?What

caufe

at

leaf

is

there

that

thy

heart

should

bee

humbled

that

art

fo

pol-

luted

as

thou art

?

the

fight

of God

should mightily

humble

us

before

God, Pfal.8 the

beginning,

Oh

Lord

our

Lord ,

how

excellent

ù

thy

Name

in

all the

earth

?

faith

the

Prophet

David,

and

fo

hee goes on

to

(new

the

excellency

of

God

;

then

hee cryes

out in

verle

4.

What

is

man

that

thou

art

aoindful

of

him,

and

the

fon

of

man

that

thou vif:teff

him

?

Lord thou

that

art

fo

excellent in thy feif

above

all.

things

, it

is

a

wonder

that

thou thouldefi

vouchfafe

fo

much as

to

look upon man.

It

may bee

thou

lookef

high,

becaufe thou art

a

little

above

thy

brethren,

but

if

thou

hada

a

fight

of

God,

thou vvouldef wonder

that

this

God

íhould

look

to

thee, Pfal,

z

t

3.

6.

there

you have Inch

an

exprefl

on,

That

God doth

hu

whit

himfelf

to

behold

the things

that

are

done

in

heas+eu

:

Why what an

expreffion

is

here

of

Gods

excellency

?

God is

fo

excellent

that

Tee

Both

F

humble