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on
the
Nature
of
God.
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man,
fo,
as the
fight
of
the great God
;
no men and wo-
men
in
the
world
have
fuch
great
fpirits
as thole.
that
have
feen
the great
God
t
And
the oftner
any one
bath the
fight
of
the
great God,
I
fay
,
the greater
will
fuch
mens
and
womens fpirits
bee
;
they are railed
to
that height,that
all
the
world
will
not
fatisfie
fuch
a
foul
for
the
portion
of
it.
And
-this again?
in
the
fourth
place
,
may bee a
Note
of
Trial ,
whether ever
you have
feen
God alone to
bee
ex-
cellent
;
Hath
it
taken off
your
hearts from
the creature
?
Hath
it
ingaged your
hearts
fully
to God
himfelf,
that
you.
Sari
fay, i
here
it
none in
heaven,
nor
none
in
earth
that
I
de-
pfal.73
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fire
in comparifon
of
thee.
In
the
fifth
p' ace,
Is
Gods
Name
4lone_
excellent
t
Oh
my
life
brethren
,
Rudy
to know
God
then
;:
Labour
to
fearch
into..
this
Excellency
fo
far
as
wee
may, and God
gives us
leave;
God hath revealed
much
of
himfelf
to
us
in the
Scripture,
and in
the
book of
the
creature
,
and God
expeeis
that
what
is
revealed of him
in
the Scripture, and in
the
book
of
the creature,
that
the
rational creature,,Angels and.
.
Men,.
Ihould labour and
fearch
to
know
:
There
is
nothing
fo'
fweet,
fo
amiable,
fo
lovely,
fo
delightful unto
a
rational
creature
(if it
bee
purged from
the
filthinefs
and
corruption
of
fin).
as
the
fight
of the infinite
firft
being
of
all things
Why
here
is
concluded all
excellent
fghts
whatfoever
g-
fome men are taken
with
fuch
-a
fight,
to
beeholdfair
build-
ings and others
to
toehold
brave
pie-
}unes,
one
with
one
.
thin
and
anotherwith another
:
Oh but
the
fight
of God
heath
7alt
fights
ink
that
may delight
the foul,
and`give
cone
tent
to
the
heart
of
Man
or Angel:
and therefore labour
to
know
the excellency of
G3d,.
You poor creatures that_
have
minded
little
alt
this
while but meetly
to
underfland
your
Trade;
, and
how you
may
get
a
fhilling
or
two
to
provide
for your
families
;
Oh
but
know
there
is
a
higher
OYea for
you
to
buhe your
thoughts and hearts about
learn
to
know this
God,
who
alone
is
excellent
,
andbee
.
not
difcouraged
at thole
things
that
have been fpoken,.
hough they
are.above
thy
reach
atfirt
,
yet
if
your
hearts
h