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44

on

the

Nature

.'of -God.

on his

Saints,there

is

none

like

to God,and

there

isnone

like

a

Gods

people.. And

fo

in,

2

Sam.7.2i.

you'

have an ex-

pretiion

-to

the

famepurpaf

,

Wherefore_

thou

artgreat,

Q

Lord

God,

for

there. rs

none

like

#ee,

neither is

,there

any

God

kefides

thee,

according

le

all that

Fee

have

heard

with

our,

ears

then

in

verfe

23.

,And

what

one

Nation in

:the

earth

is

likethy

people

?

So

than wee fee

here,

that

according to

the

rife

of

Gods.

excellency

,

foisthe

rife

of

the excellency

of

his

Saints.

In

a

proportion they

rife

in

their excellency

as

God

rifes

in

his:If

God

be

alone,

excellent,certainly

they

are

the excellent people in

the

world

,;

And-why?

becaufe

the

excellency

of

God

is

manifefted

over

them

to

do.

them

Nate'

good.

Here

is

a

note

that

hark

abundance

of

foul,-

fatisfying

encouragement

to

all

-the.

Saints of

God

in

any

of their

af-

ftliaed

conditions

,

whatfoever;

thou

haft

heard

that

Gods

Name

is

aline

excellent

,

fo

adde

this

to

it

for

thy

com-

fort

,

who art one

of

Gods ,

that

God

accounts

his

chef

excellency,

in

his

manifeflátion of himfelf in

all the

world

,

bee

,

that

,hee

'night

let

out

himfelf for

thy good

,

and

dogood

to

thee,

and-that

I

will

Phew you

by

a

Scripture

or

two, in Pfal.gß.

34. His.Excellency'(faith

the

text)

is

over

Ifrael

:

Oh

Lord,

there

is

ata.excellency

in

thee,

and

how

'cloth

this work,

where,doth

this

excellency

of

thine appear

?why

it

is

over

ifrael;

7

he

Excellency

of God

it

is over

lfrael

;

faith God,

I

have chofen out my Church,

and

mine

Excellency

(hall

bee,over

them,

and manifefted

towards

them,

for good

;

therefore in

;

Exed,

i

5.7.

there

where

Mofes

is.praifing;God for

the great

things

that hee

Both for his

people;, faithhee,

in

the

Greàsnefs

of

thine

Ex-

cellency

thou

haft dont

this thing

;,

fo

that

God

loth

delight

to

thew

his

Excellency,

yea

to

Phew

the Greatnefs of

his

Excellency for

the

good, of

his

people

:

Oh

how

fhould

the.Saints

of

God make their boail

of

their

God

,

Nand

re-

joyce.

in'him,

and

bee

encouraged

in

,God

4)I

one ! though

than

haft

no

other,portión

then,

God

alone,

,them:

haft por-

tion

enough,

In

Micah

5.

4.

there

is ar{,admitable

Scripture

for

theincouragetnent of

'the

hearts of

:Gï

s:peoplein

God

alone'