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On

the

-

Nature

of

God.

;lone

,

And

hee.

(hall

ffand

and feed

in

the

firength of

the

Lord

in the

?

jeffy

of

the

Name

of

the

Lord his

God

:

It

is

a

Prophecie

there

of

Chrill

,

and

as

it

is

true of

Chrift,

fo of all

the

members

of

Chriff,

they

may ftznd when the

World

falls,

whatfoever_becomes

of

the world, whatfoever

troubles are about

them,

they are

to

Rand, and rejoyce

themfelves in

the Name

of

the,Lord,

nr

the ftrength of

the

Lord,

and

in

the Maje(ly of

the

Lord

their God

:

the

knowledge of

this

reference

that

the Saints

have.

to

God,

it

is

that

that fhould

put

courage and boldnefs

ino

their

hearts before

all the

world, Rev.z2.4.

And

they

(hall

fee his

face,

and

his

Name

fh

ill

bee its

their

fore

-

heads.

They !Lail

fee the face

of

God (and

what

then) then the

Name of

God jhall

bee in their

fore

-heads , they

&all

have

a

bold

-

nefs and

courage in the

caufe

of God; whatfoever

becomes

of

the

world,

yet wee have happinefs enough in

God

:

Oh

rejoyce,

rejoyce

in

this

(I

fay) yox

that

are the people

of

God

,

for

there

is

none excellent

fo

as you

are excellent

,

and if

fo

be

that

God

now

inveas

you

with

this

excellency.

Two or

three

more Wes

mig

:

bee to

finish the

Point.

What caufe

then

haft

thou

to

fear

this

God

, and toferve this

God in

all

thy

wayes,

and

to

wor/hip

him as a

God

whole

Name

is

alone

excellent

?

Wb3.would not

fear-thee? there

is

none

.

like

unto thee,

3er.io.7.

who

would not

fear

thee, Oh

King

of Nations,&c.

Let

this

God

bee

feared

by us

, let

us

la-

bour

to

hold

forrh

the

excellency

of

this

our

God in

our,

lives and

converfations,

in our whole courte

Oh

that

it

might

bee

written upon

our

lives,

The

Name

of

God

is

alone

excellent

;

all

you

that

profefs

to

have

any

interell

in

this

God,

You

amid

walk

fo

in

your

converfations,

that

it

may

bee written

upon your lives, The Name

of

God

is

alone

excellent, and

his

glory

is

above the

earth

and

heavens.

Oh

take heed

that

this bletl'ed

Name

of

God

,

that

is

alone

excellent, bee

not

dishonoured and polluted

by

you

thiat

wee might

have

been

large

in,

if

wee

had had time..

James

calls

it,

about

Tam

2.

7.

That

worthy

Name

of

the

Lord

you

that

profefs your felves

to

bee Chrillians

,

and

profefs

G

3

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