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-G(el

ILeini.or.

Fifitf

"ly,.

Sa,fcek,

after it

of

that

thou

m9j7

tcfife

thou

would

f

fantttfie

the

great

Name

of

God

to

it

;

I

do not

fay

thou

can'ft

do

it, °but thou

muCt

endeavour

alter

it

,

and

de.r

fire

that

that which thou doft may

have

fame refemblance

to-it;

there

is

no

work

that ever

God

did

from

all

eternity

that

1

ath

fo

much

cr

more

of

his

Name

in ir,

than

this

work

of

the

pardon

of.

fin

bath this

is

a

poficive

work of God

and

is

for

this

end

to

declare

h is

Nam

;

the works

and

Coun-

fels

of

God

about this was

the greateík

.

thing that

eve*,

Gcd

.did

.;

:you heard-much

.cone

rntng

the

gory

of God

in

thi-

work

in

the

opening of

the

Doctrine

;

Now what

I

put you

upon

in

the

ufe

is

14s,

That

in

feeling

pardon

of

fn;

know

you

are

fo

to

endeavour after.

:t

,

ad

your

endcvours

may

hold

forth

the

apprchenfons your

fouls

have

of

the

great

Name

.:of

God

;

certainly

this

fanc`tifles

Gods Name when

we

per-

form

is

fo,

when there

is

a

work

upon

our

fouls fuitable

io-n

fome

meafure

to

the

excellent and

glorious Name

of

God

.-that

appears

in

fame meafure

in

the work that

we

are con-

.verfant

about

:

as

fuppofe

it be

the fpeaking

"of

any

attri-

bute

of

God

,

then I iatiftifie

Gods Name, when there

is

that reverential refpect to

God

in

rtference

to

fuch

an

At-

tribute

;

fo

when

1

give

God

praife

fora

mercy

,

I

fanc`tifie

Gods Name when,there

is

a

work

upon

my

heart

-

fuitable

to

that glorious

Name of

God

that

appears

in

that mercy

be-

itowed

on

nie;

fo

if

'I

leek

after

God

for

a

'blearing,

then

reverence

Gods

Name

,

when

there

fuch a

difpofition

in

.

myiieart ,

that

is

fornewhat fuitable

ro

the -glorious Name

of

God

that appears

on

that

bleilivg

:

fo

in

endeavoúrirtg

to fandifie Gods

Name

in

feeking

after

pardon

-of

fin,

thou

.doft

it

then, when. there

is

fuch

a

frame.

in

thy

heart:

as

may

.hold forth

to

Men

and Angels.

,

that

this

work 'of

thine

hatch

.fome kind

of

fuitat

lenefs

to the

.glorious -Name of

.God

that

:app'ears in it

;

this

i3

to fant

-tifie

the

Name

cf

-Gad,

and this

is

a

great work

;

this

is

the

great thing

for which

tbouwaft

made,

and

this-

is

the.grcat thing for

which

-the

coutifeis

of

`God

,

ytfa

the-

deep'counfels

of

God

were fet

a

work from

all

eternity:

Now

the dilpofitions

of

our fpirits

muff

be

fuch,

as

may''

ia-

..nifeTt.

the

great

eìd,

the

'wifdo:n

and counfels

of

-God

had in

E-e

zQy