.. . I I 14 · . The Preface~ . . · · duty, they maygoe to God {lnd fay, Lord, thou art the au.. . thor ofal thefe commandements alike, and theket·pingof them al pertaineth to rpe as weIas toany o~her:thou know– ell 0 Lord that there is no power in me toobey the leafl of them;therdorc I comenow for help andgrace from theelto 1nakemeobedient to all as well as thou ha!l to fome: fo we fl1all obtaine·grace to keepe cucryone,as well as any one• I am lehouah. ' '\ THis word fignifieth the cffence of God, and his abfo-– lute perfetl:ion in a1 his attributes. It is expounded in · He6rewes ·I ,.s.Chriflyeflerday, a»d today, and th~ fame fqr . eHer, and Reue/.1.4.he that waJ,a'1d i.,·,4nd is tocome. He that is the felfe fame in al his properties euermore, as hauing his. · being inandofhimfelfe. le dedarech, ftrH, Gods eternity,: whereby he differs frem all cre.atures,,~hcreas men and An– gels,though they beeeuerlalHng,& fo·fhal haue no ending, yet theybe not crernall,for theyhad a beginning from him, as other thing~ had, but hee from none•.Alfo power, and wifedome, andmercie, and iu!lice, and fiJch other things . which are properties in men and Angels,,in , h~m are natures; . in vs they are weaKe and impcrfec1:,inhim abfolute and per– fe&.• Men and· Angels arc Hrong, tnerdfull, iufl, patient, _ · tr~e:but he is Hrength, mercy,patiencc, and truth it felfe: in., them thefe things are qualities, and .finite, and therefore · c.hangeable: in him eflenriall and infinite,andconfequcndy . vnchangeable. · t P(t 1. This mufi teach vs earnefHy to feekhis Ioue)and fauour, ~"' '7· z.8. which ifwe haue,nothing can hurt vs, for in him 'W:e liue, . f .. tJ' moNe,andhaueour bcing.Hauingnis loue,we haue al power, . ~ wifcdom,and counft ii on our lJde.Ifhebe pcrfett in himfelf, ~ and al creatures haue,vvhatcucr theyhaue, ·fr:om him, what . ~ neede we feare ( hee being withvs)what al the creatures . ~an · , [ , ' 0; J . doe again!hs?feeing that all their power is deriued from.. 1 ~ ~~ · him,and vfed ~this direction.We fee amongmen,ifthere be ' ~ ~ one,whofe eflate depends wholly vpon hi$ Landlords c ·c:1 J,elie, . that t:~1ay put bim out, and begger. him when . . Rle.afe)~ow.carefu~lhee is to pleafehim.,and.haue his ..... ·v.;ff;• ••,.;
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