10 The flrfl Brakeof Diuinitie, CHAP.!. plagues, he giueth credit to it by that Name, I I b n o . y AH hauefJaekfn it, and in the feuenthe Chapter fhutteth vp alibis threat nings with this, That they may find by ex- perience,that 1 am I E H o V A H. But mof} notable is that ofthe thirtieth of leremy,where in oneChapter the Lord three and twentie times repeateth this Name ofpurpofe, toaffure thepeoples heartsofthole comfortable and gol- den promifes that he maketh vnto them in that place. z. Life : r for better is a liningDogge,then a deadLyon. But When we fpeake of the lite ofGod, wee meane not onely,that he doth truly and properly by himféife, and of his owne naturehue , (and therefore is called the q liaaint god,and that forme offwearingfo often vfed,asI E H o V AH r liueth, which in t Deuteronomio hee himfelfc ta- keth vp, Fer I lift my hands to Yeomen, andfay that I line fer euer. And in another t place maketh it the proper note ofhis people,to fweare by his Name, I E H O V AH teeth)but that from himproceedeth life vino all his crea- tures.And it is faid,u Inhim we limeandmone,and againe, x Hegiueth toall life and breath throughall things,th at is,to .. all his creatures. And in both thefe refpc&s, it is that hee is Paid to haue life inhimfelfe,Iohn the Y fifth, As the Fa ther liueth by himfelfe, yea, to zbee life it felfe, and Déat. 30.20. He is thy lifeand the lengthofthy elayes : Againe, ita the a`Pfalrnes,ifith thee is thefountaineoflife : whereby it appeareth that this is proper veto God. 3. Vnderfianding &willtfor as the b Pfalmift maketh his difpute,Tbe planter ofthe eare, fhouldbenot heare?or the framer ofthe eye,fhould not he bshold?he that teacheth k iow- ledge,fhould he not vnderfund?and ofhis will we read:c4ll the inhabitants oftheearth arecountedas nothing,but hedoth according to his will in the Hofi ofHeauen, e;*c. among the dwellers oftheearth,neither a there any that canrefirainehis hased,orfay to him, what doff thou?As ifhe fhould fay,They haue no will at all to fpeake of in refpeet of his. And Blames worthily repreltendeth thofr that fay,To day e to morrowwe willgoeserc.whereasthey íhould fay,If the Lord will. o Etech..7.z7. That hath all good and per- k& things in a molt perfeet & incommunica- blemanner. The perfeEt things inG od. Betide life. ; p Ecclef9.4. q Pfal. S3.z. & inmany other places. r Ier.5'.z. and elfewhere. f Deut.31.4o. t Ier.1z.16. u Alísil.2.8. x Aas I%, 2.5. y Ioh.5.2.6. z a Pfal.3c.ro. Vnderftanding b Pfal.94. 9,10 And Will, without which no perfection canhe ) c.D.113.4.z5 cl Iam.4.1 3.
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