CHAF. I. .C®A?sertting G o D. FatherABRAHAM,and God ofmy Father I SACK:O I E H OV AH, which faidfp veto mes, Returner tinto thy Countrey,&c. And to him bee is afterwards commanded tobuild an Attar. This Angel therefore was Chrifl , the trite IEHOV AH Exodus 3. There appearedunto ¡lief(' in the Mount of God, an Angel of I E Hoy A H, in 4 fBrie flame, out of the midf} of a Bufh, and when Mofes turned afide,to fee that great Vifion , I EH o vA H feeitng him, cryedveto him out of the midi} of the Bufh, andPaid, /am the god of thy Father ; The God of ABRAHAM , the God of I S ACK, and the God of IACOB. Anon he calleth him-.. Idle by thename of EH IE H,orl am,andI E HOYAH. So that Chria is that trueEH z E H, and I E H O V A H, the God of ABRAHAM,I sAC K,and I Acon ; the pro- per name of the euer- liuingGod , as appeareth by many places in theNewTeflament. The comparingof the Old Tef }ament with theNew, will make this a great deale plainer. He that led the peo- ple to and fro in theWilderneffe, was Chrif}. For fo the Prophet y faith The Angel of his face faxed them, and Jetting them open himfilfe, carryed them continually. And z PAV L, that Chrifi the pirituall Rocke of his Church, figured by the Cloud, by Manna, and the Rocke that flowed out water to thepeople , went together withthem, conducing and leadingthem the way.But M o f es expref- ly calleth him I E H O V A H : a I E H o v All went before them by day, inA Piller of Crud, and by night inaTiller of fire. And this is that which the Lord hirnfelfe talleth them, Exod.23.2o,21. Behold, I fendmine Angel before thee to k epe thee in thy way, andto lead theeinto the piece rorich I haue prepared. Take heed to thyfelfe of his prelenc andharken tohis voyce.Prouoke him not ; for he will not be, rs your rebellion, for myname is in the middeff of him. As if he had laid, ; is I E H o v A H, and not a created Spirit. Likevmife,he whom they tempted in the Wildcrneífe, D 4 was 39 x Gen.33.r, Ì Eia163.9' Z a Exod. t;. ssà
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