The Cecond :thing to bet knownecon– cerningG(ld, · WbAtG1di6. ! What the 'Hf– fcn~c: o!God i$~ ·~ . I Eud.d.J; ...: ' . What Goo u. tbers, the GoD .of.Abrabam, the Goo oflfaac, and the Gon of.lacob h~th fem me unto gou : thu il my Name for erver 1 and this il my mcmoriaO unto all genera.. lions. ~~ ~~~11 0wweecomc to this, what Go o u.. Goo is -lnHOVAK-ELo– K 1 M ; AnahfoluteEjlence, in three Per[o~ts. Butweewill firll:fpeakeofthe Deitie,then of the Perfons. Now Go o is knowne to us two wayes: · · 1 By his Effence; and ( 2 By his Attributes. S Now the great quell: ion is,what this Effence of G o o is. · Beloved.,wee need more than the tongue of man todecla~e this toyo~ ; yet wee will (hew it to you,as the Scripture reveales it. Now, if we fhoulddefine it, (though it is ca– pable properlyof no definition) we would fay, Goo it an jncfJmprehenfihle,ftrff,andabfolute -Being• .Thefe words, in this 'place,fet out the Elfence o G o o moft clearely, of any place in Scripture that I know. Thisisthefirll:expretnon,-where· by Go o did ever ibew himfelfe inhis Effence. G o D bath before made himfelfe knowne by'his AU-[ttfficiencie,. Chap.6•.3· I appeared to Avr..zham, to JfaM,andul(t~ /acah,hy the nameof9o .o 1{11figh· tie''hut hy the n_ame I 1!. K 0 V A H) rr..u I not k11~ftlnt unto them. This name I]! H0 VA l'f was kn·owne to_ ' ..
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