Go D uperfoEt. ·---- . t~efe,and therfore he doth difappoint us,becaufe wee are ready to give to the creature that which belongs to himfelfe; therefore, ifthou \vouldll: -have any thing to continue, depend i.1pon him, becaufe all things elfe are fubjecr to vanity, and bee onely gives being, and continuance to them all. ·7"he ATTRIBV_TES oJGoo in flenerall. .::> . I N the next placewecome todeclare to you, how this .Effit~ce ofG1d is made knowne. It is . by his ..dttrib•tes,and they areoftwo forts : 1 Either fuch as defcribe GgJ. in himfelfe. 2 Or elfe fuch as declare ChJd as he is to us. O– ther diyitions there are,bat this is thebell: that I can find; becaufe it agrees with the fcope ofall the Scripture. . . For the firft, fome Attributes- thew what God is in himfelfe, as when the Scripture faith, that God ifper[efl; as, BeyeperfeEI, 1111 -.mperfeEI. So when the Scripture faith, that he isunchA11ge•Me, ~mighty,eternal/; thefe thew what he is in him– felfe : then other Attributes lhew what he is to ·us, a! that he is merdfuU, p•tient, AhunJAnt inRltr– cy •nd trut,, and tba~he is •ll-fujficient ~ous, &c. The '119 ' ' The Attriw butes ofGoel, are of two forts,
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