Grcatneffi of G o D-e not thewrat'h ofaKing, becaufe he did fee that G 0 D that was invi!ihle : ·that is, \vhen hee con!idered God in his greatneffe; :the, Kfng and his wrath were nothing to him. So that the ·way to get this mttgnttnimitie, is, to beleeve that G o o is om G o o : and Mcording to the grea'tJtej!e of amanJ faith, Juch rt'i!l vee thii greatnejle · .t • • - andmagnttnimitieofmindethat wee comm~nd to you. Sttul, when he \Vas aKing, had a new.heart and another fpirit, becaufe when hee beleeved inea~eft that hee was a King, bee l.obkedupon . things afcer another manner ; hee had other thoughts and other affeCtions than hee had before: and fo would any man elfe, ifhee were ad- . vanced froma.~meane efia.te waKing-dome. In like manner ifweedidbeleeve-thatwee were the .(onJ ofthegreat Go.dofheavenand earth,wewould havegreat mindes ; therefore the flronger ·our fttith i!, the gnAt er ·our tninde il.. One!y this is tobee added; that this thyfaith mufi not be in theha– bit oncly, but it mufi beeexercifcd' and,r~ncwed· COntinually : there muft not oe-Gnely .~>rnm, out . x.Pxt1r, the atluall ·ufe·ofir. And were that which G 0 D fayd tO Abraham ·c I 4m thy exceeding ,great reward, ) truely -beleevcd of any of us; . that Goo is_{ogreat; and that ·his f!.,YCtt!neffe· i~ . · ~.,·· ~ · ~ur ex-ceeding great rew.trd ; :i11en.:: all' other ' rewards would fee~e 'but :fmall things. - You fuall fee -what David di4 upon this ground; in Pfal. 2 7··I·. rh~ Lord if my ~~~ht· and my[Alvatiun, P(tll.:..,.i; ~~m fhal{ f {f-are t Tli~ Lord iJ 'the Jlrength of-my , life, of.irhom jbitl/1 ~e Afraid I See, here are t\vo _-, things
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