SE!; 25 Triumph of Faith.' · 31l Earth and die, their ACts are of as littleWorth, and Reality, as the airing out, and breathing forth of Words. The'greateft Prince maketh a Sound for a Ttme, as one that fpeaketh Words, and then he is gone, and lieth filent in the Grave; Solomon did many Atl:s, but they are called Words only, 1 Kings xi. 41. AnrJ tbe refl of the A8s of Solomon; He..: brew, The refl of the Woras of Solomon, are writteJt tn the :Books of the ABs; Hebrew, of the 1Voras of Solomon, z Kirigs xxi. z 5· Anrl · the refl of the TVords which Amon rlid, are written in the :Book of the Words of the :Days of the1Kings of .7udah. We ufe not properly to do ol"·aCl: Words, but to fpeak Words; but the holy Language maketh Man, and all his noble ~as, but Words, and would exprefs that he is a Creature of no great AElion, and can ' fay more than he can do : Strong and mighty Man is but a Creature of Words, he is a ipeaking Body of Clay, and can do but little. \Ve boaft much, that this ·and this we {hall do ; God bath a Lock ,and a Chain of Iron on all the Creatures; Armies are not to be feared, the Lord f mites the Ilorfe and the R ider, and maketh fVar to ceaj e ttnto t he B'nd of t !Je Earth, he breaketh t be Jlo~:, and 6Utteth the Spear in {under; he bttrneth t he Chariot in the Fire~ Pfal 46. 9· Be not afraid of Clay, Jfai. li. 1 2. ' , U/e 3· If the Lord's Word create the Being of Things, then are we to conceive of him as of an indep :·ndent Sovereign; we forget this, and wodhip a dependent God : If I ' fuffer the People to go to wodhip at .7eru[atem (fa.ith 7eroboam) I fl1all lo1e both Life and Kingdom ; 'God bath · A ~ 3 , · pro..
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