748 The Spirituality of the Divine Nature. Vol, L Lord, who made heaven andearth. Thus did the great Patternand Example of Faith encourage and fupport his confidence inGod in a verydifficult tryal ; he flagge- red not at it, becaufe he believedGod whoquickeneth the dead, and talleth thofe things that be not as tho' they were ; therefore againfl hope hebelieved in hope, &c. Rom. 4, r7, &c. This gives life to all our Devotion, to be perfuaded that God is able to do for us exceedingly above what we can ask or think, and that his is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. I (hall only caution two things as to our relyance on the Power of God. L Labour to be fuch Perfons to whomGod hath promifed that he will engage and employ his Omnipotence for their good. If we hope for any good from the Almighty, wemufl walk before him and beperfeel, as he faid to Abraham. Good Men have a peculiar Intereft in God's Power ; hence he is called the flrength of Ifrael, and the mighty one of Ifrael. If we do what God requires of us, we may expe& that he will put forth his Power, and exert his Arm for us ; but if we dif- obey, we mutt expe& he will manifeft his Power againft us, Ez. 8. aa. When we do well, we may commit the keeping of our Souls to him, r Pet. 4.'19. IL Our expeEtations from the Omnipotence of God muff be with fubmiffïon to his Pleafure, and Goodnefs, and Wifdom ; we muff not expe& that God will manifeft his Power, when we think there is occafion for it, but when it feems belt to him ; he will fo employ his Omnipotence, äs to manifeft his Goodnefs and Wifdom. And with thefe two Cautions, we may rely upon him in all our Wants, both Spiritual and Temporal ; for his Divine Power can give us all things that pertain to life andgodlinefs ; a. Pet. r. ;. We may troll him at all times, for the Omnipo- tent God neither flumbereth nor fleepeth, the Almighty fainteth not, neither is he weary ; trufl ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord 'ehovah is everlafling flrength. SERMON Cm The Spirituality of the Divine Nature. JOHN IV. 24. God is a Spirit, and they that worfhip him, mull worfhip him in fpirit and in truth. THES E are the Words of our Saviour to the Woman of Samaria, whá was (peaking to hi,m of the difference between the Samaritans and the Yews concerning Religion ; v. zo. Our fathers worfhipped in this móuntain, but ye fay, that in Jerufalem is theplace when men ought to worfhip. Chriff tells her, The time was coming, when the worfhippers of God fhould neither be confined to that mountain, nor to 7erufalem ; but men //could worfhip the Father in fpirit and in truth, when this carnal, and ceremonial, and typical Worfhip of God fhould be exalted into a more fpiritual, a more real, and true, and fubfantial Religion, which fhould not be confined to one Temple, but fhould be univerfally diffufed through the World. Now fuch a Worfhip as this, is moli agreeable to the Na-. ture of God ; for be is a Spirit, and thofe who worfhip him, muff worfhip him in fpirit and in truth. In the words we have, Fir/t, A Propofition laid down, God is aSpirit. Secondly, A Corollary or Inferencededuced from it, they that worfhip him, mug worfhip him infpirit and in truth. I shall fpeakof the Propofition, as that which concerns my prefent Defign ; and afterward fpeak fomething to the Corollary or Inference deduced from it, together with force other Inferences d;atiu n from this truth, by way of Application. Firft,
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