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first cause of
all
things in heaven and earth,
visible
and
invisible, the
Creator and Governor,
the original
Pos-
sessor, and the sovereign
Lord
of
all
other
beings
what-
soever. And
as
he
is
the
original Lord
of
all,
be
-re-
quires
the worship
and
homage
of
all his
intelligent
crea=
tures
He demands
holy
obedience
to his
laws,-
and
humble submission to
his
providences
;
and upon this
account, even
some
of
the
ancients, by the
light of
na-
ture, have called
him,
"
Father
of
all."
Proposition IV. The great God bath
more clearly
made himself known
in
his
word,
under
the
personal and
relative character
of
a Father,
that
is;
as a
person bearing
the relation of
a
father,
and
that
net
only
to
Angels
and
men, who
are
called
the
sons
of
God
;
but
he
is
a
Father
also
to
our
Lord Jesus Christ
himself,
though
in
a far
more excellent and
-
Yet
superior
way,
for
Christ
is
the
only be
gotten
Son.
it may be noted;
that God
is
never
called the
Father of
the Holy Ghost.
Under
this
personal
character
of
the
Father, the
-great
God appears, in'scripture,
as
the prime Agent
and Ruler
in all
the
kingdoms-
of
nature,
and
grace,
and glory
The Father
is
eminently
Lord of
heaven
and earth,
as
Christ
himself
calls him
*.
He
sustains the
dimity
and
majesty,
of
godhead, and maintains the divine
rights and
prerogatives of
it
in
heaven,
earth, and
hell.
It
is
under
this
personal
character that
he
appears,
in
my text,
as
that
God
and
Father,
who
receives the ho-
mage and worship
of
sinful men,
returning
and ape
preaching
to
him
through
Jesus Christ
his Son,
and
by
his
Holy
Spirit.
Proposition
V.
'God the
Father
is
revealed
in
scrip=
turn, as
transacting
his
affairs
that
relate
to
his
creatures
through
Jesus'Christ
his
Son,
and
by bis
Holy
Spirit.
It
is by
his
Son
"
he
made the worlds," Heb.
i.
2.
It
is
by
his
Spirit
he
" formed the host
of
heaven,"
Ps.
xxxiii.
6.
It
is
by his
Spirit
he
"renews
the face
of
the
earth;
and
covers
it
with living
creatures,"
Ps.
civ.
SO.
It
.is
by
his Son he
redeems
sinful
mankind
from
hell,
and
by
his
Spirit
he sanctifies them,
and makes
-them
fit
for
heaven.
"Mat.
-xi. 25.
"
Jesus
said,
-I
thank
thee,
'O
Father,
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth
;"
verse 27.
All things are
delivered
to
the
of my Father."
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