CHAP. VIII.
The APPLICATION.
IF God manifest in the Flesh, be your God, as you say he is, then consider how you carry it towards God; whether you have glorified him as God. Our carriage towards God, should be answera∣ble to the apprehensions of our Faith con∣cerning him: If I be a Father, where is my honour? if a master, where is my fear? Mal. 1. 6. We should give unto God the things that are God's; to withhold from him what is due unto his Name, is to rob him of his Glory; some who profess they know God, in works denybim, Tit. 1. 16. decla∣ring to all the World, that the fear of God is not before their eyes. I am pleading the Cause of God this day, and would lead you all into a due respect towards that God, whom you call your God; What your God, and not Governed by him, not Relye upon him; not Consult with him, How can this be? Either you mi∣stake the Notion of a God, or else you will