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CHAP. II. Of GOD. (Book 2)

First, his Names and Titles.

IN the beginning God created the Heavens, &c. Gen. 1. 1.

And the Lord God formed man, &c. Gen. 2. 7. chap. 15. 7. ch. 28. 13.

Then began men to call upon the Name of the Lord, Gen. 4. 26.

And he was the Priest of the Most High God, Gen. 14. 18, 19, 20.

The Lord appeared unto Abraham, and said, &c. I am the Almighty God, &c. Gen. 17. 1. chap. 28. 3. Rev. 21. 22.

The Lord, the God of Heaven, and the God of the Earth, Gen. 24. 3, 7.

And God said unto Moses, I am that I am, &c. Thus shall you say, &c. I am hath sent me unto you, &c. The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me, &c. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations, &c. The Lord God of the Hebrews, &c. Exod. 3. 6, 14, 15, 18. chap. 9. 1, 13.

I appeared unto Abraham, &c. By the Name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was not known to them, Exod. 6. 2, 3. Isa. 12. 2. chap. 26. 4.

And the Lord, &c. proclaimed the name of the Lord, &c. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, &c. The Lord whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God, &c. Exod. 34. 5, 6, 14. chap. 33. 19.

The Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh, Numb. 27. 16.

That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God, Deut. 28. 58.

To sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shilo, &c. 1 Sam. 1. 3, 11.

The Lord of hosts, the God of the Armies of Israel, &c. 1 Sam. 17. 45.

The God of Israel said, The rock of Israel speak to me, &c. 2 Sam. 23. 3.

Extol him who rideth upon the heavens, by his name Jah, &c. Psal. 68. 4.

That men may know, that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah: the most high over all the earth, &c. Psal. 83. 18.

Holy and Reverend is his name, Psal. 111. 9.

They have provoked the holy one of Israel, Isa. 1. 4. Ezek. 39. 7.

I am the Lord, that is my name, and my glory will I not give unto another, Isa. 42. 8. Jer. 16. 21.

As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the holy one of Israel, Isa. 47. 4. ch. 54. 5. Jer. 32. 18.

O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof, &c. Jer. 14. 8.

I will sanctify my great name, &c. And the heathen shall know, that I am the Lord, Ezek. 36. 23.

So will I make my holy name known in the middest of my people Israel, and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the holy one of Israel, Ezek. 39. 7.

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Amos 8. 7.

Now the God of patience and consolation, grant, &c. Rom. 15. 5, 33.

Now the God of peace be with you all, &c. 1 Thes. 5. 2, 3.

God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, 1 Cor. 14. 33. Heb. 13. 20.

God is light, and in him is no darkness, 1 John 1. 5. James 1. 17.

God is love, 1 Joh. 4. 8, 16.

And the Lord God of the holy Prophets sent, &c. Rev. 22. 6.

2dly. He is a Spirit.

God is a spirit, John 4. 24.

3dly, His Excellency, Majesty, Greatness, Perfection, Glory, and Soveraignty, and Absoluteness.

He created the world and all things in it, Gen. 1. ch. 2.

And the fear of you, &c. shall be upon every beast, &c. Into your hands are they delivered, &c. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you, &c. Have given you all things, &c. Neither shall there be any more a flood to de∣stroy the earth, Gen. 9. 21. 3. 11.

And the Lord said to Abraham, &c. Lift up thine eyes, &c. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever, &c. Gen. 13. 14, 15, 16, 17.

The Priest of the most high God, &c. The most high God, possessour of hea∣ven and earth, Gen. 14. 18, 19, 20, 22. Psal. 9. 2.

I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burthens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgment, &c. Exod. 6. 6, 7.

That thou maist know that there is none like unto the Lord our God, &c. I will sever, &c. To the end thou maist know, that I am the Lord in the mid∣dest of the earth, Exod. 8. 10, 22.

Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power, &c. hath dasned in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast over∣thrown, &c. With the blast of thy nostrils, the waters were gathered, &c. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, amongst the Gods, &c. Glorious in holiness, fearful in prayses, doing wonders, &c. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever, Exod. 15. 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18.

I now that the Lord is greater than all Gods: for in the thing they dealt proudly, he was above them, Exod. 18. 11.

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended, &c. And the whole mount quaked greatly, Exod. 29. 18. ch. 20. 18, 19.

And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, &c. And the sight of the glory of the Lord, was like devouring fire, on the top of the mount, &c. Exod. 24. 16, 17. Ezek. 3. 23. chap. 8. 4. ch. 9. 3.

There will I meet with the children of Israel, and they shall be sanctified by my glory, Exod. 29. 4. 3.

I beseech thee, shew me thy glory, &c. Thou canst not see my face: For there shall no man see me and live, &c. And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift, &c. Exod. 33. 18, 19, 20, 22.

I will do marvails, such as have not been done in all the earth, &c. And all the people shall see the work of the Lord; for it is a terrible thing that will do with thee, Exod. 34. 10.

The glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle, Exod. 40. 34, 35. Levit. 9. 23. Num. 14. 10. ch. 16. 42.

As truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, because all those men who have seen my glory and my miracles, &c. Numb. 14. 21, 22.

Balaam said, &c. All that the Lord speaketh that I must do, Numb. 23. 26.

Let the Lord God of the spirits of all flesh set a man, Numb. 27. 16.

O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hands, for what God is there in heaven, or in earth, that can do ac∣cording to thy work, and according to thy might? Deut. 3. 24.

The Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God, &c. Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the middest of the fire as thou hast heard, and live, &c. The Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath, there is none else, Deut. 4. 24, 33, 39. chap. 5. 24, 25, 26.

The Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible, Deut. 7. 21. Nehem. 1. 5. ch. 4. 14.

The Lord thy God, he who goeth before thee is a consuming fire, &c. Thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, &c. Deut. 9. 3, 26. Isa. 60. 16.

Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, is the Lords thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is, &c. For the Lord your God, is God of Gods, and Lord of Lords, a great God mighty and terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh rewards, Deut. 10. 14, 17.

And know you, &c. The Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched-out arm, and his miracles, and his acts which he did, &c. Deut. 11. 2, 3.

Thou maist fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God, Deut. 28. 58.

Ascribe ye greatness unto our God, the Rock, his work is perfect, all his ways are judgment, &c. When the most high divided, &c. See now that I, I am he, and there is no God with me, I kill and I make alive: I wound and I heal: Neither is there any who can deliver out of my hands. For if I lift up my hand to heaven, &c. Deut. 32. 3, 4, 8, 39, 41, 42, &c.

There is none like unto the God of Jesurun, who rideth upon the heavens in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky, The eternal God, thy refuge, and underneath are everlasting arms, and he shall thrust out, &c. Deut. 33. 26, 27.

There is none besides thee, neither is there any rock, like our God, &c. The Lord is a God of knowledg, and by him are actions weighed, &c. The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up, the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he bringeth low and lifteth up. He rai∣seth up the poor, &c. So the pillars of the earth are the Lords, and he hath set the world upon them. He will keep the feet of his Saints, &c. 1 Sam. 2. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, &c. Job. 9. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God, 1 Sam. 6. 20.

Thou art great, O Lord God: For none is like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, 2 Sam. 7. 22.

The earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wrath. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured, &c. 2 Sam. 22. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

The Glory of the Lord had filled the house, 1 King. 8. 11.

Thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven, and earth, 2 King. 19. 15.

Declare his glory, &c. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all Gods: For all the Gods of the people are Idols: but the Lord made the heavens. Glory and honour are in his presence, strength and gladness in his place, &c. Give unto the Lord, the glory due to his name, 1 Chron. 16. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, &c. Psal. 96. 4, 5.

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all in heaven and earth is thine, thine the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand to make great, and to give strength unto all, 1 Chron. 29. 11, 12.

Blessed be thy glorious name, who art exalted above all blessing and praises; thou, thou art Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, &c. And thou preservest them all, Nehem. 9. 5, 6.

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, Job 1. 21.

God, &c. Who doeth great things, and unsearchable without number. Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields, to set up on high those who are low, &c. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform, &c. Job. 5. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, &c.

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection, &c? If he cut off (or make a change) and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? &c. Job 11. 7, 8, 9, 10. chap. 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, &c.

Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all manking, &c. With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and under∣standing.

Behold he breaketh down, and it cannot be built up again: He shut∣teth up a man, and there can be no opening; he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up, &c. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judg∣es fools. He looseth the bond of kings, &c. He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty, &c. Job 12. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, &c.

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? Job 13. 11.

He stretcheth out the north over the empty places, and hangeth the earth upon nothing, he bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, &c. He hath com∣passed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end; the pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. He divideth the sea, &c. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens, &c. Lo these are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him? But the thunder of his power who can understand? Job 26. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Destruction from God was a terrour to me: and by reason of his highness I could not endure, Job. 31. 23.

God is greater than man. Why dost thou strive against him? For he giv∣eth not account of any of his matters, Job 33. 12, 13. ch. 9. 12.

He thundereth with the voice of his excellency, &c. God thundereth mar∣vellously with his voice: great things doth he which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, be thou on the earth, likewise to the small rain, &c. He sealeth up the hand of every man, that all men may know his works, &c. With God is terrible majesty, &c. Job 37. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, &c. 22, 23.

The Lord said unto Job, &c. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth, &c? Who hath laid the measures thereof, &c? Job. 38. toto.

Who is able to stand before me? who hath prevented me that I should re∣pay? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine, Job 41. 10, 11.

The kings of the earth set themselves, &c. He that sitteth in heaven shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto him in his wrath, &c. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill Sion, Psal. 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Lord our God, how excellent is thy name in all the earth? Who hast set thy glory above the heavens, Psal. 8. 1, 9.

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's Throne is in Heaven, Psal. 11. 4.

The kingdom is the Lords: and he is the Governour amongst the Nations, Psal. 22. 28. Psal. 47. 2, 7.

Who is the king of Glory? the Lord of hosts he is the king of Glory, Psal. 24. 10.

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful (or power) the voice of the Lord is full of majesty: The voice of the Lord breaketh the Cedars, &c. The Lord sitteth upon the floods: yea the Lord sitteth king for ever, Psal. 29. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, &c. He spake and it was done, he commanded and it stood fast. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices of the counsel of none effect; the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all genera∣tions, Psal. 33. 6, 7, 9, 10, 11.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, Psal. 48. 1. Psal. 50. 1.

Let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth, Selah. Psal. 59. 13. Isa. 60. 16.

He that is our God, is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord, be∣long the issues from death, &c. To him who rideth upon the heavens of hea∣vens, &c. His excellency is over Israel, and his strength in the heavens. O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places, &c. Psal. 68. 20, 33, 34, 35.

Promotion cometh not from the east, &c. But God the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another, Psal. 75. 6, 7.

In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel, &c. Thou art more glo∣rious and excellent than the mountains of prey, &c. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. Thou, thou art to be feared, and who may stand in thy sight, when once thou art angry, &c. He shall cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth, &c. Psal. 76. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12. Nahum. 1. 5, 6.

Who is so great a God as our God? Thou the God that doest wonders; &c. The waters saw thee, O God, &c. They were afraid; the depths also were troubled, &c. Psal. 77. 13, 14, 16.

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty: he judgeth among the Gods, Psal. 82. 1.

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah: Art the most high over all the earth, Psal. 83. 18. Psal. 91. 1.

Among the Gods none like unto thee (O Lord) neither is there any works like unto thy works. All nations whom thou hast made, shall come and wor∣ship before thee, &c. For thou art great and doest wondrous things, thou art God alone, Psal. 86. 8, 9, 10. Psal. 87. 5.

Who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? God is greatly to be feared, &c. Who is a strong Lord like unto thee, &c. Psal. 89. 6, 7, 8, 9, 11.

Thou turnest man to destruction, and saist, return ye children of men, &c. Psal. 90. 2, 3.

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty, &c. The Lord on high, is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea, Psal. 93. 1, 4. Psal. 97. 1. Psal. 99. 1. Psal. 104. 1, 2, 3, 4, &c.

The Lord is a great God: and a great King above all Gods. In his hands are the deep places of the earth, &c. Psal. 95. 3, 4, 5. Psal. 96. 4. Psal. 97 9.

The Lord made the heavens. Honour and majesty are before him: Strength and beauty, in his sanctuary, &c. Psal. 96. 5, 6.

Fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about him, &c. The hills melt like wax at the presence of the Lord: At the presence of the

Lord of the whole earth, &c. Psal. 97. 3, 4, 5. Psal. 114. 7. Nahum. 1. 4, 5.

The Lord hath prepared his Throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all, Psal. 103. 19.

The Lord is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens; who like unto the Lord our God: who dwelleth on high, &c. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, &c. That he may set him with princes, &c. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, &c. Psal. 113. 4, 5, 7, 8, 9.

Our God is in the heavens, he hath done whatsoever he pleased, &c. The heaven, the heavens are the Lords, but the earth hath he given to the children of men, Psal. 115. 3, 16. Psal. 135. 6.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts, and I will de∣clare thy greatness, &c. Psal. 145. 5, 6.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is excellent, his glory is above the earth and heaven, Psal. 148. 13.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord, Prov. 21. 30.

I know that whatsoever God doth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it, and God doth it, that men should fear be∣fore him, Eccles. 3. 14.

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth, Isa. 2. 19, 21. Job 37. 22, 23.

Holy, holy, holy, the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of thy glory: Woe is me, &c. I have seen the king the Lord of hosts, Isa. 6. 3.

Great is the holy one of Israel, in the middest of thee, Isa. 12. 6. Rev. 19. 17.

Let favour be shewed to the wicked; yet will he not, &c. behold the maje∣sty of the Lord, Isa. 26. 10.

The Lord of hosts, wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working, Isaiah 28. 29.

The Lord God, &c. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? And meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a ballance? Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor, hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, &c. Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the ballance: Be∣hold, he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing, &c. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him, &c? He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, &c. That bringeth the princes to nothing, &c. To whom will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? Saith the holy one. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, Isa. 40. 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. chap. 42. 5. ch. 46. 5, 9, 10.

Yea, before the day was, I am he, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let, &c. I the Lord, your holy one, the creator of Israel, your king, &c. Who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters, &c. I have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to re∣proaches, Isa. 43. 13, 15, 16, 28.

I the Lord who maketh all things, who stretcheth forth the heavens alone, who spreadeth abroad the earth by my self; who frustrateth the tokens of the lyars, and maketh diviners mad, who turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledg foolish, &c. Who saith to the deep be dry, and I will dry, Isa. 44. 24, 25, 27.

I form light, and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things, &c. Woe to him who striveth with his maker: let the pot∣sheard strive with the potsheards of the earth, &c. I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, hath stretched out the heavens, &c. Every knee shall bow to me, every tongue shall swear, Isa. 45. 7, 9, 12.

Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, &c. I cloth the heavens with black∣ness, &c. Isa. 50. 2, 3.

Thus saith the high and lofty one who inhabiteth eternity, whose name is holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, &c. Isa. 57. 15.

Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth my foot-stool: where is the house ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest: for all these things hath mine hand made, &c. Isa. 66. 1, 2.

Hath a nation changed their Gods, which are yet no Gods; but my people hath changed their glory, &c. Jer. 2. 11.

The Lord our God who giveth rain, both the former and the latter in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weak of the harvest, Jer. 5. 24.

There is none like unto thee, O Lord, thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O king of nations? For to thee doth it appertain? Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, none like unto thee, &c. At his wrath the earth shall trem∣ble, and the nations, &c. He hath made the earth by his power, &c. The por∣tion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things, Jer. 10. 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16. chap. 51. 15, 16, 19.

Cannot I do with you as this Potter, saith the Lord? Behold, as the clay in the Potters hand; so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. At what in∣stant I shall speak concerning a nation; and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy, &c. Jer. 18. 6, 7, 8, 9.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, &c. I have made the earth, the man and the beast, that are upon the ground, by my great power, and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemeth meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, &c. Jer. 27. 4, 5, 6, &c. ch. 32. 17.

The great; the mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name, great in counsel, and mighty in works, &c. I the Lord, the God of all flesh, is any thing too hard for thee? Jer. 32. 18, 19, 27.

Behold, all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine, Ezek. 18. 4.

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel, &c. And his voice was like a voice of many waters, and the earth shined with his glory, &c. The glory of the Lord filled the house, Ezek. 43. 2, 4, 5. ch. 8. 4. ch. 9. 3.

Wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings, &c. The God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power and glory, &c. And in the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, &c. He is a God of Gods, and Lord of Kings, Dan. 2. 20, 21, 37, 38, 44, 47.

Ye servants of the most high God, come forth, &c. Dan. 3. 26. Mark 5. 7. Luk. 1. 32, 35, 76.

His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion from generation to generation, &c. The most high ruleth in the kingdoms, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it, the basest of men, &c. The most high, &c. Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, &c. And all the inhabi∣tants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he doth according to his will in the army of heaven, and the inhabitants of the earth: And none can stay his hand, or say unto him, what doest thou, &c? Those who walk in pride, he is able to abase, Dan. 4. 3, 17, 25, 32, 34, 35, 37.

The God in whose hands thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified, Dan. 5. 23.

The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Amos 8. 7.

I am a great king, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen, Mal. 1. 14.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into the harvest, Matt. 9. 38.

I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes. Even so, father, for it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my father, with God all things are possible, Matt. 11. 25, 26, 27. chap. 19. 26. Luk. 1. 37.

The God of Glory appeared unto our father Abraham, &c. Howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the Prophet, heaven is my Throne, &c. He looked up, &c. And saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing, Act. 7. 2, 48, 55.

Turn from these vanities, unto the living God, who made heaven and earth, and the sea and all things therein, &c. He gave us rain from heaven, and fruit∣ful seasons, &c. Act. 14. 15, 17. Rev. 14. 7.

God who made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with hands, neither is wor∣shipped with mens hands, as though he needed any thing; seeing he giveth to all, life and breath, and all things, and hath made of one blood all nations, of men to dwell on the face of the earth, and hath determined the times be∣fore-appointed, and the bounds of their habitations, &c. For in him we live, and move, and have our being, &c. Act. 17. 24, 25, 26, 28, 29.

For the invisible things of him, &c. Are clearly seen, &c. His eternal power and Godhead, &c. They glorified him not as God, &c. And changed the glo∣ry of the incorruptible God, Rom. 1. 20, 21, 23.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things, &c. Rom. 11. 3, 6.

Who worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will, &c. The God of our Lord Jesus, the father of glory, Ephes. 1. 11, 17.

Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, 2 Thes. 1. 9, 10.

God who quickeneth all things, &c. Who is the blessed, and only potentate, the king of kings and Lord of Lords: Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see, to whom be honour and power everlasting, 1 Tim. 6. 13, 15, 16.

Who being the brightness of his glory, &c. Sate down on the right hand of the majesty on high, Heb. 1. 3. chap. 8. 1.

He who buildeth all things is God, Heb. 3. 4.

For our God is a consuming fire, Heb. 12. 29.

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy, James 4. 12.

The God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory, &c. 1 Pet. 5. 10. Jude vers. 24.

There came such a voice to him, from the excellent glory, &c. 2 Pet. 1. 17.

Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were crea∣ted, Rev. 4. 11.

The City had no need of the sun, &c. for the glory of god did lighten it, &c. Rev. 21. 23.

4thly, He is Invisible.

And he said, thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see my face and live, Exod. 33. 20.

No man hath seen God at any time: &c. John 1. 18. 1 John 4. 12.

Ye have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his shape, John 5. 37.

Not that any man hath seen the father: save he which is of God, he hath seen the father, &c. John 6. 46.

The invisible things of him, &c. even his eternal Power and Godhead, Rom. 1. 20.

Who is the Image of the Invisible God, Col. 1. 15.

Who, &c. dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen nor can see, 1 Tim. 6. 16.

Now to the king eternal, immortal, invisible, &c. 1 Tim. 1. 17.

5thly, Incorruptible.

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an Image, &c. Rom. 1. 23.

To the king, &c. immortal, &c. 1 Tim. 1. 17.

6thly, He is the most strong, Almighty, and Omnipotent God, a Rock.

The Lord appeared to Abraham, and said, &c. I am the Almighty God, &c. Gen. 17. 1. chap. 28. 3. chap. 35. 11.

And the Lord said, &c. Is any thing too hard for the Lord, Gen. 18. 13, 14.

His hands were made strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, &c. By the Almighty, &c. Gen. 49. 24, 25.

I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, Exod. 6. 6.

The Lord is a man of war, &c. Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glori∣ous, &c. Exod. 15. 3, 6.

He who saw the vision of the Almighty, &c. Numb. 24. 4, 16.

Thou hast shewed thy servant, &c. thy mighty hand: For what God is there, &c. who can do according to thy works, and according to thy might, Deut. 3. 24.

Thou shalt not fear, &c. For the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God, Deut. 7. 21.

The Lord thy God, &c. He is a consuming fire, Deut. 9. 3.

He is the rock, his work is perfect, &c. Jesurun, &c. Forsook God, &c. And lightly esteemed of the rock of his salvation, &c. Of the rock who begat thee, thou art unmindful, &c. Their rock is not as our rock, the enemies themselves being Judges, &c. Neither is there any, who can deliver out of my hand, Deut. 32. 4, 15, 18, 31, 39.

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that ye may fear, &c. Joshua 4. 24.

The Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me, &c. And the Almighty hath afflicted me, Ruth 1. 20, 21. John 8. 3.

There is no restraint to the Lord, to save by many or by few, 1 Sam. 14. 6.

The strength of Israel will not lye, &c. 1 Sam. 15. 29.

Behold God is mighty, &c. Mighty in strength, &c. Job 36. 5. Isaiah 28. 2.

Shall he who contendeth with the Almighty instruct, &c. Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder, &c. Job 40. 2, 9.

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be with∣holden, Job 42. 2. Luk. 1. 37. Matt. 19. 26.

Who is a strong Lord like unto thee, &c? Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thine hand, high is thy right hand, Psal. 89. 8, 13. Isa. 63. 1.

They shall sight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, saith the Lord, Jer. 1. 19.

The Lord is, &c. A strong-hold in the day of trouble, Nahum 1. 7.

The Lord thy God in the middest of thee is mighty, Zephan. 3. 17. 2 Cor. 6. 18.

Do we provoke the Lord, &c. are we stronger than he? 1 Cor. 10. 22.

To him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we can ask or think according to the power thatworketh in us, Ephes. 3. 20. Rom. 14. 4.

Strengthened, &c. According to his glorious power, &c. Col. 1. 11. Ephes. 1. 19, 20, &c.

Our God is a consuming fire, Heb. 12. 29.

Humble your selves therefore, under the mighty hand of God, &c. 1 Pet. 5. 6.

Lord God Almighty, Rev. 4. 8. chap. 11. 17. ch. 15. 3. ch. 21. 22.

The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Rev. 19. 6.

7thly, He is Omniscient.

Thou Lord seest me: for she said, have I here looked after him that seeth me? Gen. 16. 13.

The Lord is a God of knowledg, and by him Actions are weighed, 1 Sam. 2. 3.

The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appear∣ance, but the Lord looketh on the heart, 1 Sam. 16. 7.

Thou, thou only knowest the hearts of all the children of men, 1 Kings 8. 39.

The Lord searched all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him he, &c. 1 Chron. 28. 9.

Hell is naked before him and destruction hath no covering, Job 26. 6.

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. For he looked to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven, Job 28. 23, 24.

His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings, Job 34. 21. Psal. 11. 4, 5.

The righteous God tryeth the hearts and reins, Psal. 7. 9. Jer. 11. 20.

The Lord looketh from heaven; and beholdeth all the sons of men, Psal. 33. 13.

Understand ye brutish, &c. He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye shall he not see, &c? The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are vanity, Psal. 94. 8, 9, 11.

Thou, &c. art acquainted with all my ways. For not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether, &c. Such knowledg is too won∣derful for me: &c. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I fly from thy presence? If I ascend up into Heaven, thou art there, &c. Psal. 139. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, &c. Prov. 5. 21.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the good and the bad, &c. Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? Prov. 15. 3, 11.

Shall the thing framed, say of him who framed it, he had no understand∣ing, Isa. 29. 16.

Mine eyes are upon all their ways: They are not hid from my face: Nei∣ther is their iniquity hid from mine eyes, Jer. 16. 17. ch. 32. 19.

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, Jer. 17 10. ch. 20. 12.

I know the things which come into thy mind, every one of them, Ezek. 11. 5.

He revealeth the deep and •…•…ecret things: He knoweth what is in the dark∣ness, and the light dwelleth with him, Dan. 2. 22, 28.

Thy father who seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly, &c. Your father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him, Mat. 6. 4, 6, 8, 18.

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, &c. but the father, Mark 13. 32.

That should seek the Lord, &c. though he be not far from every one of us, Act. 17. 27.

O the depth of the riches, &c. Of the knowledg of God, &c. Rom. 11. 33, 34.

Pleasing, &c. God who tryeth our hearts, &c. 1 Thes. 2. 4.

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: But all things are naked, and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do, Heb. 4. 12, 13.

8thly, He is most Wise.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength, &c. Job 9. 4.

The Lord of host, wonderful in counsel, Isa. 28. 29.

The Lord is a God of judgment, Isa. 30. 18.

He hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion, Jer. 10. 12.

O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledg of God, Rom. 11. 33.

To God only wise be glory, &c. Rom. 16. 27. 1 Tim. 1. 17.

The foolishness of God is wiser than men: 1 Cor. 1. 25.

To the only wise God our saviour be glory, &c. Jude vers. 25.

9thly, He is most Holy.

Who like thee, O Lord, &c. glorious in holiness, &c. Exod. 15. 11.

I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity, &c. Exod. 20. 5. Nahum 1. 2.

Ye shall be holy: for I am holy, &c. Levit. 11. 44, 45. chap. 19. 2. chap. 20. 26.

I the Lord who sanctifieth you, am holy, Levit. 21. 8.

For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you, Deut. 6. 15.

The Lord: for he is an holy God: he is a jealous God, he will not for∣give, &c. Josh. 24. 19.

There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none besides, 1 Sam. 2. 2.

Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? 1 Sam. 6. 20.

The holy one of Israel is our king, Psal. 89. 18. Psal. 99. 9.

The knowledg of the holy, is understanding, Prov. 9. 10.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, Isa. 6. 3.

Behold, from the habitation of thy holiness, &c. The people of thy holiness hath possessed, &c. Isa. 63. 15, 18.

So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel, &c. And the heathen shall know, that I am the Lord, the holy one in Israel, Ezek. 39. 7. Isa. 43. 14, 15.

The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, &c. Amos 4. 2.

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look at iniquity, Habak. 1. 13.

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, &c. Rev. 4. 8.

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, &c. for thou only art holy, &c. Rev. 15. 4.

10thly, He is most just.

A God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he, Deut. 32. 4.

Thou art just in all that is brought upon us, for thou hast done right, &c. Nehem. 9. 33.

Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judg∣ment, &c. Wilt thou condemn him who is most just, Job 34. 12. 17.

He is excellent, &c. and in plenty of justice, Job 37. 23.

The righteous Lord loveth righteousness, &c. Psal. 11. 7. Psal. 33. 5.

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne, Psal. 89. 14.

No God besides me, a just God, &c. Isa. 45. 21.

I am the Lord who exercise, &c. judgment, and righteousness in the earth, &c. Jer. 9. 24.

The Lord our God is righteous in all his works, which he doth, Dan. 9. 14.

The just Lord is in the middest thereof: he will not do iniquity: every morning he doth bring his judgment to light, Zephan. 3. 5.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed, &c. Heb. 6. 10.

Lord God Almighty, just and true are thy ways, &c. Rev. 15. 3.

11thly, He is Compassionate, Pitiful, and Merciful.

The men laid hold upon his hand, &c. the Lord being merciful unto him, Gen. 19. 16.

The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, &c. keeping mercy for thousands, &c. Exod. 34. 6, 7.

The Lord is, &c. Of great mercy, Numb. 14. 18.

The Lord thy God is a merciful God, he will not forsake thee, neither de∣stroy thee, &c. Deut. 4. 31.

O give thanks unto the Lord, &c. For his mercy endures for ever, 1 Chron. 16. 34. 2 Chron. 20. 21.

For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return, &c. 2 Chron. 30. 9. Psal. 116. 5.

Thou a God, &c. merciful, slow to anger, &c. For thy great mercies sake, thou didst not consume them, &c. For thou art a gracious and merciful God, Nehem. 9. 17, 31. Psal. 145. 8.

Thou a God full of compassion, and gracious long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, &c. Psal. 86. 15. Psal. 111. 4. Psal. 145. 8.

Mercy, &c. shall go before thy face, Psal. 89. 14.

The Lord is God, his mercy is everlasting, Psal. 100. 5.

The Lord is merciful, &c. He will not alway chide, &c. As the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards them who fear him, &c. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them who fear him; for he knoweth our frame, he remembreth that we are dust, Psal. 103. 8, 9, 11, 13, 14.

His mercy endureth for ever, &c. Psal. 136. 1, 2, &c.

Where, &c. is the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies, Isa. 63. 15.

I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you, for I am merciful, saith the Lord, I will not keep anger for ever, &c. Jer. 3. 12.

To the Lord our God belongs mercy, &c. Dan. 9. 9.

I knew that thou a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil, &c. Jonah 4. 2. Joel 2. 13.

Who is a God like unto thee who pardoneth iniquity? &c. he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy, Micah 7. 18.

Remission of their sins. Through the tender mercies (or bowels of mercy) of our God, whereby the day-spring from on high, &c. Luk. 1. 77, 78.

12thly, He is long-suffering, and patient.

The Lord, &c. Longsuffering, &c. Exod. 34. 6. Psal. 86. 15.

The Lord is long-suffering, &c. Num. 14. 18.

Thou art a God, &c. slow to anger, &c. Nehem. 9. 17. Psal. 103. 8.

Despisest thou the, &c. forbearance, and long-suffering, &c. Rom. 2. 4.

13. He is Gracious, Good, Kind, and Bountiful.

I am gracious, Exod. 22. 27.

The Lord God merciful and gracious, &c. abundant in goodness, &c. Exod. 34. 6.

Thou a God, &c. gracious, &c. and of great kindness, Nehem. 9. 17, 31.

For the Lord God, a sun and shield, no good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly, Psal. 84. 11.

For the Lord is good, &c. Psal. 100. 5.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, &c. The Lord is gracious, &c. The Lord is good to all, &c. Psal. 145. 7, 8, 9.

Let him who glorieth glory in this, that, &c. he knoweth me, That I am the Lord, who exerciseth loving kindness, &c. in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord, &c. Jer. 9. 24.

The Lord your God, for he is, &c. Of great kindness, &c. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 4. 2.

Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance, Rom. 2. 4.

The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace, wherein he hath abounded towards us, &c. Ephes. 1. 7.

That in the ages to come, he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace, in his kindness towards us, through Jesus Christ, Ephes. 2. 7.

The God of all grace, who hath called us, &c. 1 Pet. 5. 10.

14. He is faithfulness and truth.

The Lord, &c. abundant in goodness and truth, Exod. 34. 6.

God is not a man that he should lye, &c. Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good, Numb. 23. 19. Heb. 6. 18.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant, &c. To a thousand generations, &c. Deut. 7. 9. 1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Tim. 2. 13.

Thou art that God, and thy words be true and thou hast promised, 2 Sam. 7. 28. Heb. 10. 23.

The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord, thy faithfulness also in the congregation of thy saints, &c. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face, &c. Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him: nor suffer my faithfulness to fail, Psal. 89. 5, 14, 33. Psal. 36. 5. Deut. 32. 4.

The Lord is good, &c. His truth endureth to all generations, Psal. 100. 5. Psal. 117. 2.

He will ever be mindful of his covenant, &c. The work of his hands are ve∣rity, &c. Are done in truth and uprightness, Psal. 111. 5, 7, 8.

Happy is he, &c. whose hope is in the Lord his God, &c. Who keepeth truth for ever, Psal. 146. 5, 6.

He who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless himself in the God of truth: and he who sweareth in the earth, shall swear by the God of truth, Isa. 65. 16.

Great is thy faithfulness, &c. Out of the mouth of the most high, proceed∣eth not evil and good, &c. Lam. 3. 23, 38.

God is faithful, and will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able, &c. 1 Cor. 10. 13. 1 Thes. 5. 24.

Commit the keeping of their souls, &c. as unto a faithful creatour, 1 Pet. 4. 19.

How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge, &c. Rev. 6. 10.

15. He is unchangeable.

I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed, &c. Mal. 3. 6.

God willing, &c. To shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lye, &c. Heb. 6. 17, 18.

The father of lights, with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning, James 1. 17.

16. He is infinite and unsearchable.

Unto God would I commit my cause: Who doth great things and unsearch∣able, &c. Job 5. 9. chap. 37. 5.

Who doeth great things past finding out, &c. Lo he goeth by me and I see him not, he passeth on also, but I perceive him not, Job 9. 10, 11.

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? Job 11. 7.

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens, &c. lo these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him? Job 26. 14.

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out, Job 36. 26.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, &c. Job 37. 23.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters: and thy footsteps are not known, Psal. 77. 19.

O Lord, how great are thy works? and thy thoughts are very deep, Psal. 92. 5.

Great is the Lord, &c. and his greatness is unsearchable, Psal. 145. 3.

Great is our Lord, &c. his understanding is unsearchable, Psal. 147. 5.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb, &c. even so thou knowest not the work of God, who maketh all, Eccl. 11. 5.

Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard the everlasting God, &c. There is no searching of his understanding, Isa. 40. 28.

Neither knoweth any man the father save the son, and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him, Matt. 11. 27.

O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledg of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out? For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellour, &c. Rom. 11. 33, 34, 35.

17. He is eternal.

And Abraham, &c. called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God, Gen. 21. 33.

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms, Deut. 33. 27.

And also the strength (or eternity) of Israel will not lye, 1 Sam. 15. 29.

The Lord shall endure for ever, &c. Psal. 9. 7.

Before the mountains were brought forth, &c. even from everlasting to e∣verlasting thou art God, &c. For a thousand years in thy sight, are as yester∣day

when it is past: and as a watch in the night, Psal. 90. 2. 4.

Thou Lord art high for evermore, Psal. 92. 8.

The Lord reigneth, &c. Thy throne is established of old, thou art from e∣verlasting, Psal. 93. 1, 2. Psal. 146. 10.

Thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever: and thy remembrance unto all gene∣rations, &c. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure, &c. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end, Psal. 102. 12, 26, 27. Lam. 5. 19.

Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever, and thy memorial throughout all generations, Psal. 135. 13. Isa. 63. 16.

Hast thou not known, &c. that the everlasting God, the Lord, &c. Isa. 40. 28.

Thus saith the Lord, &c. I the first, and I the last, and besides me there is no God, Isa. 44. 6. ch. 48. 12.

Thus saith the high and lofty one, who inhabiteth eternity, &c. Isa. 57. 15.

The Lord, the true God, he is, &c. An everlasting king, Jer. 10. 10. Dan. 4. 3, 34.

For the invisible things of him, &c. even his eternal power and Godhead, Rom. 1. 20.

Now is made manifest, &c. according to the commandment of the everlast∣ing God, Rom. 16. 26.

Christ, &c. Who through the eternal spirit offered himself, &c. Heb. 9. 14.

Now unto the king eternal, &c. the only wise God, &c. 1 Tim. 1. 17.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty, Rev. 1. 8, 11. chap. 11. 17.

Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come, Rev. 4. 8.

Worshipped him, who liveth for ever and ever, Rev. 5. 14. chap. 15. 7.

18. He only is the true and living God.

Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know, that the Lord he is God, there is none else besides him, &c. Know therefore this day and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath, there is none else, Deut. 4. 35, 39. ch. 7. 9. 1 Sam. 2. 2.

The Lord our God, is one Lord, Deut. 6. 4. Mark 12. 29, 32. 1 Cor. 8. 4, 5, 6. Gal. 3. 20.

See now that I, I am he, and there is no God with me; I kill and I make alive, I wound and I heal, &c. Deut. 32. 39. Isa. 43. 10, 11, 12.

And Joshua said, hereby shall ye know that the living God is among you. And that he will, &c. Josh. 3. 10. Ruth 3. 13. 1 Sam. 20. 3. 2 Sam. 22. 47. 1 King. 17. 1. Job 27. 2.

Who is God save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our God? 2 Sam. 22. 32. Psal. 18. 31.

O Lord God of Israel, &c. Thou art the God, thou alone, of all, &c. 2 King. 19. 15, 19. Nehem. 9. 6. Psal. 86. 10.

Now for a long season, Israel hath been without the true God, 2 Chron. 15. 3.

My heart and flesh cryeth out for the living God, Psal. 84. 2. Jer. 44. 26.

Know ye that the Lord, he is God, he hath made us, and his we are, &c. Psal. 100. 3.

I am the Lord, that is my name, and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images, Isa. 42. 8.

Thus saith the Lord, the king of Israel, &c. I am the first, and I the last, and besides me there is no God, &c. Have not I told thee from that time, and have declared ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me. Yea, no God, &c. Isa. 44. 6, 8. ch. 45. 5, 6, 18, 20, 21, 22. ch. 46. 9, 10. Joel 2. 27.

But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, Jer. 10. 10. chap. 23. 36. Matt. 16. 16. John 6. 57, 69.

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles who can cause rain, &c? Art not thou he, O Lord our God, &c. thou hast made all, Jer. 14. 22.

Behold, I the Lord, the God of all flesh, is there any thing too hard for me, Jer. 32. 27.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God and Jesus, &c. John 17. 3. 1 Thes. 1. 9.

Turn from these vanities, unto the living God, who made heaven, &c. Act. 14. 15. 2 Cor. 6. 16. 1 Tim. 4. 10.

•…•…ho changed the truth of God into a lye, and worshipped and served the creature more than the creatour, who is blessed for ever, Amen. Rom. 1. 25.

We know, &c. That there is none other God but one. For though there 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that are called Gods, &c. But to us, there is but one God, &c. Of whom 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all things, 1 Cor. 8. 4, 5, 6. 1 Tim. 2. 5.

Who only hath immortality dwelling in the light, &c. 1 Tim. 6. 16.

Worshipped him who liveth for ever and ever, Rev. 4. 8, 9, 10. ch. 5. 14. 10. 6. ch. 15. 7.