A glimpse of God, or, A treatise proving that there is a God discovering the grounds of atheism, with arguments of divers sorts against atheists : shewing also, the unity of the Godhead, and the trinity of the persons ... / by ... Mr. Thomas Byrdall ...

CHAP. III.

HEre I will do two things: First, I will shew what this Name impli∣eth, and then draw some observations from it.

1. It implieth his Eternity, which is excellently interpreted, Rev. 1. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come.

2. It implieth, that God hath Be∣ing from himself, and subsisteth alone by himself, that he is absolutely an in∣dependent Being; he onely is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉

3. That he is ens entium, the effici∣ent Being of all things; he giveth to all creatures their Being, to Angels their spiritual and intellectual being, and to men their being: In him we live, move, and have our being▪ Act. 17. 28.

4 It denoteth, that God is most true, constant, and faithful in his promises, as here in the Text: Your Fathers knew me by the Name Almighty, or,

El Shaddai; that I am a God All∣sufficient: that I am a rich God by giving them riches, a strong God by protecting and defending them, and helping them in their straits and ex∣tremities: 'Tis true! I did promise to deliver them out of the land of Egypt, to give them the land of Canaan for their possession, to take them for my peculiar people from among the na∣tions, but they saw not the fulfilling of these promises as now you that are their seed shall see: for you shall see that I am a God constant and faith∣ful in all my promises made to your Fathers, for I will make them good to you because I am Jehovah.