a. The Lord is greater than all Gods, and he is to be feared above all Gods: For all the Gods of the Nations are Idols ; but the Lord made the Heavens. b. God is greater than Man. It is he that fitteth upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grafhoppers. c. Behold, the Nations are as a drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the Balance: All the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing before him; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and Vanity. d. Who hath first given to him, and it fhall be recompenfed to him again? GOD is a SPIRIT. e. God is a Spirit. f. He is invifible; whom no Man hath feen, nor can see, at any time. neither hath any Man heard his Voice at any time, or feen his Shape. ETERNA L. a. The Lord he is the Eternal God, who liveth for ever and ever. b. Before the Day was, before the Mountains were brought forth, or ever he had formed the Earth, and the World, even from Everlasting to Everlasting, he is God. c. He is the First and the Laft: He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, which is, and which was, and which is to come. d. His Goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting; and his Years are throughout all Generations. e. He is the Living God, and ftedfast for ever. f. He is the Immortal, and Everlasting King; and his Throne remaineth from Generation to Generation. g. He only hath Immortality. b. The Gods that have not made the Heavens and the Earth, even they fhall perish from the Earth, and from under the Heavens. But the Lord fhall endure for ever. (a) Deut. 33. 27. Rev. 4. 9. Pf. 90. 2. (c) Rev. 1. 17,8. Pi. 102. 24. (e) Dan. 6. 26. Jer. 10. 10. Lam. 5. 19. (g) 1 (b) Jer. 10. 11. Pí. 9. 7. (b) If. 43. 13. (f) 1 Tim. 1. 17. Tim. 6. 16. a. His Days are not as the Days of Man neither can the number of his Years be fearched out. b. One Day is with the Lord as a thousand Years, and a thousand Years as one Day. UNCHANGEABLE. c. God is the fame Yesterday, to Day, and for ever. d. He is the incorruptible God; with whom is no variableness, neither fhadow of turning. e. Thus faith the Lord of Hofts; I am the Lord, I change not. I am that I am: This is my Name for ever, and this is my Memorial unto all Generations. f. There are, indeed, diverfities of Operations, but it is the fame God which worketh all in all; whofe Counsel ftandeth for ever,' and the Thoughts of his Heart to all Generations. g. Whatsoever God doth, it fhall be for ever; nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it; and God doth it that Men fhould fear before him. a. The Earth and the Heavens fhall perish; but thou, O Lord, remaineft. They all hall wax old, as doth a Garment, and as a Vesture fhalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the fame, and thy Years fhall have no end. PRESENT EVERY WHERE. b. He filleth all in all, c. The Heaven, and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee, O God. d. Whither fhall I go from thy Spirit, O Lord? Or, whither fhall I flee from thy Prefence? If I afcend up into Heaven thou art there: If I make my Bed in Hell, behold thou art there: If I take the Wings of the Morning, and dwell in the uttermoft parts of the Sea, even there fhall thy Hand lead me, and thy Right Hand shall hold me. e. Can it be faid of the Lord, that he is God of the Hills, but he is not God of the Valleys? f. Am I a God at hand, faith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in fecret Places, that I fhall not fee him? faith the Lord. Do not I fill Heaven and Earth? faith the Lord. (a) Heb. 1. 10, 11, 12. Pf. 102. 27. (b) Eph. 1.23. The The HAPPINESS of GOD. · a. He is the Bleffed God who is for ever Happy. In his Presence is fulness of Joy, and at his Right Hand there are Pleasures for ever more. c. Can a Man be profitable unto God? Or is it a Gain to him that thou makest thy way perfect? Thy Wickedness may hurt a Man as thou art, and thy Righteousness may profit the Son of Man; but if thou finneft, what dost thou against him? Or if thy Tranfgreffions be multiplied, what doft thou unto him? And if thou be Righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy Hand? d. Thy Goodness extendeth not to him. Hi KNOWLEDGE. e. The Lord is a God of Knowledge and Judgment. f. He is perfect in Knowledge, and knoweth all things: His Understanding is infinite. (a) 1 Tim. I. II. (c) Job. 22. 2, 3. Job. 35. (e) 1 Sam. 2. 3. If. 30. 18. Joh. 3. 20. Pf. 147, 5. D (b) Pf. 16. 11. 2. God |