pture, is the Scripture it felf; and therefore, when there is a Question about the true and full Senfe of any Scripture, (which is not manifold, but one) it muft be fearched and known by other Places that speak more clearly ".

X. The fupreme Judge, by which all Controverfies of Religion are to be determined, and all Decrees of Councils, Opinions of ancient Writers, Doarines of Men, and private Spirits are to be examined, and in whofe Sentence we are to reft; can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture 2.

Of God, and of the Holy Trinity.
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&tionc, IX. 2 Pet.1.20. Knowing this hirft, foundation of the apoftles and prothat no prophecy of the fcripture, is of any private interpretation. 7. 21. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God fpake as they were moved by the holy Ghoft. Acts 15. 15. And to this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written, v. 16. After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down, and I will build again the ruines thereof, and

phets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-ftone, With Acts 28. 25. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well fpake the holy Ghost by Efaias the prophet unto our fathers.

I will fet it up.

X. Matth.22.29. Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the fcriptures, nor the power of God. v. 31. But as touching the refurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was fpoken unto you by God, faying. Ephef. 2. 20. And are built upon the

I. Deut. 6. 4. Hear, O Ifrael,the Lord our God is one Lord. 1 Cor.8.4. As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in facrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world,and that there is none other God but one. v. 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jefus Chrift by whom are all things, and we by him.

b 1 Thef. 1.9. For they themselves

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Яion, a moft pure Spirit, Invifible, without Body, Parts, or Paffions 8, Immutable h, Immenfe, Eternal *, Incomprehenfible, Almightym, shew of us, what manner of entring people faw what Paul had done,they in we had unto you, and how ye lift up their voices, faying in the turned to God from idols, to ferve fpeech of Lycaonia, The gods are the living and true God. Jer. 10. 1o. come down to us in the likeness But the Lord is the true God, he is of men.v. 15. And faying, Sirs, the living God, and an everlasting why do ye these things We alfo King. are men of like paffions with you, and preach unto you, that ye fhould turn from thefe vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth, and the fea, and all things that are therein.

Job 11. 7. Canft thou by searching find out God? canft thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? v. 8. It is as high as heaven, what canft thou do? deeper than hell, what canft thou know? v. 9. The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the fea. Job 26. 14: Lo, thefe are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

d John 4. 24 God is a Spirit, and they that worship him, muft worfhip him in fpirit and in truth. 51 Tim. 1. 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wife God, be honour and glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

f Deut. 4. 15. Take ye therefore good heed unto your felves, for ýe faw no manner of fimilitude on the day that the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb, out of the midst of the fire. . 16. Left ye corrupt your felves, and make you a graven image, the fimilitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female. John 4. 24. God is a Spirit, and they that worship him,muft worship him in fpirit and in truth. With Luke 24.39. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I my felf: handle me, and fee, for a fpirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye fee me have.

8 Acts 14. 11. And when the

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Jam. 1. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down fromthe Father of lights, with whom is no variablenefs, neither thadow of turning. Mal. 3. 6. For I am the Lord, I change not: therefore ye fons of Jacob are not confumed.

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1 Kings 8. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much iefs this houfe that I have builded? Jer. 23. 23. Am la God at hand, faith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

24. Can any hide himself in secret places, that I fhall not see him! faith the Lord: do not I fill heaven and earth? faith the Lord.

k. Pfalm 90. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadft formed the earth and the world,even from everlafting to everlafting, thou art God. 1 Tim. 1. 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invifible, the only wife God, be honour and glory,for ever and ever. Amen.

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Pfalm 145.3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unfearchable.

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ty", moft Wife", moft Holy, moft Free?, most Abfolute, working all things according to the Counfel of his own immutable and moft righteous Will*, for his own Glory, moft Loving, Gracious, Mérciful, Long-fuffering, abundant in Goodness and Truth, forgiving Iniquity, Tranfgreffion and Sin '; the Rewarder of them that diligently feek him "; and withal most Juft and Terrible in his Judgments*, hating

Ifa. 6. 3. And one cried unto another and faid, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hofts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. 4. 8. [See letter m immediately foregoing. ]

Pfalm 115.3. But our God is in the heavens, he hath done whatsoever he pleaseth.

Exod. 3. 14. And God faid unto Mofes, I AM THAT I AM: And he said, Thus fhalt thou fay unto the children of Ifrael, I AM hath fent me unto you.

Eph. 1. 11. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance,being predeftinated according to the purpofe of him, who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.

Prov. 16. 4. The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea,

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even the wicked for the day of evil. Rom. 11. 36. For of him, and through him, and to him are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.

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1 John 4. 8. He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. v. 16. And we have known and be lieved the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Exod. 34.6. And the Lord paffed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-fuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7.7. Keeping mercy for thoufands, forgiving iniquity and tranfgreffion and fin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the childrens children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

W Heb. II. 6. But without faith it is impoffible for to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently feek him.

* Nehem. 9. 32. Now therefore our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepeft covenant and mercy; let not all the trouble feem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings,

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hating all Sin y, and who will by no means clear the Guilty".

II. God hath all Life, Glory, Goodness, Bleffedness, in, and of himself; and is alone in,and unto himself All-fufficient, not ftanding in need of any Creatures which he hath made, nor deriving any Glory from them, but only manifefting his own Glory, in, by, unto, and upon them: He is the

on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, fince the time of the kings of Affyria, unto this day. v. 33. Howbeit,thou art juft in all that is brought upon us; for thou haft done right, but we have done wickedly."

Y Pfalm s. s. The foolish shall not ftand in thy fight: thou hateft all workers of iniquity.. v. 6. Thou fhalt deftroy them that fpeak leafing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

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ven to the Son to have life in himself.

b Acts 7. 2. And he faid, Mex, brethren, and fathers hearken, The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mefopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran.

Pfalm 119.68. Thou art good, and doft good; teach me thy ftatutes.

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d 1 Tim. 6, 15. Which in his times he fhall fhew, who is the bleffed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Rom. 9. 5. Whofe are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Chrift came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

e Acts 17. 24. God that made the world, and all things therein, feeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands: v. 25. Neither is worfhipped with mens hands, as though he needed any thing, feeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.

z Nahum 1. 2. God is jealous,and the Lord revengeth, the Lord revengeth and is furious, the Lord will take vengeance on his adverfaries; and he referveth wrath for his enemies. v. 3. The Lord is flow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the ftorm, and the clouds are the duft of his feet. Exod. 34.7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and tranfgreffion and fin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; vifiting the Job 22. 2. Can a man be proiniquity of the fathers upon the fitable unto God, as he that is wife children, and upon the childrens may be profitable unto himself? children, unto the third and to the v. 3. Is it any pleasure to the Alfourth generation. mighty that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

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II. John 5.26. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he gi

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alone Fountain of all Being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things, and hath moft fovereign Dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever himself pleaseth ". In his Sight all things are open and manifeft, his Knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the Creature, fo as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain. He is moft holy in all his Counfels, in all his Works, and in all his Commands m. To him is due from Angels and Men, and every other Creature, whatfoever Worship, Service, or Obedience he is pleased to require of them".

& Rom. 11. 36. For of him, and through him, and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

h Revel. 4. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are, and were created. 1 Tim. 6. 15. [See letter & immediately foregoing.] Daniel 4:25. That they fhall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling fhall be with the beafts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grafs as oxen, and they fhall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and feven times fhall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomfoever he will. 7.35. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or fay unto him, What doft thou?

Heb. 4. 13. Neither is there any creature that is not manifeft in his

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fight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Rom. 11.33. O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways paft finding out! v. 34. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counfeller? Pfalm 147. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Acts 15. 18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Ezek. 11. 5. And the fpirit of the Lord fell upon me, and faid unto me, Speak,Thus faith the Lord, Thus have ye faid, O houfe of Ifrael: for I know the things that come into your mind every one of them.

Pfalm 145. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Rom. 7.12. Wherefore the law is holy; and the commandment holy, and juft,and good. Rev. 5, 12. Saying with a loud

voice,