. Discourses on various subjects, by the late Reverend John Leland, : with a preface, giving some account of the life, character, and writings of the Author. nts and Thankfgivings for all the Mer-cies we enjoy; and we muft, as far as inus lieth, celebrate his tranfcendent Excel-lencies and Perfections, in folemn Ad:s ofPraife, which is one of the nobleft Exer-cifes in which we can be engaged. Finally, we fhould be earneftly defirousto honour him in the World in the generalCourfe of our Pracftice, doing every Thingwe do in a Subordination to his Glory,and fetting this before us, as our fup
. Discourses on various subjects, by the late Reverend John Leland, : with a preface, giving some account of the life, character, and writings of the Author. nts and Thankfgivings for all the Mer-cies we enjoy; and we muft, as far as inus lieth, celebrate his tranfcendent Excel-lencies and Perfections, in folemn Ad:s ofPraife, which is one of the nobleft Exer-cifes in which we can be engaged. Finally, we fhould be earneftly defirousto honour him in the World in the generalCourfe of our Pracftice, doing every Thingwe do in a Subordination to his Glory,and fetting this before us, as our fupremegoverning End. And v/e fhould afpire torefemble him as far as he is imitable byinch Creatures as we are, in his admirable moral 76 DISCOURSE III. moral Excellencies, his Wifdom, Good-jiefs, Holinefs, - Juftice, and Truth. Torefemble him in thefe is the higheft Glo-ry and Felicity of our Nature, and thegreater Advances we make in fuch a Con-formity to the Deity, the more will hedelight in us, and the more meet ftiallwe be rendered for that bleffed State, wherewe hope fo to behold his Face in Righte-oufnefs, as to be perfectly fatisfied withhis On On the Eternity cf God. DISCOURSE IV. Psalm xc. 2. Before the Mountains were brought forth^ orever thou hadjl formed the Earth, or theWorld, even from everlafing to everlafl-^ing thou art God, IT is of high Importance to us, to en-deavour to get our Minds habitually fill-ed and pofleffed with juft and exalted Sen-timents of the Supreme Being. For thefehave a natural Tendency to produce in usdevout Aftedions and Difpofitions towardshim, and thereby lay a Foundation for aholy and virtuous Pradlice. Some of thedivine Attributes, efpecially his amiable moral4 78 DISCOURSE IV. moral Excellencies, are of fuch a Nature,that they are propofed to us as the Objedlsof our Iinitation ; and to afpire to a Con-formity to him in them, as far as we arecapable of attaining to it, is our Privilegeand Glory as v^^ell as Duty. But thereare o
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