The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . ervantJohn. The Father is never brought in as fpeak-ing; our Lord claims \t to himfelf: He that tefli-ch. xxiLfies thefe things faith. Behold J come quickly. And i^- .who was this< you will find, firft, by whathelaith of himfelf, ver. 17. I am Alpha and Omega^the beginning and the ending, the firfl and the then, by the reply the church makes to him,Amen, even fo come Lord Jefks, This book repre
The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . ervantJohn. The Father is never brought in as fpeak-ing; our Lord claims \t to himfelf: He that tefli-ch. xxiLfies thefe things faith. Behold J come quickly. And i^- .who was this< you will find, firft, by whathelaith of himfelf, ver. 17. I am Alpha and Omega^the beginning and the ending, the firfl and the then, by the reply the church makes to him,Amen, even fo come Lord Jefks, This book repre-fents his government in the world, and thereforewe muft not dare to exclude him from thofe prai-fes: Tfe give thee thanks, 0 Lord Cod Almightyywhich art, and ivaft, and art to come, becaufe thouhafl taken to thee thy great power, and reign d. Norare thefe titles to be feparated, Great and thy workl^ Lord God Almighty, jtifl and true are 41 666 God received up into Glory. all thy TvaySy thou King of Saints. The voices of themultitude in the heaven, and the mighty thun-derings are directed to him under this name, ThsJjord God omnipotent reigneth. tJt S E R M O N XLVI. J. E all along read of the great God,that his truth endures for ever :He is not a man that he fhould lye,nor the fin of man that he JJ:ouldrepent. The flrength of IJrael will SER M. 4XLVI. Sam. XV. _ . 1^. not lye or repent, for he is not a man that he fJwuldrepent. I need not lead you into a great numberof Scriptures that give a teftimony to this perfec-tion in the Supreme Nature. Both the old andnew Teftament are crowded with *em; he that runsmay read. What I Ihall fix upon under this head,you will have in thefe two particulars. //>/?, Thateternal truth conveys to us the notion that weought to entertain of God. *Tis thus we are tothink of him. And Secondly^ That this attributewith equal fulnefs of words, with the fame undi-ftinguiihd phrafe comes in among the characterspr
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