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no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. V. 20. Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standeft by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear. 2 Pet. 1. 10. [See letter immediately foregoing.] Rom. viii. 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God'select? It is God that juftifieth. Luke x. 20. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you: but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

I. Heb. i. 2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. John i. 2. The fame was in the beginning with God. V. 3. All things were madeby him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Gen. i. 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked ferpent. Job xxxiii. 4. The Spirit of God hath made, me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

b Rom. i. 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

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being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; fo that they are without excufe. Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his difcretion. Pfal. civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom haft thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. Pfal. xxxii. 5. He loveth righ teousiness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. V. 6. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

[The whole First Chapter of Gen.] Heb. xi. 3. Through faith we understood that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Col. i. 16. For by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him, and for him. Acts xvii. 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.

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II. Gen. i. 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them. Gen. ii. 7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his noftrils the breath of life; and man became a living foul. With Eccl. xii. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. And Luke xxiii. 43. And Jesus faid unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And Mat. x. 28. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the foul: but rather fear him which is able to deftroy both foul and body in hell.

f Gen. i. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the fea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Col. iii. 10. And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him. Eph. iv. 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 8 Rom. ii. 14. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law,

do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: V. 15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their confcience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or elfe excufing one another.

h Eccl. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

i Gen. iii. 6. And when the woman faw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be defired to make one wife; she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Eccl. vii. 29. [See letter immediately foregoing.]

k Gen. ii. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt furely die. Gen. iii. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: da and Adam and his wife hid themfelves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. V. 9. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou ? V. ro. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden: and

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and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. V. 11. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Haft thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? V. 23. Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

1 Gen. i. 26. And God faid, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. V.28. And God blessed them; and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and fubdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the fea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

I. Heb. i. 3. Who, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our fins, fat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

b Dan. iv. 34. And, at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most

prove High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting domfnion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. V. 3 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or fay un to him, What doest thou? Pfal. cxxxv. 6. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Acts xvii. 25. Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, feeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things. V. 26. And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. V. 28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have faid, For we are also his offspring. Job, Chapters xxxviii, xxxix, xl, xli.

Matth. x. 29. Are not two sparrows fold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. V. 30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. V. 31. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many fparrows.

d Prov. xv. 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Pfal. civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom haft thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches. Pfal. cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Acts xv. 18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Pfal. xciv. 8. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and, ye fools, when will ye be wife? V. 9. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? V. 10. He that chastiseth the Heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? V. 11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

f Eph. i. 11. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predeftinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel ofhis own will. Pfal. xxxiii. 10. The Lord bringeth the counsel of the Heathen to nought: he makeththedevices of the people of none effect. V. 11. The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

* Ifaiah Ixiii. 14. As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to reft; ft; fo so didst thou lead thy people,

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to make thyself a glorious name. Eph. iii. 10. To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the churchthe manifold wifdom of God. Rom. ix. 17. For the scripture faith unto Pharaoh, Even for this fame purpose have I raifed thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Gen. xlv. 7. And God fent me before you, to preserve you a pofterity in the earth, and to fave your lives by a great deliverance, Pfal. cxlv. 7. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall fing of thy righteoufness.

II. h Acts ii. 23. Him, being delivered by the determinate counfel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and flain.

i Gen. viii. 22. While the earth remaineth, feed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Jer. xxxi. 35. Thus faith the Lord, which giveth the fun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night; which divideth the fea, when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hofts is his name. Exod. xxi. 13. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him

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into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. With Deut. xix. 5. As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head flippeth from the helve, and lighteth 'upon his neighbour that he die: he shall flee unto one of those cities and live. 1 Kings xxii. 28. And Micaiah faid, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he faid, Hearken, O people, every one of you. V. 34. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Ifrael between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the hoft, for I am wounded. Ifa. x. 6. I will fend him against an hypocritical nation; and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. V. 7. Howbeit, he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few.

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to the centurion, and to the foldiers, Except these abide in the ship ye cannot be saved. V. 44. And the rest, some on boards, and fome on broken pieces of the ship: and fo it came to pass that they escaped all fafe to land. Ifaiah lv. 1o. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow, from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that

it may give feed to the fower and bread to the eater: V. 11. So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not re.. turn unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shail profper in the thing whereto I fent it. Hof. ii. 21. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, faith the Lord; I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; V. 22. And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and they shall hear Jezreel.

Hof. i. 7. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will fave them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by fword, nor by battle, by horfes, nor by horfemen. Matth. iv. 4. But he anfwered and faid, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Job xxxiv. 10. Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

m Rom. iv. 19. And being not weak in faith, he confidered not

his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb. V. 20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. V. 21. And being fully perfuaded, that what he had promised he was able alfo to perform.

2 Kings vi. 6. And the man of God faid, Where fell it? And he shewed