thine eternal power and godhead; fo that they are fools, without excufe, who fay there is no God; for verily there is a reward for the righteous, verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth,

and in heaven too.

We therefore come to thee, believing that thou. art, and that thou art the powerful and bountiful rewarder of them that diligently feek thee.

Yet we must own his nature to be incomprehenfible. We cannot by fearching find out God, we cannot find out the Almighty unto perfection.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praifed, and his greatnefs is unfearchable.

Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can fhew forth all his praife?

And his perfections to be matchlefs, and without compare.

Who is a God like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praifes, doing wonders?

Who in the heavens can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the fons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? O Lord God of Hofts, who is a ftrong Lord like unto thee, or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Among the Gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord, neither are there any works like unto thy works; for thou art great, and dost wonderous things; thou art God alone.

There is not any creature that has an arm like God, or can thunder with a voice like him.

And that he is infinitely above us, and all other beings.

Thou art God, and not man; haft not eyes of flesh, nor feeft as man feeth: Thy days are not as the days of man, nor thy years as mans days.

As heaven is high above the earth, fo are thy thoughts above our thoughts, and thy ways above our

ways.

All nations before thee are as a drop of the bucket, or the small duft of the ballance, and thou takeft up the ifles as a very little thing: They are as nothing, and are counted to thee less than nothing, and va

nity.

Particularly in our adorations we must acknowledge, 1. That he is an eternal immutable God, without beginning of days, or end of life, or change of

time.

Thou art the King eternal, immortal, invifible.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlafting thou art God; the fame. yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

Of old haft thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands: They fhall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them hall wax old, like a garment, as a vefture fhalt thou change them, and they fhall be changed; but thou art the fame, and thy years fhall have no end.

Thou art God, and changest not; therefore is it that we are not confumed.

Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord our God, our Holy One? The everlasting God, even the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth, who fainteft not, neither art weary; there is no fearching out of thine understanding.

2. That he is present in all places, and there is no place in which he is included, or out of which he is excluded..

Thou art a God at hand, and a God afar off; none. can hide himself in fecret places that thou canst not fee him, for thou fillest heaven and earth..

Thou art not far from every one of us..

We cannot go any whither from thy prefence, or flie from thy fpirit: If we afcend into heaven, thou art there; if we make our bed in hell, in the depths of the earth, behold thou art there; if we take the

wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermoft parts of the fea, even there fhail thy hand lead us, and thy right hand fhall hold us, that we cannot outrun thee.

3. That he hath perfect knowledge of all perfons and things, and fees them all, even that which is moft fecret, at one clear, certain, and unerring view.

All things are naked and open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do; even the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Thine eyes are in every place, beholding the evil and the good; they run to and fro through the earth, that thou mayeft fhew thyself strong on the behalf of those whofe hearts are upright with thee.

Thou fearcheft the heart, and tryeft the reins, that thou mayeft give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

O God, thou haft fearched us, and known us, thou knoweft our down fitting and our uprifing, and underftandeft our thoughts affar off: Thou compaffeft our path and our 'lying-down, and art acquainted with all our ways: There is not a word in our tongue, but to! O Lord, thou knoweft it altogether. Such knowledge is too wonderful for us, it is high, we cannot attain unto it. Darkness and light are both alike to thee.

4. That his wifdom is unfearchable, and the counfels and defigns of it cannot be fathomed.

Thine understanding, O Lord, is infinite, for thou telleft the number of the ftars, and callest them all by their names.

Thou art wonderful in counfel, and excellent in working, wife in heart, and mighty in ftrength.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wifdom haft thou made them all; all according to the counfel of thine own will..

O the depth of the wifdom and knowledge of God! How unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out.

5. That his fovereignty is unconteftable, and he is the owner and abfolute Lord of all.

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The heavens, even the heavens are thine, and all the hofts of them. The earth is thine, and the fulness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein. In thy hand are the deep places of the earth, and the ftrength of the hills is thine alfo: The fea is thine, for thou madeft it, and thy hands formed the dry land: All the beats of the foreft are thine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills: Thou art therefore a great God, and a great king, above all gods.

In thy hand is the foul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Thy dominion is an everlafting dominion, and thy kingdom is from generation to generation: Thou dost according to thy will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can ftay thy hand, or fay unto thee, what doft thou? or, Why doeft thou fo?

6. That his power is irresistible, and the operations of it cannot be controuled.

We know, O God, that thou can do every thing, and that no thought can be witholden from thee Power belongs to thee; and with thee nothing is impoffible.

All power is thine, both in heaven and in earth. Thou killeft, and thou makeft alive; thou woundest and thou healeft; neither is there any that can deliver out of thy hand.

What thou haft promifed thou art able alfo to perform.

7. That he is a God of unfpotted purity and perfect rectitude.

Thou art holy, O thou that inhabiteft the praises of Ifrael Holy and reverend is thy name; and we give thanks at the remembrance of thy holinefs.

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity; neither fhall evil dwell with thee.

Thou art the rock, thy work is perfect; all thy ways are truth and judgment; a God of truth, and in whom there is no iniquity. Thou art our rock, and there is no unrighteoufnefs in thee.

Thou art holy in all thy works, and holiness becomes thy houfe, O Lord, for ever.

8. That he is just in the adminiftration of his government, and never did, nor ever will do wrong to any of his creatures.

Righteous art thou, O God, when we plead with thee, and wilt be juftified when thou speakest, and clear when thou judgeft.

Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he fhould commit iniquity; for the work of a man fhall he render unto hira.

Thy righteoufnefs is as the great mountains, even then when thy judgments are a great deep! And, though clouds and darkness are round about thee, yet judgment and justice are the habitation of thy

throne.

9. That this truth is inviolable, and the treasures of his goodness inexhaustible.

Thou art good, and thy mercy endures for ever. Thy loving kindness is great towards us, and thy truth endureth to all generations.

Thou haft proclaimed thy name: The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, flow to anger, abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, tranfgreffion and fin. And this name of thine is our strong tower.

Thou art good, and doft good; good to all, and thy tender mercy is over all thy works. But truly God is in a special manner good to Ifrael, even to them that are of a clean heart.

O that thou wouldft caufe thy goodness to pass before us; that we may tafte and fee that the Lord is good; and his loving kindness may be always before our eyes.