I. '"^Deut. VI. 4.' Hear, O Israel ;

llie Lord our God is- one I.o; 1. 1 4,'or, viii. 4. As concerning there- fore the eating of those- things thait are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we kuowthat an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. Verse 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and vv-e in him ; and one Lord Jcsu* Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
bl Thess. i. 9. For they them- selves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and tow ye turned to God from idol.-?, to serve the living and true God. Jer.x^JO. But the Lord \% the true
God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King.
^ Job. xi. 7. Canst thou by searching find out God .' canst thou fnid out the Almighty unto perfection 1 Ver. 8. Ft is as high as heaven, what canst thou do } deeper than Jiell, what can.st thou know } Ver. is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job xxvi. 14. Lo, these are parts of his ways ; but how little a portion is heard of him \ but the thun- der of his-jwjwer who can understand?
d John iv. 24. G and they that -worship him, must vsKjrship him in spiritand in truth.
^ 1 Tim- i. 17. Now unto the' Kihg eternal, iinmortal, invisible, thcJ only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
f Dc'Ut. iv. 1 5. Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves-, (for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spakt -unto you in Horeb, out of the midst of the fire,) Vea*. 1 6. Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a grave!) image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female. John iv. 24. God is a Spirit ; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. With Luke xxiv. sy; Be-i hold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself ; handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, a? ye see me have. ■
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people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying, in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness ©f men. Ver. 15. And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein.
h James i. 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and Cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variable- ness, neither shadow of turning. Mai. iii. 6. For I am the Lord, I change not : therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
i 1 Kings viii. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house that I have builded .' 3er xxiii. 23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Ver. 24. Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord : do not I fill heaven and earth .' saith the Lord.
k Psal. xc. 2. Before the moun- tains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. 1 Tim. i. 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wiie God, be honour and glory for ever imd ever. Amen,
I Psal. cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
"^ Gen. xvii. ] . And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Rev. iv. 8. And the four beasts had each of them six wings aborft him ; and they were full of eyes within : and they rest not day and night, saying. Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
" Rom. xvi. 27. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever, Am.en,
^ Isa. vi. .'3. And one cried unto another, and said. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8. [See letter "^ jm7nediatcly fongolng^
f Psal. cxv. 3. But our God is in the heavens : he hath done whatso- ever iie pleaseth.
^ Exod. iii. 14. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM : and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
*" Eph. i. n , In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being pre- destinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.
^ Prov. xvi. 4. The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Rom. xi. 36. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whojii be glory for ever, Araeii.
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loving S gracious, merciful, long-suffering, a])untlant in goodness and truth, forgiving initjuity, transgression, and sin " ; the rewarder of them that diligently seek him ^ ; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments " ; hating all sin ^, and who will hy no means clear the guilty ',