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but_o jehovah_n only_o be_v the_o most_o high_a eccles_n 5.8_o he_o that_o be_v high_a than_o the_o high_a consider_v for_o the_o explication_n of_o this_o doctrine_n the_o truth_n of_o it_o will_v be_v evident_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o true_a god_n and_o compare_v he_o with_o the_o high_a and_o most_o excellent_a in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n 1._o in_o his_o be_v 2._o in_o his_o attribute_n 3._o in_o his_o work_n 4._o in_o his_o word_n 1._o god_n be_v incomparable_a in_o his_o be_v god_n have_v not_o only_o a_o be_v but_o a_o excellency_n in_o his_o be_v therefore_o he_o be_v call_v his_o excellency_n shall_v not_o his_o excellency_n make_v you_o afraid_a job_n 13.11_o and_o he_o be_v say_v alone_o to_o be_v excellent_a thy_o name_n alone_o be_v excellent_a psal_n 148.13_o by_o name_n be_v mean_v sometime_o any_o thing_n whereby_o god_n make_v himself_o know_v exod._n 20.7_o but_o here_o the_o be_v of_o god_n or_o god_n himself_o as_o prov._n 18.10_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n 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the_o divine_a be_v will_v appear_v in_o several_a particular_n 1._o his_o be_v be_v from_o himself_o no_o be_v in_o the_o world_n beside_o he_o be_v its_o own_o cause_n or_o original_a angel_n man_n the_o high_a yea_o the_o low_a creature_n be_v derivative_a being_n they_o have_v what_o they_o be_v from_o another_o even_o from_o god_n they_o be_v drop_n that_o flow_v from_o the_o ocean_n of_o all_o being_n they_o be_v ray_n derive_v from_o the_o sun_n the_o fountain_n of_o light_n and_o entity_n the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o that_o man_n be_v behold_v to_o god_n for_o their_o being_n act_v 17.28_o in_o he_o we_o have_v our_o being_n they_o be_v nothing_o till_o he_o speak_v they_o into_o something_o he_o form_v and_o fashion_v their_o body_n psal_n 139._o 13_o 14_o 15._o he_o create_v and_o infuse_v their_o soul_n he_o put_v that_o heavenborn_a inhabitant_n into_o the_o house_n of_o clay_n gen._n 2.7_o job_n 10.11_o 12._o the_o whole_a visible_a world_n be_v his_o workmanship_n act_v 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not_o in_o their_o intention_n and_o purpose_n yet_o in_o his_o intention_n and_o by_o his_o wise_a powerful_a government_n of_o they_o and_o their_o practice_n prov._n 16.4_o the_o lord_n make_v all_o thing_n for_o himself_o even_o the_o wicked_a for_o the_o day_n of_o slaughter_n good_a being_n be_v for_o he_o intentional_o and_o evil_a being_n be_v for_o he_o eventual_o nay_o all_o being_n be_v for_o he_o of_o he_o and_o through_o he_o and_o for_o he_o be_v all_o thing_n rom._n 11.36_o but_o god_n be_v altogether_o for_o himself_o as_o his_o high_a end_n and_o not_o for_o any_o other_o he_o be_v his_o own_o end_n as_o well_o as_o
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he_o understand_v and_o know_v i_o that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o jewel_n that_o a_o man_n may_v boast_v of_o and_o glory_n in_o that_o he_o know_v i_o that_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v a_o excellency_n in_o all_o knowledge_n knowledge_n be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o direct_v it_o in_o its_o motion_n it_o be_v the_o lamp_n the_o light_n of_o the_o soul_n set_v up_o by_o god_n himself_o to_o guide_v it_o in_o its_o action_n the_o understanding_n of_o man_n be_v the_o candle_n of_o the_o lord_n prov._n 20.27_o without_o knowledge_n the_o soul_n be_v but_o a_o dungeon_n of_o darkness_n and_o blackness_n full_a of_o confusion_n and_o terror_n but_o there_o be_v a_o incomparable_a excellency_n in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o incomparable_a god_n the_o object_n do_v elevate_v and_o heighten_v the_o act_n there_o be_v a_o vast_a difference_n between_o the_o knowledge_n of_o earthly_a thing_n and_o heavenly_a thing_n between_o the_o knowledge_n 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