The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

And he said, Thus shalt thou say to the Children of Israel, EHIEH (that is, I am) hath sent me unto you. Again, God said to MOSES, Thus shalt thou say unto the Children of Israel, JEHOVAH the God of your fathers, the God of ABRAHAM, the God of ISAAC, and the God of JACOB hath sent me unto you. This is my Name for ever, and this is my Memorial unto all Ages. Of the other, we read, Psal. 68. 5. Exalt him for his Name JAH.

And he said, Thus shalt thou say to the Children of Israel, EHIEH (that is, I am) hath sent me vnto you. Againe, God said to MOSES, Thus shalt thou say vnto the Children of Israel, IEHOVAH the God of your fathers, the God of ABRAHAM, the God of ISACK, and the God of IACOB hath sent me vnto you. This is my Name for euer, and this is my Memoriall vnto all Ages. Of the other, we reade, Psal. 68. 5. Exalt him for his Name IAH.

It is most certain, that ^bthe name of a thing (if it be rightly given) serveth to set out the true nature & property of the thing, wherein consisted a great part of that wisdom which was in Adam, who ^cgave apt and fit names to all the Beasts of the Field, and to all the Fowls of the Air, according to their quality and condition: much more is the same to be thought of, this Name which the most wise God taketh to him, and is never given to any Creature, Man, nor Angel, to Temple, Sanctuary, nor any holy place else, not so much as in a Sacramental signification, if the places seeming to serve for that purpose be rightly scanned. These words therefore do truly and perfectly comprehend that back part of his, or ^dwhatsoever may be known of God, so far as our slender capacity is able to reach. For first, hereby appeareth that all that is, is in him subsistence, life, understanding, will, holiness, happiness, and whatsoever else: all proper to him, all his, and cometh from him: all essential unto him, and of his nature: all infinite, eternal, and unchangeable. Or to speak more plain, in that he is Being, first, he must needs have in himself the very life, soul and perfection of all things that be, subsistence, life, understanding, will, holiness, happiness, and whatsoever else. Secondly, all this he hath infinitely, for what can be imagined, where Being should be excluded? Thirdly, nothing is in him but essential and of his nature, for all is his Being. Fourthly,