A27107:91
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The third name is Jah, which as it comes of the same root, so is it the contract of Jehovah, and signifieth Lord, because he is the* beginning and Being of Beings. It is aa name for the most part, ascribed unto God, when some notable deliverance or benefit comes to pass according to his former promise: and therefore all Creatures in Heaven and Earth, are commanded to celebrate and praise God in this Name Jah.
- *Deus est causa causarum & Ens•entium.
- aPsal. 68. 19 Psal. 101. 18. Psal. 106. 1, 48. Ps. 111. 1, &c. Ps. 112. 1, &c. Psal. 113. 1, 9. Psal. 115. 17, 18. Psal. 116. 19. Psal. 118. 5, 14. Psal. 125. 34. Junius in Eirenico.
The fourth is [Greek or Hebrew], Lord, used often in the New Testament: for [Greek or Hebrew], or [Greek or Hebrew], ⟨p. 18⟩signifieth I am. Hence [Greek or Hebrew], signifieth the first Essence of a thing, or authority, when it is absolutely given to God, it answereth to the Hebrew name Jehovah, and is so translated by the seventy Interpreters: for God is so a Lord, that he is of