An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

And then lastly, In this Name is signified thus much, ¹That the Lord will give a being unto all his Promises, and to all his Threatenings; And therefore when he did appear to Moses, to tell him that he would fulfil the Promise made to his people, to bring them out of Egypt, then he doth tell him that indeed, though he did appear to Abraham by the name Elshaddai, God-All-sufficient, yet he did not appear to him by the name Jehovah, which is as much as if he should say, yea indeed, when I spake to Abraham, I made a Promise to him, that I would give him such a Land, and thus and thus, but I did not give a being to the Promises; but now I come to make way to the fulfilling of this Promise, now I appear to be Jehovah, thus Jehovah is Gods memorial, that is, every time you read of the name Jehovah, (it might very well be wished that the very word Jehovah had been kept in ²your English Translation, but almost always when you read the word Lord ^*it is Jehovah) every time therefore you read the name Jehovah, or hear that name, then you should meditate this, and contemplate of God, it will help your meditation of God very much, God Jehovah, the Lord he is a Being from himself, the First-being that is the Supreme of all, an Infinite being, that hath no bounds at all, it is he that is such a God as is of himself, whatsoever is in him it is his own Essence, it is his Being, an Eternal Being, and from whom all creatures have Being, and do depend, and it's he that will give a Being to all his Promises, so all his Threatenings, all this is contained in the Name Jehovah which is the memorial of God. And thus for the opening of these Two Names.

And then lastly, In this Name is signified thus much, ¹That the Lord will give a being unto all his Promises, and to all his Threatnings; And therefore when he did appear to Moses, to tell him that he would fulfil the Promise made to his people, to bring them out of Egypt, then he doth tell him that indeed, though he did appear to Abraham by the name Elshaddai, God-Alsufficient, yet he did not appear to him by the name Jehovah, which is as much as if he should say, yea indeed, when I spake to Abraham, I made a Promise to him, that I would give him such a Land, and thus and thus, but I did not give a being to the Promises; but now I come to make way to the fulfilling of this Promise, now I appear to be Jehovah, thus Jehovah is Gods memorial, that is, every time you reade of the name Jehovah, (it might very well be wish'd that the very word Jehovah had been kept in