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The third part of the Text is, the false reason of the mercy deposed, and that by way of Proclamation; Be it known unto ¹you O House of Israel, that it is not for your sakes that I doe this; Nec per vos, nec propter vos; Neither by you, nor for you; It is I, that do it, saith the Lord; and for my own names sake I do it; Not for your sakes. This Proclamation is very often inculcated for fear lest men should ascribe mercies to their own merits, which all are very apt to do. It is said in the 22. verse of this ²Chapter; Say unto the House of Israel; Thus saith the Lord, I do not this for your sakes O House of Israel, but for my holy names sake, which you have profaned among the heathen whither you went; Thus Ezekiel 20. 44. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my names sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doing•, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord; Thus also, Deuteronomy 9. 4. Speak not thou in thine heart (for many will think so in their hearts, though ashamed to speak it with their tongues) after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me to possess this Land; But for the wickedness of these Nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee; This is repeated again at the 5 verse, that it may not be forgotten; ⟨p. 17⟩Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess the land, &c. This is also again repeated verse 6. Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness, for thou art a stiffenecked people; And in the 7. verse he calls upon us to remember it, and not forget it. Hence observe,

The third part of the Text is, the false reason of the mercy deposed, and that by way of Proclamation; Be it knowne unto ¹you O House of Israel, that it is not for your sakes that I doe this; Nec per vos, nec propter vos; Neither by you, nor for you; It is I, that doe it, saith the Lord; and for my owne names sake I doe it; Not for your sakes. This Proclamation is very often inculcated for feare lest men should ascribe mercies to their owne merits, which all are very apt to doe. It is said in the 22. verse of this