Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

2. It is built upon the All-sufficiency of his Power, whatsoever he hath promised to his people, he is able to perform it; men sometimes falsify their promises through the defects of ability to perform them; but God never out-promised himself; if he will work none can let, Isa. 43. 13. He can do whatsoever he pleaseth to do, Psal. 135. 6. The Holiness of his Nature engageth, and the Almightiness of his Power enables him to be Faithful.

2. It is built upon the All-sufficiency of his Power, whatsoever he hath promised to his people, he is able to perform it; men sometimes falsifie their promises through the defects of ability to perform them; but God never out-promised himself; if he will work none can lett, Isa. 43. 13. He can do whatsoever he pleaseth to do, Psal. 135. 6. The Holiness of his Nature engageth, and the Almightiness of his Power enables him to be Faithful.

3. The glory and Honour of his Name may assure us of his Faithfulness in making good the Promises, and all that good which is in the promises to a tittle; for wherever you find a Promise of God, you also find the Name and Honour of God given as security for the performance of it; and so his name hath ever been pleaded with him by his people, as a mighty argument to work for them, Joshua 7. 9. What wilt thou do to thy great name? q. d. Lord thine Honour is a thousand times more than our lives, it is no such great matter what becomes of us; but ah Lord it is of infinite concernment that the glory of thy Name be secured, and thy faithfulness kept pure and unspotted in the world. So again, Exod. 32. 11, 12. And ⟨p. 208⟩