3. Now see the great Wrong you do to God in giving so little Credit to his Promises. You make God a Liar, 1 John 5.10. He that believeth not God, hath made him a Liar. But John 3.33. He that hath received his Testimony, hath set to his Seal that God is true. It is a great Dishonour to God not to receive God's Testimony; you put the Lie upon him, and so make him to be no God. You would not do so to your Equals. A Lie is the greatest Reproach, it rendereth a Man unfit for Society and Commerce. It is a fearful thing to make the God of Truth a Father of Lies. When God hath given his Word, and Oath, and Seals, all this while shall he not be believed? God never gave us cause to distrust him, he never failed in one Promise; all that have had to do with him, have found him a faithful God. Nebuchadnezzar doth him this Honour and Right after he had tasted of the Whip, and was again restored to the Use of Reason; Dan. 4.37. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol, and honour the King of Heaven, all whose Works are Truth; not only Justice, but Truth, not only as I deserved, but as he foretold. It is a Shame that you have made no Observations upon Providence, that you may give it under Hand and Seal, that God is true and faithful. God expecteth such a Testimony from his People; all that have long had to do with him, have found him a true God both in a way of Justice and Mercy, that he ever stood to his Word. God cannot lie; Tit. 1.2. In Hope of eternal Life, which God that cannot lie promised before the World began. God can do all things that argue Power and Perfection of Nature, but he cannot lie, for that argueth Weakness and Impotency▪ 2 Tim. 2.13. If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful, he cannot deny himself: he should then cease to be God. He is Truth it self, the primitive and supreme Truth, the Original Author of all Truth: If he should not be true, who should be so?
3. Now see the great Wrong you do to God in giving so little Credit to his Promises. You make God a Liar, 1 Iohn 5.10. He that believeth not God, hath made him a Liar. But Iohn 3.33. He that hath received his Testimony, hath set to his Seal that God is true. It is a great Dishonour to God not to receive God's Testimony; you put the Lie upon him, and so make him to be no God. You would not do so to your Equals. A Lie is the greatest Reproach, it rendreth a Man unfit for Society and Commerce. It is a fearful thing to make the God of Truth a Father of Lies. When God hath given his Word, and Oath, and Seals, all this while shall he not be believed? God never gave us cause to distrust him, he never failed in one Promise; all that have had to do with him, have found him a faithful God. Nebuchadnezzar doth him this Honour and Right after he had tasted of the Whip, and was again restored to the Use of Reason; Dan. 4.37. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol, and honour the King of Heaven, all whose Works are Truth; not only Justice, but Truth, not only as I deserved, but as he foretold. It is a Shame that you have made no Observations upon Providence, that you may give it under Hand and Seal, that God is true and faithful. God expecteth such a Testimony from his People; all that have long had to do with him, have found him a true God both in a way of Justice and Mercy, that he ever stood to his Word. God cannot lie; Tit. 1.2. In Hope of eternal Life, which God that cannot lie promised before the World began. God can do all things that argue Power and Perfection of Nature, but he cannot lie, for that argueth Weakness and Impotency▪ 2 Tim. 2.13. If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful, he cannot deny himself: he should then cease to be God. He is Truth it self, the primitive and supream Truth, the Original Author of all Truth: If he should not be true, who should be so?
