One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on Psalm 119

Every manifestation of God hath signatures and characters of God enough upon it to show from whence it came. The Creation is a manifestation of God; now whoever looks upon it seriously and considerately, may find. God there, may track him by his foot-prints, By the things which are made, his invisible being and power, Rom. 1. 20. The Creation discovers it self to be of God, and if the lower testimony hath plain evidences, much more the Gospel: why? for he hath magnified his word above all his name, Psal. 138. 2. The name of God is that by which he is made known. Now there are more sensible Characters and impressions of God left upon the word that doth evidence it to be of God, than upon any part of his name.

Every manifestation of God hath signatures and characters of God enough upon it to shew from whence it came. The Creation is a manifestation of God; now whoever looks upon it seriously and considerately, may find. God there, may track him by his foot-prints, By the things which are made, his invisible being and power, Rom. 1. 20. The Creation discovers it self to be of God, and if the lower testimony hath plain evidences, much more the Gospel: why? for he hath magnified his word above all his name, Psal. 138. 2. The name of God is that by which he is made known. Now there are more sensible Characters and impressions of God left upon the word that doth evidence it to be of God, than upon any part of his name.

3. This advantage we have by this notion, a testimony is a ground of self-examination, or a Rule whereby we may judg of our state and actions; for it witnesseth not only de jure, what we must do; or de eventu, what we may expect; but de facto, whether we do good or evil, what we are, and what we may look for from God upon our obedience or disobedience,