Two dissertations, I. Concerning the end for which God created the world. II. The…

As particularly, God's name is in like manner spoken of, as the end of his acts of goodness towards the good part of the moral world, and of his works of mercy and salvation towards his people. As 1 Sam. 12. 22. "The Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake." Psal. 23. 3. "He restoreth my soul, he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake." Psal. 31. 3. "For thy name's sake lead me, and guide me." Psal. 109. 21. "But do thou for me,—for thy name's sake." The forgiveness of sin in particular, is often spoken of as being for God's name's sake. 1 Joh. 2. 12. "I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake." Psal. 25. 11. "For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great." Psal. 79. 9. "Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name, and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake." Jer. 14. 7. "O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake."

THESE things seem to show, that the salvation of Christ is for God's name's sake. Leading and guiding in the way of safety and happiness, restoring the soul, the forgiveness of sin, and that help, deliverance and salvation, that is consequent thereon, is for God's name. And here 'tis observable, that those two great temporal salvations of God's people, the redemption from Egypt, and that from Babylon, that are often represented as figures and similitudes of the redemption of Christ, are frequently spoken of as being wrought for God's name's sake. So is that great work of God, in delivering his people from Egypt, carrying them through the wilderness to their rest in Canaan.