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

THE judgments God executes on the wicked, are spoken of as being for the sake of his name, in like manner as for his glory. Exod. 9. 16. "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth". Neh. 9. 10. "And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, & on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: so didst thou get thee a name as at this day".

THE judgments God executes on the wicked, are spoken of as being for the sake of his name, in like manner as for his glory. Exod. 9. 16. "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth". Neh. 9. 10. "And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, & on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewedst that they dealt proudly against them: so didst thou get thee a name as at this day".

AND this is spoken of as a consequence of the works of creation, in like manner as God's glory. Psal. 8. 1. "O Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens". And then at the conclusion ⟨p. 79⟩of the observations on the works of creation, the psalm ends thus (ver. 9.) "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth". So Psal. 148. 13. after a particular mention of the various works of creation, "Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is excellent in all the earth, his glory is above the earth and the heaven".