Arthur Tremain, Esq; John Trewman of Exon. V. Elizabeth Vivien. W Mr. Westcot. Mr. Wrey, Rector of Tauftock, Charles Webber of Exon. Mark Western, Ufculm. Simon Worth. Τ Η Ε. Psalm SALM civ. 24. O Lord, how manifold are they Page 1 JOB xxviii. 28. And unto Man he said, Behold, the Fear of the Lord that is Wisdom, and to depart from Evil Gen. iii. xv. And I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy Seed and her Seed; it Jball bruise thy Head, and thou shalt bruise his Heel. 59 Acts ü. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to fee Cere Prov. iii. 27. Withhold not Good from them to whom it is due, when it is is the Power of thine Hand to do Eccles. vii. 10. Say not thou, What is the Cafe that the former Days were better than these? For thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. 209 GEN. iv. 10. And he faid, What haft thou done The 242 : Temperance, and Judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy Way for this Time, when I have a convenient Seafon I will call for thee. 259 Acts xxiv. 16. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a Conscience void of Offence towards God 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good Fight, I have finisd my Course, I have kept the Faith : Herceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me SE RM ON XV. 309 SERMON I.. PSALM civ. 24. Works! in Wisdom hast thou A CHAT there is a God, is a Propofi- Serm. self-evident demonftrative Truth, that to endeavour to prove it would be as needless an Undertaking, as that of a certain Philosopher, who fought out Arguments to prove his own Existence. . It is the Foundation of all Truth ; the great Hinge on which Religion turns; and upon the Certainty of it all moral Obligations depend, as likewise the universal Law of Nature, and the eternal and necessary Differences and Relations of Things. For God is the Original of all Things, without a Supposition of whose Being there is not any A Thing Serm. Thing whatsoever that can possibly be ac- counted for ; for if we could suppose God obdurate mist |