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Show A CONFES.SIO.N OF :THE IF A .I T H. WRITTEN By the Right Honourable ~ F 2\. J :J\L C I S · 1l A C .o :1\('j Y3arGn of V.E R u LA. M; &c~ Believe, that Nothing is without beginning, but God: No Nature, no Matter, no Spirit, but one, onely, and the fame God. That God, as he is Eternally Almighty, Onely \Nife, Onely Good, in his Nature; So he is Eternally Fatber, Sonne, and spirit, in Perfon$. I believe, that God, is fo Ho~, Pure, and jealo~, as it is impoflible for him, to be plea[ed in any Creature, though the Work of his own Hands :So thai:, neither Angel, Man, nor World, could fiand, or ~an fiand,one Moment, in his Eyes, without beholding the fame, 1_n the Face of a Mediatour: And t herefore, that before Him, wtth whom all Things arc prcfent, the Lamb of God, was fiain, bef~re all Worl~$: Without which etcrnall Coun[ell of his, it was tmpoffible for Him, to have dcfcendcd to any Work of Creation; But He fi1ould I. I I 7" \ Q q q have '------·-- ---·-... --- __ ___.,.. __ _ |