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every Creature being made according to its Species, by the Divine Mind. Anaxagoras.

God is One, perfect in Himself, giving the Being and Well-being of every Creature. Socrates.

God at once feeth all Things, from the Influence of his Eye, which at once out-runs many Miles; and of the Mind, which at once confiders Things done in the moft diftant Places. Socrates.

God is First, Eternal, Ineffable, Perfect in Himfelf, that is, Needing none: And ever Perfect; that is, Abfolute in all Times. Plato.

God is an Immortal Being, Rational, Perfect, or Intellectual in Beatitude,---not of Humane Form, Maker of all, &c. Zeno.

God is without any Body, Invisible and Immortal; whofe Form cannot be comprehended with the Eyes of Mortal Man, nor yet defcribed by any Senfible Knowledge. Plato.

God's Power is in all Things, and in every Part of the World; and by his Providence all Things are preferv'd, goveren'd and mov'd, or order'd; and

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He himself is of none other either moved or governed. Plato.

The Divine Nature and Subftance of God fuffereth neither Change nor End, for it is both Immutable and Infinite."

In God, or about God, can be no Evil; therefore all Evil is far from God For all Goodnefs proceedeti from Him, and He is the only Foun tain and principal Goodnefs. Plato. There is nothing that God cannot bring to pafs, and that without Labour and Travail.

God, the great King, giveth Man right, and doth no Man wrong: He never begat Injury, but Light, Life, Peace. Who includes us in the Flesh, and placed us upon this Earth, to try us, whether we, being gone forth from him, would live unto him, as he hath commanded; who demandeth an Account of thofe that depart. Dindimus.

God, the Author of all Goodness, hath created all Good Things. Mari Aur.

Only God forgiveth and pardon

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God knoweth and feeth both the

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Deeds, and alfo the Thoughts of all Men, from whofe Knowledge nothing may be hid. Lambert.

God is near thee, and he is in thee; the Holy Spirit fits or refides within us, the Obferver of our Good and Evil Actions; as he is dealt with by us, he deals with us. Seneca.

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Nothing is clofed from God, He is within our Souls, and he cometh into the midst of our Thoughts. Seneca.

God hath built to himfelf a Natural Temple in the Confciences of Men, as the Place wherein he would be worshipped. Fuft. Marte

So Powerful is Vertue, and fo Glo rious is Providence, that every Man has a Light fet up within him for a Guide, which we do all of us fee and acknowledge, altho' we do not pur fue it. Seneca d

God presently beholdeth all things. Diogenes.

No Man may efcape the juft Judgment of God. Hermes.

As God findeth thee to be, when he calleth thee, fo doth he judge thee. Phocion.

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God will reward every Man according to his Works. Hermes.

If thou would't obtain any thing of God, frame thy Works according to his Will. Diogenes.

God hath put the Ufe of Things into Men's Freedom; then he that leaveth the worst, and followeth the beft, is not God, but is made God's Friend. Dindimus.

Defire nothing of God, fave that which fhall be right, for he will grant nothing unjustly asked. Pythagoras.

Tho God exalts thee in this World, be not proud, nor defpife any Man therefore, nor think thy felf better than another; but remember, that God by Creation hath made all Men alike. Anachar fis.

God greatly esteemeth Vertuous People, tho' in the World they be little fet by. Socratesia moVER

Be mindful of God, for the Remembrance of him helpeth Men from Evil. Phocion.

No Man can be Juft, without the Fear of God. Socrates.

Fear God above all things, for that is Righteous and Profitable; and fo

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order thy felf, that thy Thoughts and Words be always of Him: For the Speaking and Thinking (reverently) of God, furmounteth fo much all our other Words and Thoughts, as God 'himself furmounteth all the Creatures; and therefore Men ought to love, fear, and obey Him; tho' they fhould be constrain'd by wicked Men to the contrary. Socrates.

If thou know'ft not what is Sin, and what is Vertue, by the Fear and Love of God thou shalt know them both.

By the Fear of God we attain Help of the Holy Ghost, which fhall open to us the Gates of Salvation, whereinto our Souls fhall enter, with them that fhall obtain Everlafting Life. Socrates.

He that feareth God as he ought, fhall never fall into the Paths that lead Men into Evil. Hermes.

The Fear of God is the Beginning of Wisdom; and the want thereof, is the Ground and Foundation of all Foolishness, Sinfulness, and Abomination. Socrates.

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