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4 from the ſnare of the fowler, and from the noiſe of the peſtilence, and becauſe he hath made the Lord his refuge, there ſhall no evil befal: So ‘he ſhall give his angels charge over him, to keep him in all his ways,’ ver. 10, 11. The joys that are prepared for the godly, and the torments that are appointed for the wicked, are likewiſe ſet forth there in the book of the ſcriptures; as you may ſee Matth XX. 34, 41. To the godly, ‘Come, ye bleſſed of my father, ſaith Chriſt, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the beginning of the world.’ But to the ungodly, ‘Depart from me, ye curſed, into everlaſting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.’ Another great book of God, is the book of the creature, containing theſe mighty works both of creation and providence, wherein the almightineſs, power, and goodneſs of God are ſo plainly written, that he who runs may read and ſee it; for, as the apoſtle ſaith, Rom. ix. 20 ‘The inviſible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly ſeen, being underſtood,’ ſaith the apoſtle, ‘by the things that are made, even his eternal power and God-head, ſo that they are without excuſe’ Who but an almighty God could out of nothing