Who sees all our actions?

What actions does God see?

How many of our actions does God see?
When does God see all our actions?
Where does God see all our actions?

2. NUMERICAL EXERCISE.

How many attributes are here applied to God as a Spirit? (Two.-1. He is Infinite. 2. He is Unchangeable.) What is the first? &c.

How many attributes are here applied to him as God? (Two.-1. He is the only living God. 2. He is the eternal God.) What is the first? &c.

How many persons are here said to be in the Godhead? (Three.) What is the first? &c.

How many things is God here said absolutely to be? (Two.-1. He is Love. 2. He is Truth.) What is the first? &c.

How many things is God here said to be in all that he does? (Two.-1. He is Just. 2. He is Wise.) What is the first? &c.

How many things is God said to be to his creatures ? (Two.-1. He is Kind. 2. He is Good.) What is the first? &c.

How many things are here said of God, in reference to us? (Three. 1. He knows all our thoughts. 2. He hears all our words. 3. He sees all our actions.) What is the first? &c.

3. DOCTRINES SEPARATED.

How many doctrines are contained in this answer? (Twenty-1. God is infinite. 2. God is unchangeable. 3. God is a spirit. 4. God is one. 5. God is the only living God. 6. God is eternal. 7. There are three persons in the Godhead. 8. God from eternity ordained all things. 9. God is love. 10. God is truth. 11. God is holy. 12. God is all-powerful. 13. God is just in all that he does. 14. God is wise in all that he does. 15. God is kind to all his creatures. 16. God is good to all his creatures. 17. God is present in every place. 18. God knows all our thoughts.

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19. God hears all our words. 20. God sees all our actions.) What is the first, &c.

4. EXPLANATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. An infinite, without bounds or limits.

Unchangeable, without variableness or liability to change. Spirit, a being without material substance; not com posed of bodily parts,

Living, self-existent.

Eternal, everlasting.

Persons, distinct individuals, or persons.
Eternity, a time which had no beginning
Ordained, purposed and determined.
Holy, free from all sin or impurity.
All-powerful, who can do every thing.
Does, performs or brings to pass.

His creatures, the living, or intelligent beings which he has made.

Present, always with us.

Knows, is intimately acquainted with.
All, the whole of.

Our words, that we speak.

All our actions, every thing that we do.

5. DOCTRINES PROVED.

18. (1.) God is infinite.—Job xi. 7. Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

19. (2.) God is unchangeable.Mal. iii. 6. I am the Lord, I change not.

20. (3.) God is a spirit.—John iv. 24. God is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and in truth.

21. (4.) God is one.-Deut. vi. 4. The Lord our God is one Lord.

22. (5.) God is the only living and true God.-Jer x. 10. The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king.

23. (6.) God is eternal.-Psal. xc. 2. From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.

24. (7.) There are three persons in the Godhead.-I John v. 7. For there are three that bear record in heavén, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

25. (8.) God has fore-ordained all things.-Acts iv. 28. Whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

26. (9.) God is love.-1 John iv. 8. God is love.

27. (10.) God is truth.-1 John v. 6. The Spirit is truth.

28. (11.) God is holy.-Rev. xv. 4. Thou only art holy. 29. (12.) God is all-powerful.—Job xlii. 2. Thou canst do every thing.

30. (13.) God is just.-Deut. xxxii. 4. Just and right

is he.

31. (14.) God is wise.--Jude 25. The only wise God. 32. (15, 16.) God is kind and good to all his creatures. -Fsal. cxlv. 9. The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

33. (17.) God is present in every place.-Psal. cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ?

34. (18.) God knows all our thoughts.—Psal. cxxxix. 2. Thou understandest my thought afar off.

35. (19.) God hears all our words.-Psal. cxxxix. 4. There is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

36. (20.) God sees all our actions.-Job xxxiv. 21. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

[For Doctrines in Rhyme, &c. see Appendix.]

6. LESSONS FROM THE DOCTRINES.

From these doctrines we learn,

(1.) That we should fear and reverence God.

(2.) That we should not be changeable, but persevering in our resolutions and endeavours to do good.

(3.) That we ought to give God, not only an outward, but an inward and spiritual worship.

(4.) That we should serve no God but the true God.

(5.) That we should give our heart and affections to God. (6) That we should often contrast the shortness and un

certainty of time with the importance of eternity. (7.) That we should receive the revealed mysteries of God with humble adoration and child-like confidence. (8.) That it is foolish and dangerous to oppose God. (9.) That we should love God who first loved us. (10.) That we should abhor deceit and lies, and should always maintain and promote the truth.

(11.) That we should hate and forsake sin, and love

and follow holiness.

(12.) That we should cultivate a holy confidence in the power and protection of God.

(13.) That we should be strictly and scrupulously just and equitable to all.

(14.) That we should seek the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom, and which alone is from above. (15, 16.) That we, from love to God, should be kind and good to others.

(17.) That we should cultivate a solemn and constant sense of God's presence.

(18.) That we ought to guard against sinful thoughts, as well as sinful actions.

(19.) That we should, at all times, take care not to say bad words, or to speak evil of others.

(20.) That we should never sin in secret, supposing that we shall not be seen.

[For collateral Lessons and Inferences, see Appendix.]

7. APPLICATION OF THE LESSONS,

Whom should we fear and reverence? (1.)

In what should we not be changeable, but persevering? (2.)

What kind of worship should we give to God? (3.)
Whom alone should we serve? (4.)

To whom alone should we give our heart and affections? (5.)

With what should we contrast the shortness and uncertainty of time? (6.)

In what manner should we receive the revealed mysteries of God? (7.)

Whom is it foolish and dangerous to oppose? (8.)
Why should we love God? (9.)

What should we always abhor? (10.)

What should we always maintain and promote? (10.)
What should we hate and forsake? (11.)
What should we love and follow? (11.)

In whose protection should we cultivate a holy confidence, when we are in the line of our duty? (12.) In what should we be strict and scrupulous? (13.) What is that beginning of wisdom which we should seek? (14.)

What should we, from love to God, be to others? (15, 16.)

Of what should we cultivate a solemn and constant sense? (17.)

Against what should we constantly guard ? (18.)

Of what should we take care, with respect to our speech? (19.)

What should we not do in secret? (20.)

8. DEVOTIONAL EXERCISE FROM THE ANSWER. Adoration. Thou art an infinite and unchangeable Spirit; the one only living and eternal God, in three persons. Thou, from eternity, ordainedst all things; thou art love and truth; holy and all-powerful; just and wise in all that thou doest; kind and good to all thy creatures; present in every place; who knowest all our thoughts, hearest all our words, and seest all our actions, at all times, and in every place.

9. DEVOTIONAL EXERCISE FROM THE LESSONS O Lord, (1.) may we learn to reverence and to fear thee, the infinite and unsearchable Jehovah. May we, (2.) in contemplating the unchangeable nature of thy being and perfections, learn to be steadfast and unmoveable in thy service, and in our endeavours to do good