Who is the first and chiefest being?

Is God the first of all beings?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: I am the first, (Isaiah 44:6)

Is he the first cause of all beings?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Of whom are all things, (1 Corinthians 8:6)

Are all other causes subordinate to the first cause?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger and the staff in their hands is mine indignation, (Isaiah 10:5)

Is God the first in creation?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: He spake and it was done, (Psalm 33:9)

Is he the first in providence?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: For in him we live, and move, and have our being, (Acts 17:28)

Is he the first in government?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Thy throne is established of old, (Psalm 93:2)

Is he the first in the world of grace?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself, (2 Corinthians 5:18)

Is he first in the displays of his love?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: We love him because he first loved us, (1 John 4:19)

Can we be beforehand with God?

Answer: No.

Proof: Who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again, (Romans 11:35)

Should God then be first in our thoughts?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: When I awake I am still with thee, (Psalm 139:18)

And first in our esteem?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Whom have I in heaven but thee, (Psalm 73:25)

Should we first give ourselves unto him?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: But first gave their own selves unto the Lord, (2 Corinthians 8:5)

And should he have the first fruits?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: My soul desireth the first ripe fruits, (Micah 7:1)

Is God the chiefest being?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Who is like unto thee, O Lord? (Exodus 15:11)

Is he above all pretenders?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: He is a great King above all gods, (Psalm 95:3)

Is he chief in heaven?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord, (Psalm 89:6)

Is he chief on earth?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Thou Lord art high above all the earth, (Psalm 97:9)

Is he only one of the chief?

Answer: No.

Proof: For he is the Most High, (Psalm 56:2)

And will he ever retain his preeminency?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: For he is the Most High for evermore, (Psalm 92:8)

Should God then be chiefly loved?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, (Luke 10:27)

And chiefly feared?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell, (Matthew 10:28)

And are those happy who are interested in him?

Answer: Yes.

Proof: Happy is that people whose God is the Lord, (Psalm 144:15)