5 Behold, they believed in Christ, and worshipped the Father in his name; and also, we worship the Father in his name.
6 And for this intent, we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for their cause, it is sanctified unto us, for righteousness, even as it was accounted unto Abraham in the wilderness, to be obedient unto the commands of God, in offering up his son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his only begotten Son.
7 Wherefore, we search the prophets; and we have many revelations, and the spirit of prophecy, and having all these witnesses, we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus, and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea;
8 Nevertheless, the Lord God sheweth us our weakness, that we may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the children of men, that we have power to do these things.
9 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord.
10 How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways.
11 And no man knoweth of his ways, save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.
12 For behold, by the power of his word, man came upon the face of the earth; which earth was created by the power of his word.
13 Wherefore, if God, being able to speak, and the world was; and to speak, and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure.
14 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand.
15 For behold, ye yourselves know, that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works;
