A guide to go to GodA guide to goe to God

1. Excellency in any thing is praise worthy: as excellency of knowledge, excellency of wisdom, excellency of power and strength, excellency of any virtue, yea excellency of eloquence, excellency of beauty and every other excellency. It is said of the woman whose excellencies were many,¹ She shall be praised: and Let her own works praise her: But^* we have showed that all excellencies are in God. Yea the excellencies which are in creatures are Gods, because they come all from God. If therefore ⟨p. 328⟩praise be due to any, much more to God. That very praise which in any respect may lawfully be given to any creature, is most properly due to him. Where David blesseth Abigail for her wise advise, he first blesseth God that sent her, saying, Blessed be the Lord which sent thee this day to meet me: ³and blessed be thy advise, ⁴and blessed be thou, &c. But because Herod gave not God the glory which was given to him he was eaten of worms. Besides there are such infinitely surpassing excellencies in God, as no creature is capable of: as Self-existencie, Eternity, All-sufficiency, Immutability, Omnipotency, Ubiquity, &c. That praise therefore is due to God,⁵ which may be ascribed to no other. For who is like unto thee, ô Lord, amongst the Gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, ⁶fearful in praises, &c. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Great is the Lord, ⁷and greatly to be praised. Thus we see how Gods excellency ministereth just and great cause of praising God. If when we are about to praise God, our hearts were deeply fixed on a due meditation and serious consideration of Gods excellencies, they would be much quickened unto this heavenly duty of praising God.