The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…

First this is truly to honour God ¹as a God; except God be honoured as infinite, he is not honoured as God; now it is the full following him that only honours him as infinite; where God is followed and not thus, he is followed no otherwise than a creature may be followed; this is not therefore to honour him as a God, but rather it is a dishonour to that infinite excellency & blessedness of his, whereby he is infinitely above all that creatures are, or that they are any way capable of. The great thing that God aimed at in the creating of the heavens and earth, was, that he might by Angels, and men, be honoured as a GOD, and therefore that which gives him this, hath true and much excellency in it.

First this is truly to honour God ¹as a God; except God be honoured as infinite, hee is not honoured as God; now it is the full following him that onely honours him as infinite; where God is followed and not thus, hee is followed no otherwise than a creature may bee followed; this is not therefore to honour him as a God, but rather it is a dishonor to that infinite excellency & blessednesse of his, whereby he is infinitely above all that creatures are, or that they are any way capable of. The great thing that God aimed at in the creating of the heavens and earth, was, that he might by Angels, and men, bee honoured as a GOD, and therefore that which gives him this, hath true and much excellency in it.

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Secondly, this full following of God, doth much honour the work of ¹Grace, and the profession of godliness; it shows a reality; power, excellency and beauty in it; it shows ⟨p. 315⟩