1 There is a fullness of all good in God; he is worthy; Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, honour, and power, Revel. 4. 11. Thou art worthy to receive the highest honour that any of thy creatures can by any means give unto thee. The Heathen gods were honoured, as those who were only Authors of some particular good things; and therefore there were such a multiplicity of them: one was honoured as the Author ⟨p. 365⟩of one good thing, and another as the author of another; and therefore particular honour was sufficient for them. There was no reason that that any of them should have the whole soul, working in the fullness of the operations of it after them; but our God is not so; he is an universal good, in whom there is all good, and from whom all good flows, and by whom all good is preserved in the being it hath; and therefore it is a most absolute, universal honour and service that is due to him; if we had thousands of souls, and if they were all of ten thousand times larger extent than they are; yet infinite reason there would be, that they should all in the full latitude, extent, & strength of them, work after this our God, to honour and magnify, and worship this God for ever. As that blessed Martyr once said, What, have I but 1one life to lay down for Christ? If I had as many lives, as there are hairs upon my head, they should all go for Jesus Christ: He saw Christ ⟨p. 366⟩worthy of all he had, yea, of more than he had. This was Gods own Argument to Abraham, Walk before me, and be upright; be perfect, for I am God all-sufficient, I have all perfection in me, and therefore be thou perfect before me.
1 There is a fulnesse of all good in God; hee is worthy; Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, honour, and power, Revel. 4. 11. Thou art worthy to receive the highest honour that any of thy creatures can by any meanes give unto thee. The Heathen gods were honoured, as those who were onely Authors of some particular good things; and therefore there were such a multiplicity of them: one was honoured as the Author ⟨p. 365⟩of one good thing, and another as the author of another; and therefore particular honour was sufficient for them. There was no reason that that any of them should have the whole soule, working in the fulnesse of the operations of it after them; but our God is not so; he is an universall good, in whom there is all good, and from whom all good flowes, and by whom all good is preserved in the being it hath; and therfore it is a most absolute, universall honor and service that is due to him; if wee had thousands of soules, and if they were all of ten thousand times larger extent than they are; yet infinite reason there would bee, that they should all in the full latitude, extent, & strength of them, work after this our God, to honour and magnifie, and worship this God for ever. As that blessed Martyr once said, What, have I but 1one life to lay downe for Christ? If I had as many lives, as there are haires upon my head, they should all goe for Jesus Christ: He saw Christ ⟨p. 366⟩worthy of all hee had, yea, of more than he had. This was Gods own Argument to Abraham, Walk before me, and be upright; bee perfect, for I am God al-sufficient, I have all perfection in me, and therefore be thou perfect before me.
- 1John Ardley.Iohn Ardley.
