The crown & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered…The crovvn & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered…

now gracious souls do take hold on Gods Commandments to do them, to practise them, and to express the life and power of them. Again, men lift up their hands to those things that are high and above them; now the commands of God are high, they are sublime, they are above us; they are sublime and high, in regard of their original, they come down from God; they are sublime and high in regard of the matter of them, they are heavenly Oracles, they are dictates of divine wisdom; they are sublime and high in regard of the difficulty of keeping of them, they exceeding all humane strength; and they are sublime and high in regard of their situation, they are situated in heaven: Thy word (says David) endures ⟨p. 166⟩for ever in heaven; but yet as sublime and as high as they are, a man that hath his eye upon divine glory, will lift up his hands unto them; he will do all he can to express the pleasure that he takes in them, and the readiness of his soul to a holy compliance with them.¹ A man that hath his eye upon divine glory, he will keep close to his work, to his hearing work, to his praying work, to his mourning work, to his repenting work, to his believing work, to his waiting work; though nothing comes on it, though he make no earnings of it, though comfort doth not come, though joy and peace doth not come, though assurance doth not come, though enlargements do not come, though answers and returns from heaven do not come, though good days do not come, though deliverance doth not come, yet such will keep close to their work, that have their eye upon divine glory. But now such who eye not the glory of God in what they do, they quickly grow weary of their work; if they can make no earnings of their seekings, and fastings, and prayings, they are presently ready to throw up all, and to quarrel with God himself, as if God had done them an injury, Isa. 58.1, 2, 3, 4.

now gracious souls do take hold on Gods Commandments to do them, to practise them, and to express the life and power of them. Again, men lift up their hands to those things that are high and above them; now the commands of God are high, they are sublime, they are above us; they are sublime and high, in regard of their original, they come down from God; they are sublime and high in regard of the matter of them, they are heavenly Oracles, they are dictates of divine wisdom; they are sublime and high in regard of the difficulty of keeping of them, they exceeding all humane strength; and they are sublime and high in regard of their scituation, they are scituated in heaven: Thy word (saies David) endures