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Sixthly, if there be such a glorious reward, such ¹blessed things as these reserved for the people of God: hence then let us dwell a little in admiring at the goodness of God, at the infinite treasures of the riches of the glory of the grace of God towards the children of men: Certainly, Brethren, great are the thoughts of God towards mankind, wonderful are his ways to this poor creature of his: What is man, says the Psalmist, nay, what is man indeed? when as we consider what God hath done for him. In Rom. 8. 31. after the Apostle had spoke of glorification, and of the blessed estate of Gods people hereafter, says the Apostle, What shall we say to these things? So seeing these things are so that are revealed, What shall we say to these things? O the height, and length, and depth, and breadth of the loving kindness of the Lord! how unsearchable are his judgements! shall we say, How unsearchable are his mercies? and his mercies past finding out. O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought before the sons of men! Psal. 31. 19. If ever God wrought about any thing, it was about the communication of his goodness to mankind; yea, how great is it before the sons of men, before us that have but a little made known to us? How great is it before Angels then, and before God himself? In Psal. 113. 6. it is said, God humbleth to behold things that are done in heaven: It is much that God should vouchsafe ⟨p. 647⟩to behold any thing in heaven; but now that God should vouchsafe to behold such a poor wretched creature as man is here upon earth, and not to behold him only, but to work thus gloriously for him, and that from all eternity, to make it his great work to communicate himself to man; O how does God humble himself here, and how is his mercy and goodness to be admired and adored by the sons of men! God is to be praised for the least of his mercies here, but he is to be admired in the glory of his rich grace in heaven. We read Psal. 136. God is praised twenty five times for his mercies, but the conclusion of all is, Praise the God of Heaven, for his mercies endure for ever; his mercies, as he is the God of heaven, they are the glorious mercies indeed. When the Scripture would set forth the excellency of a thing, it expresseth it by heaven, as the excellency of Christ, He is the Lord from heaven,