The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London /

Again, Gods name is glorious by holiness, because it is the special end of all his works, to advance holiness: a workman ⟨p. 18⟩when he draws a work, he shows Art in the beginning of it: but when he comes to the top of it, there he shows the excellency of his workmanship: 'tis so with God, God will be honoured in all his works, of creation and providence: but now come to the height and pitch of all, and 'tis that he might be honoured as a holy God; and that he might have a holy people to honour him here, and to all eternity. I say holiness is that which God aimed at in creating of heaven and earth; 'tis that which God aims at in all the ways of his providence: It is the great business for which the son of God came into the world, that he might redeem to himself a people to serve him in holiness: 'tis the end of the great counsel of God from all eternity; yea and that he might manifest the beauty of his own holiness in those two great attributes, Mercy and Justice, which are the branches of his holiness, that he might make them shine to all eternity: this is that God aims at; therefore holiness must needs be the glory of Gods name.

Again, Gods name is glorious by holinesse, because it is the speciall end of all his works, to advance holinesse: a workman ⟨p. 18⟩when he drawes a worke, he shewes Art in the beginning of it: but when he comes to the top of it, there he shewes the excellency of his workmanship: 'tis so with God, God will be honoured in all his workes, of creation and providence: but now come to the height and pitch of all, and 'tis that he might be honoured as a holy God; and that he might have a holy people to honour him here, and to all eternity. I say holinesse is that which God aymed at in creating of heaven and earth; 'tis that which God aymes at in all the wayes of his providence: It is the great businesse for which the son of God came into the world, that he might redeem to himselfe a people to serve him in holinesse: 'tis the end of the great councell of God from all eternity; yea and that he might manifest the beauty of his own holinesse in those two great attributes, Mercy and Justice, which are the branches of his holinesse, that he might make them shine to all eternity: this is that God aymes at; therefore holinesse must needes be the glory of Gods name.