The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London /

Now a little for the third: but what is the reason that this Title is given to God here in this Song of Moses, glorious in holiness? the reason is this: to show, that the infinite excellency of Gods power is such, that it is without any mixture of the least evil in the exercise of it: here was an act of mighty power put forth, and God was infinitely holy in this act of his power. It is otherwise with men (observe the difference between God and man) It is a very hard thing for a man to do great things, and to manifest great power without a mixture of evil: as 'tis with the waters, while they run shallow, they may run clearly: but when once the waters rise and overflow, they run muddy, and usually there is a great deal of filth comes in with great streams: so though in common and ordinary works we do not manifest our uncleanness, yet 'tis seldom when we aim to do great things, but we manifest a great deal of filthiness: but it is otherwise with God; God is great in power, and in that keeps the glory of his holiness. And God manifested here the greatness of his wrath upon his enemies, and yet the glory of his holiness too. It is a very hard thing for men to do so; let men have their anger stirred a little, O how much filth do they presently discover? how many have we that all the while they ⟨p. 19⟩are pleased are exceeding meek and loving, but let any thing stir their passion, and O what a great deal of filth appears, like a pond that is full of mud at the bottom, and clear at top, but stir it a little and then its nothing but filth. A father or a mother cannot tell how to be displeased with a child or correct it, but abundance of corruption comes with that anger; and so a governor a servant. Who can execute Justice upon others, but there will be much of self, self-ends and self-interest; but now here is the glory of God, that when he manifesteth his wrath, though it be sore wrath, yet he is glorious in holiness in great wrath; he is infinitely powerful in his wrath, and in the execution of his Judgements, and yet infinite in holiness too; therefore the vials of Gods wrath are said to be of gold, which is the purest metal; so is God in the executing of his Judgements. O let us labour to imitate God in this:

Now a little for the third: but what is the reason that this Title is given to God here in this Song of Moses, glorious in holinesse? the reason is this: to shew, that the infinite excellency of Gods power is such, that it is without any mixture of the least evill in the exercise of it: here was an act of mighty power put forth, and God was infinitely holy in this act of his power. It is otherwise with men (observe the difference between God and man) It is a very hard thing for a man to doe great things, and to manifest great power without a mixture of evill: as 'tis with the waters, while they run shallow, they may run clearely: but when once the waters rise and overflow, they run muddy, and usually there is a great deale of filth comes in with great streames: so though in common and ordinary workes we doe not manifest our uncleannesse, yet 'tis seldome when we ayme to doe great things, but we manifest a great deale of filthinesse: but it is otherwise with God; God is great in power, and in that keeps the glory of his holinesse. And God manifested here the greatnesse of his wrath upon his enemies, and yet the glory of his holinesse too. It is a very hard thing for men to doe so; let men have their anger stirr'd a little, O how much filth doe they presently discover? how many have we that all the while they