An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Fourthly, If God be great, then believe him greatly; let us have great faith in the great God. Jesus Christ rebukes his disciples (Mat. 8.26.) O ye of little faith; have you God to pitch your faith upon, who is great? have you his power, and his mercy, and his truth, and his faithfulness, all which are great, to rest upon? and have you but a little faith? That woman (Mat. 15.28.) gave glory to God in believing, when she believed greatly; and therefore Christ crieth up and magnifieth the greatness of her faith, O woman, great is thy faith.

Fourthly, If God be great, then believe him greatly; let us have great faith in the great God. Jesus Christ rebukes his disciples (Mat. 8.26.) O ye of little faith; have you God to pitch your faith upon, who is great? have you his power, and his mercy, and his truth, and his faithfulness, all which are great, to rest upon? and have you but a little faith? That woman (Mat. 15.28.) gave glory to God in believing, when she believed greatly; and therefore Christ cryeth up and magnifyeth the greatness of her faith, O woman, great is thy faith.

Fifthly, The great God is greatly to be praised; he doth great things for us, therefore we must return great thanks to him. That also we have expressly (1 Chron. 16.25.) Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. The great God must have great praises, for he doth great things. As every sin we commi• against God hath a greatness in it upon this consideration, because he is a great God against whom we sin (Take heed of the least sin, for that is great, being committed against the great God) so whatsoever duty (this of praise especially) we perform to God, we should strive to raise it up to the greatest, to the highest, because the great God, the high God is concerned in it, or it is consigned to the great, to the high God.