First, The Word of God is to be sought as the Help, of our Praising Him. The Prophet of old could say as in Mich. 6. 8. The Lord hath showed thee, O man, the thing that good is. Thus, the Lord hath showed us how to be praising of Him, by living to Him. But Where has he showed it? Truly in the sacred Bible. The Bible is the Directory given to us. Every Child is well taught to say, The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Rule which God hath given to instruct us how we are to glorify Him. To order a Life in a dark world, is as hard as to manage a Ship in a dark night, we are in the Dark about the Practises which our lives are to be employed in. What shall we then do that we may leave no part of our due Homage to God unperformed? The Apostle speaks fully to this Case in 2. Pet. 1. 18. We have a sure word of Prophecy, whereto ye do well to take heed, as to a light shining in a dark place. There, There it is: our Bible is our Pole-Star: keep an eye to That and we shall ⟨p. 116⟩shape a course Right. All the Directions, all the Promises, all the Threatenings of God, will be so many Helps, of our Obedience. If any man ask, How do the Scriptures of God help men in the Praises of God? Know, The Scriptures themselves give an Answer thereunto, in Psal. 19. 7, 8. The law of the Lord converts the soul, the testimonies of the Lord make wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord rejoice the heart; the commandments of the Lord enlighten the eyes. That Conversion, that Instruction, that Joy and that Light which the Word of God affords unto us, will be no little Help in the Praise of God.
First, The Word of God is to be sought as the Help, of our Praising Him. The Prophet of old could say as in Mich. 6. 8. The Lord hath shewed thee, O man, the thing that good is. Thus, the Lord hath shewed us how to be praising of Him, by living to Him. But Where has he shewed it? Truly in the sacred Bible. The Bible is the Directory given to us. Every Child is well taught to say, The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the Rule which God hath given to instruct us how we are to glorify Him. To order a Life in a dark world, is as hard as to manage a Ship in a dark night, we are in the Dark about the Practises which our lives are to be employed in. What shall we then do that we may leave no part of our due Homage to God unperformed? The Apostle speaks fully to this Case in 2. Pet. 1. 18. We have a sure word of Prophecy, whereto ye do well to take heed, as to a light shining in a dark place. There, There it is: our Bible is our Pole-Star: keep an eye to That and we shall ⟨p. 116⟩shape a course Right. All the Directions, all the Promises, all the Threatnings of God, will be so many Helps, of our Obedience. If any man ask, How do the Scriptures of God help men in the Praises of God? Know, The Scriptures themselves give an Answer thereunto, in Psal. 19. 7, 8. The law of the Lord converts the soul, the testimonies of the Lord make wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord rejoice the heart; the commandments of the Lord enlighten the eyes. That Conversion, that Instruction, that Ioy and that Ligh• which the Word of God affords unto us, will be no little Help in the Praise of God.
