The wonderful works of God commemorated praises bespoke for the God of heaven in…

Well, they call us, Their Brethren, and from the Lofty Battlements of the Third Heaven, they call unto us, that we would not Leave them to Praise Alone. A famous Minister Lying at the point of Death, after he had been for some Time senseless, fell to Singing in a manner very extraordinary, and gave this Reason for it, I heard the Angels, and shall not I join with them! Surely our Interest in Redemp•••• is not inferior to Theirs; but then strike up, Ye Redeemed of the Lord; where, O where are the Praises due to Him that hath Delivered you from all the fiery plagues, which you have madly exposed yourselves unto. What could we Children of wrath have imagined, but that a just and a terrible God ⟨p. 30⟩would have said concerning us, I will avenge me on those Adversaries! But instead thereo• behold, He has ready for us, a Jesus, wh• saves His People from their Sins; and th•• calls aloud unto us, O Look unto me, and […] saved. This is an Excellent Thing! 'Tis a• Excellent Thing which God has done, in […] Loving the World as to give His only begotten Son, that whosoever Believes, may not perish▪ but have Everlasting Life. 'Tis an Excellent Thing which God has done, in ordering that He who thought it no Robbery to be Equal with God, should take on him the Form of a Servant for us thereby to gain the Dignity of Children. 'Tis an Excellent Thing, That He wh• knew no Sin, should be made Sin for us; and w• be made the Righteousness of God in Him; an• that we who have lain in the Belly of Hell should be Renewed by the holy Spirit, and […] made to sit together in Heavenly Places […] Christ Jesus. I am to tell you, That the Blackest of all the Devils are Saints, in comparison of that Man, whom these Excellent Things do not Effectually bespeak all possible praises from. But you that by Regeneration are arrived unto a more Plenary, Actual sensible Interest in this Redemption, are […] be more abundant in your praises, O strai• the utmost of your Capacities, to show fo• the praises of Him, who has called you out […]