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A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…
A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applied / by Geo. Swinnocke ...A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word opened and applyed / by Geo. Swinnocke ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672
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Treatise › Chapter 22: If God be incomparable, then incomparable Service and Worship is due to him.
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When the Prophet had described the incomparable excellency of God, how all Nations were to him as the least drop in a Bucket to the Ocean, and the small dust in the balance to the whole earth, as nothing and less than nothing, he presently infers, Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor all the Beasts thereof for a burnt offering, Isaiah 40.15, 16, 17. Lebanon abounded in all Spices for incense and perfumes, and in Cattle for Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings; but all the Spices and perfumes there, all the Beasts and Cattle there, were below, and insufficient for so incomparable a Being: he is so great that no service can be great enough for him.
When the Prophet had described the incomparable excellency of God, how all Nations were to him as the least drop in a Bucket to the Ocean, and the small dust in the ballance to the whole earth, as nothing and less than nothing, he presently infers, Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor all the Beasts thereof for a burnt offering, Isaiah 40.15, 16, 17. Lebanon abounded in all Spices for incense and perfumes, and in Cattle for Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings; but all the Spices and perfumes there, all the Beasts and Cattle there, were below, and insufficient for so incomparable a Being: he is so great that no service can be great enough for him.
1. This incomparable God calls for incomparable awe and reverence. Excellency commandeth awe. Should not his excellency make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you? Job 13.11. should not the vastness of his perfections provoke you to awfulness in your conversations? His name alone is excellent, Psal. 148.13. The greater distance between any persons, the greater reverence is expected. The Husband is the head of the Wife, therefore she is commanded to reverence her Husband,