A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

Name: A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…
Author: George Swinnock

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 ...

George Swinnock 1627–1673London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1672

[16], 304 p. · 63k words · Wing S6282 · ESTC R1063

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Treatise › Chapter 26: 3. Ex. Give God the glory of his incomparable excellency: with some considerations to e…

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Praise him for the incomparableness of his Word, Wonderful are thy Testimonies, Psal. 119.129. How often doth the sweet Singer of Israel praise God for them, as a singular kindness? Psal. 147. two last verses, He gave his Statutes to Moses, his Laws and Commandments to Jacob: He hath not dealt so with every Nation. Praise ye the Lord.

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Praise him by admiring him. Wonder at his being, As they of Christ, What manner of man is this, that the winds and seas obey him? Math. 8.27. What manner of God is this, who knoweth no bounds, no beginning, no succession, no addition? An amazing admiration of him, is an high commendation of him. And indeed our silent wondering at his perfections, is almost all the worship we can give him, Psal. 65.1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion, Heb. Praise is silent for thee, O God, in Zion: not that praise was dumb or tongue-tied in Zion; for praise in no part of the world speaks higher or louder than in Zion: but to show that when the people of God set themselves to praise him, they are struck with amazement and wonder, at his matchless being and beauty, at his infinite excellencies and perfections; and wanting words ⟨p. 282⟩to express them, they sit down in a silent admiration of them. Thou wouldst wonder at Adam, if he were now alive, for his age; O wonder at him that is from everlasting to everlasting, that is the cause and original of all things, that is what he is, that is, and nothing else is; that is all he is in one indivisible point of eternity.

Praise him by admiring him. Wonder at his being, As they of Christ, What manner of man is this, that the winds and seas obey him?

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