5. He is so incomparably excellent, that he is above the highest adoration and worship of his Creatures. Worship is the most high and honourable of all our works. Blessing and Praising God is the most high and honourable act of worship; therefore this is that part of worship which suits the highest and honourablest state of the Creature in Heaven, and must continue for ever. As all our graces, of faith, and hope, and patience, &c. shall ere long be melted into love, and joy, and delight; so all our duties of Confession, Petition, Hearing and Reading the Word, receiving the Sacraments, shall all be melted into Praise and Thanksgiving, Rev. 7.11, 12. And the Angels and Elders that stood about the throne fell on their faces before the throne, and worshipped, saying, Amen, Blessing, and honour, and thanksgiving, be unto our God for ever; and therefore David calls upon Angels, and the Heavenly Host, to praise God, Psal. 148.2, 3. But this incomparably excellent God is above all this worship, this highest worship; though he be not above it, so as to despise it, Psal. 50.15. and ult. yet he is above it, so as to exceed it; that his Saints and Angels, though their ⟨p. 292⟩powers are enlarged to the uttermost, though the strings of their faculties are wound and screwed up to the highest pitch and peg, to sound forth his praise, even then they will fall infinitely short of praising and blessing him, according to his deserts, Nehem. 9.5. Blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. He doth not say, the name of God is exalted above the blessing and praise of men, of Saints on earth, in their imperfect state; nor above the blessing and praise of Spirits of just men, in heaven made perfect; but above all blessing and praise, above the blessing and praise of Men, of Angels, of the holiest Men, of the highest Angels, above all blessing and praise whatsoever, and of whomsoever.
5. He is so incomparably excellent, that he is above the highest adoration and worship of his Creatures. Worship is the most high and honourable of all our works. Blessing and Praising God is the most high and honourable act of worship; therefore this is that part of worship which suits the highest and honourablest state of the Creature in Heaven, and must continue for ever. As all our graces, of faith, and hope, and patience, &c. shall e're long be melted into love, and joy, and delight; so all our duties of Confession, Petition, Hearing and Reading the Word, receiving the Sacraments, shall all be melted into Praise and Thanksgiving, Rev. 7.11, 12. And the Angels and Elders that stood about the throne fell on their faces before the throne, and worshipped, saying, Amen, Blessing, and honour, and thanksgiving, be unto our God for ever; and therefore David calls upon Angels, and the Heavenly Host, to praise God, Psal. 148.2, 3. But this incomparably excellent God is above all this worship, this highest worship; though he be not above it, so as to despise it, Psal. 50.15. and ult. yet he is above it, so as to exceed it; that his Saints and Angels, though their ⟨p. 292⟩powers are enlarged to the uttermost, though the strings of their faculties are wound and screwed up to the highest pitch and peg, to sound forth his praise, even then they will fall infinitely short of praising and blessing him, according to his deserts, Nehem. 9.5. Blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. He doth not say, the name of God is exalted above the blessing and praise of men, of Saints on earth, in their imperfect state; nor above the blessing and praise of Spirits of just men, in heaven made perfect; but above all blessing and praise, above the blessing and praise of Men, of Angels, of the holiest Men, of the highest Angels, above all blessing and praise whatsoever, and of whomsoever.
