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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 7: God incomparable in his Attributes, in his Holiness and Wisdom.
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God is so incomparable in holiness, that it's said, He only, or solely, is holy, Revel. 15.4. Who will not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name, for thou only art holy. None is holy besides him, because none is holy like him; 1 Sam. 2.2. There is none holy as the Lord, therefore none holy but the Lord: Saints are holy, 1 Pet. 2.9. Angels are holy, Mark 8.38. But they are not holy as the Lord is holy. Without question, the heavenly Host who see him face to face, and are satisfied with his likeness, are glorious in holiness, shine brightly with those perfect beams, and that pure light which they borrow from the Sun of Righteousness; but truly they are poor Glowworms to the Father of Lights. Even that Grace, that Holiness, that Glory of Saints and Angels, which infinitely surpasseth the natural Heavens in all their beauty and brightness, is no Grace, no Holiness, no Glory in this respect, by reason of that Grace and Holiness, and Glory in God, which doth so infinitely excel.
God is so incomparable in holiness, that it's said, He onely, or solely, is holy, Revel. 15.4. Who will not fear thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name, for thou only art holy. None is holy besides him, because none is holy like him; 1 Sam. 2.2. There is none holy as the Lord, therefore none holy but the Lord: Saints are holy, 1 Pet. 2.9. Angels are holy, Mark 8.38. But they are not holy as the Lord is holy. Without question, the heavenly Host who see him face to face, and are satisfied with his likeness, are glorious in holiness, shine brightly with those perfect beams, and that pure light which they borrow from the Sun of Righteousness; but truly they are poor Gloworms to the Father of Lights. Even that Grace, that Holiness, that Glory of Saints and Angels, which infinitely surpasseth the natural Heavens in all their beauty and brightness, is no Grace, no Holiness, no Glory in this respect, by reason of that Grace and Holiness, and Glory in God, which doth so infinitely excel.