Gospel-Worship

1 The First Reason is this, It is the very nature of God to Will himself the last end, and all other things to work suitable to the lifting up of himself as the last end: I say it is as essential to him as any thing, for him to will himself as the highest end, and that all things should work so as to be suitable unto that Glory of his for the furtherance of it: God should cease to be God, if so be he should not will himself as the highest end, and so will that all things that have any being should some way or other work for himself: This is the very nature of God. It is that which I conceive the very nature of Gods holiness consists in, the willing himself as the last end, and so to work all things as is suitable unto his own infinite excellency. Now as this is Gods holiness, so it is the holiness that God requires in his Creatures (that are capable of holiness) that they should will him as the last end, and all things suitable to that infinite excellency of his. Now if this be the nature of God, and this be his holiness, then certainly it must needs be a necessary duty in all those that would have communion with God and would honour God, to will as God himself doth will, that is that all things should work suitable to the infinite excellency of God, that God may attain the glory of his infinite excellency, and this makes it to be a necessary duty that when we come to worship him we should Sainct•fie ⟨p. 105⟩his name: So that the first reason is taken from the very nature of God, it is the very being of God that all things should work to himself, and in such a suitable way as to lift up his excellency and glory.

1 The First Reason is this, It is the very nature of God to Will himself the last end, and all other things to work suitable to the lifting up of himself as the last end: I say it is as essentiall to him as any thing, for him to will himself as the highest end, and that all things should work so as to be suitable vnto that Glory of his for the furtherance of it: God should cease to be God, if so be he should not will himself asthe highest end, and so will that all things that have any being should some way or other work for himself: This is the very nature of God. It is that which I conceive the very nature of Gods holinsse consists in, the willing himself as the last end, and so to work all things as is suitable unto his own infinit excellencie. Now as this is Gods holinesse, so it is the holinesse that God requires in his Creatures (that are capeable of holinesse) that they should will him as the last end, and all things suitable to that infinit excellencie of his. Now if this be the nature of God, and this be his holinesse, then certainly it must needs be a necessarie duty in all those that would have communion with God and would honour God, to will as God himself doth will, that is that all things should work suitable to the infinite excellencie of God, that God may attain the glory of his infinit excellencie, and this makes it to be a necessary duty that when we come to worship him we should Sainctfie