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The saints thankful acclamation at Christs resumption of his great power and the initials…The saints thankfull acclamation at Christs resumption of his great power and the initials…
The saints thankful acclamation at Christs resumption of his great power and the initials of his kingdom. Delivered in a sermon at Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, upon the day of their solemn thanksgiving unto God, for the great victory given our army, under the command of the noble Lord Fairfax, at Selby in York-shire and to other the Parliaments forces in Pembroke-shire, April 23d, 1644. By Joseph Caryl preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolns-Inn.The saints thankfull acclamation at Christs resumption of his great power and the initials of his kingdome. Delivered in a sermon at Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, upon the day of their solemne thanksgiving unto God, for the great victory given our armie, under the command of the noble Lord Fairfax, at Selby in Yorke-shire and to other the Parliaments forces in Pembrock-shire, April 23d, 1644. By Joseph Caryl preacher to the Honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne.
London: printed by G.M. for Giles Calvert, 1644
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To worship God is to give him the honour due unto his name, that's the Scripture definition, Psal. 29. 2. Give unto the Lord the honour due unto his name, then follows by way of explication, Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Worship is the giving of God his due honour; honour is due to God by a double right: By the right of his Nature, as he hath a being; and by the right of his Will, as he hath given a command. It is equally dangerous to deny the former and to innovate the latter. God counts nothing worship, but honour due to his name: and no honour due to his name, but what his will calls for and appoints. All besides or beyond these is a dishonour to God, though we intend him a worship. Further, the worship1 of God which is due honour, is of two sorts. 1. Internal. 2. External, and either of these may be an act, either of prayer for the receiving of mercies or of praise for mercies received. The worship of the Text is praise, and that external praise, They worshipped, saying, we give thee thanks ⟨p. 8⟩O Lord God Almighty. Blessings are the gifts of God to man, and thanks is the gift of man to God. Every good gift descends from God, and here is a good gift that ascends to God. He that gives all is willing sometimes to take, and he who enjoys all is willing sometimes to receive; God needs nothing, we are honoured as much that God will receive our Thanks, as we are relieved in receiving his mercies. Thanks is mercies Echo, We thank thee O Lord God.
To worship God is to give him the honour due unto his name, that's the Scripture definition, Psal. 29. 2. Give unto the Lord the honour due unto his name, then followes by way of explication, Worship the Lord in the beauty of holinesse. Worship is the giving of God his due honour; honour is due to God by a double right: By the right of his Nature, as he hath a being; and by the right of his Will, as he hath given a command. It is equally dangerous to denie the former and to innovate the latter. God counts nothing worship, but honour due to his name: and no honour due to his name, but what his will cals for and appoints. All besides or beyond these is a dishonour to God, though we intend him a worship. Further, the worship