Use 3 Thirdly, Hence then if God be thus excellent above all, from the meditation of the Excellency of God and his glory, we see cause to be vile in our own eyes; the higher we see God to be, the lower we should be in our own eyes, there is nothing will take down the spirit of a man more than God: I dare say of every proud heart in the wor•d, such a one knows not God, never had a sight of the glory of God that he hath to do withal; the sight of God will wonderfully humble the heart before him, Job 42.5. is very famous for this, Job saith, With the hearing of the ear I have heard of thee, but now mine eyes have seen thee (what follows then upon that) Wherefore I abhor my self, and repent in dust and ashes. 1Job that was a holy man, yet he confesses that he had but even heard of God, he never had such a sight of God as God gave him at this time, and upon the sight that he had of God, though he were a holy, and a gracious man, and could stand in his uprightness, yet saith he, Mine eyes have seen thee, and therefore I abhor my self, and repent in dust and ashes. Oh that God would give such a fight of himself to all your souls, to those proud, stout, and rebellious sinners that have gone on in ways of rebellion against him. You have heard of God by the hearing of the ear, but have your eyes ever seen him? If God would but give you a sight of what I have briefly spoken to you, ⟨p. 35⟩you would certainly fall down before him, and abhor your selves in dust and ashes: So the Prophet Isaiah, though a godly man, yet in Isa. 6. he heard the Cherubins and Seraphims praising of God, and crying, Holy, Holy, 2Holy is the Lord of Hosts; And there was a vision of God upon his Throne to the Prophet, what follows? saith the Prophet, Woe unto me, for I am undone! Why? For I am a man of polluted lips, and I dwell among a people that are of unclean lips; Woe unto me, for I am undone, for I have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts! I see the Lord upon his Throne, and I behold the blessed Angels how they admire at his glory, Oh woe to me, I am undone. If so holy a man shall thus cry out upon the sight of God, and say, Woe to me, I am undone, because I am a man of polluted lips! Oh what mayest thou do then, that art a man of polluted lips, and polluted heart, and polluted life? Oh how are thy lips polluted!
Use 3 Thirdly, Hence then if God bee thus excellent above all, from the meditation of the Excellency of God and his glory, wee see cause to bee vile in our own eyes; the higher wee see God to bee, the lower wee should bee in our own eyes, there is nothing will take down the spirit of a man more than God: I dare say of every proud heart in the wor•d, such a one knows not God, never had a sight of the glory of God that hee hath to do withall; the sight of God will wonderfully humble the heart before him, Job 42.5. is very famous for this, Job saith, With the hearing of the ear I have heard of thee, but now mine eyes have seen thee (what follows then upon that) Wherefore I abhor my self, and repent in dust and ashes. 1Job that was a holy man, yet hee confesses that hee had but even heard of God, hee never had such a sight of God as God gave him at this time, and upon the sight that hee had of God, though hee were a holy, and a gracious man, and could stand in his uprightness, yet saith hee, Mine eyes have seen thee, and therefore I abhor my self, and repent in dust and ashes. Oh that God would give such a fight of himself to all your souls, to those proud, stout, and rebellious sinners that have gone on in wayes of rebellion against him. You have heard of God by the hearing of the ear, but have your eyes ever seen him? If God would but give you a sight of what I have briefly spoken to you, ⟨p. 35⟩you would certainly fall down before him, and abhor your selves in dust and ashes: So the Prophet Isaiah, though a godly man, yet in Isa. 6. hee heard the Cherubins and Seraphins praising of God, and crying, Holy, Holy, 2Holy is the Lord of Hoasts; And there was a vision of God upon his Throne to the Prophet, what follows? saith the Prophet, Woe unto mee, for I am undone! Why? For I am a man of polluted lips, and I dwell among a people that are of unclean lips; Woe unto mee, for I am undone, for I have seen the King, the Lord of Heasts! I see the Lord upon his Throne, and I behold the blessed Angels how they admire at his glory, Oh woe to mee, I am undone. If so holy a man shall thus cry out upon the sight of God, and say, Woe to mee, I am undone, because I am a man of polluted lips! Oh what mayest thou do then, that art a man of polluted lips, and polluted heart, and polluted life? Oh how are thy lips polluted!
- 1Vers. 6.
- 2Isa. 6.1, 2, 3.
