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Scions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,…Sions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor,…
Scions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen and common council of London: on the day of solemn thanksgiving unto God for his long and gracious preservation of that great city, from pestilence, fire, and other dangers. By Edward Reynolds. D.D.Sions praises. Opened in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen and common council of London: on the day of solemn thanksgiving unto God for his long and gracious preservation of that great city, from pestilence, fire, and other dangers. By Edward Reynolds. D.D.
London: printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1657
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To sanctify then the Lord, and to make him our fear (as he is called the fear of Isaac, Gen. 31. 42.) is to acknowledge his infinite, peerless, surpassing, and unparalleled excellencies and pre▪eminence, and to serve him with a peculiar and incommunicated worship, to exalt his glorious name above all Blessing, and above all Praise, as being Lord Alone, Nehem. 9. 5, 6. as being God above All, 1 Chron. •9. 11. Higher then the highest, Eccles. 5. 8. there being none holy besides him, 1 Sam. 2. 2. He is God alone; among the gods there is none like him, Psal. 68. 8, 10. He is exalted far above all gods, Psal. 97. 9. Who is a God like unto our God? Mic. 7. 18. Exod. 15. 11. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy, Rev. 15. 4.
To sanctifie then the Lord, and to make him our fear (as he is called the fear of Isaac, Gen. 31. 42.) is to acknowledge his infinite, peerless, surpassing, and unparallel'd excellencies and pre▪heminence, and to serve him with a peculiar and incommunicated worship, to exalt his glorious name above all Blessing, and above all Praise, as being Lord Alone, Nehem. 9. 5, 6. as being God above All, 1 Chron. •9. 11. Higher then the highest,