Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And…

You will say, God is an Infinite Glorious God? Be it so, He is Infinite that's certain, but the duty of Worship that a gracious heart tenders unto God, it hath an impression of Gods infiniteness upon it, How is that? If that can be made out, then indeed we may be encouraged to Worship God. Thus, That that a gracious heart tenders up to God hath an impression of His inf nitness in this regard, because as God hath no limits of His Being: so a gracious heart when it comes to worship God, will not propound any limit, or bound• but in the desires of it would •ain be enlarged infinitely if it could. If it were possible for a creature to be enlarged to God infini ly it would be. Here lies (I concei•e) the main difference between the most glorious ⟨p. 65⟩Hypocrite in the world, and one that hath true Grace, yea that hath but the least degree of Grace: The most glorious Hypocrite in the world, who (it may be) for the outward act doth more than one that hath true Grace, yet such a one doth limit himself: he doth great things, but he doth it so, as he limits himself, that is, so much as may serve for such and such ends of his, so much as may serve his turn, either to satisfy his Conscience, or to get credit and esteem, to be accounted eminent in such a way, so much he doth do, but his duty is always limited within such bounds; and if he could conceive that he might go to Heaven, and that he might have as much Credit and Honour, and as much peace of conscience with doing less, he would do less. But now one that hath Grace, though but little, though but the least dram of Grace, he goes farther, Indeed saith he, though through the little Grace that I have, I cannot do what another can do: yet this doth so enlarge my heart, that I would have no bounds set in what I do for God, but I would have it enlarged to the uttermost I attitude, if it were possible beyond what ever yet was done for God in the world; and the more I do, the more I do desire to do. That's now a kind of infiniteness that there is in the heart where Grace comes: I say, Grace enlarges the heart to a kind of infiniteness, that the more it doth, the more it would do: there is no Hypocrite but will have his periods, he will rise thus, and thus, and thus high; ordinarily you shall find that if he lives in some company there he is high, but if he lives in other company, there he is lower;