The truly blessed man

1. It is the declarative glory of God that we are to advance. We can add nothing to him, nor make him better, or essentially more glorious, by all we do; our concern is to show forth his praise, Isa 43.21. i. e. To endeavour what in us lies to make it appear that he is a glorious God, which is done by expressing of his perfections, and openly witnessing thereto; and the more convincingly we give this Testimony, the more do we answer & serve to our end.

1. It is the declarative glory of God that we are to advance. We can add nothing to him, nor make him better, or essentially more glorious, by all we do; our concern is to shew forth his praise, Isa 43.21. i. e. To endeavour what in us lies to make it appear that he is a glorious God, which is done by expressing of his perfections, and openly witnessing thereto; and the more convincingly we give this Testimony, the more do we answer & serve to our end.

2. Our whole man ought to be engaged in the glorifying of God. Our faithful serving of him must begin at the heart, and if that be away, all the rest is Hypocrisy: but it is to break out in our lips and lives: the whole man is made for God, & all in us is in its place to serve to his glory, 1 Cor 6.20. David calls upon all that is in him to this, Psal. 102.1, 2 57 7, 8, 9.

3 Herein we make it to appear what esteem we have of the object, and of our interest in it. If ⟨p. 615⟩we rejoice not in the enjoyment of it, we practically lay that we do not apprehend or esteem it to be good; and so far as we suppress this joy, we withhold our Testimony, and so ro God of his due honour: we do as good as say, we have nothing to be glad of, and how injurious is this?