N00935:59
Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened.…
Agreeable admonitions for old & young. Or, Aged piety honoured, and early piety quickened. In a brief discourse, delivered, April 25. 1703. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Green, 1703
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Nevertheless, 'Tis a particular Satisfaction, unto the Glorious God, that Rational Beings do particularly observe the Manifestations of His Glory. There are Intellectual Beings, formed by the Great God, that formeth All Things. There is a World of Spirits; Angels and Men, Things that have Reasonable Spirits in them, are made by that God, who is the Father of Spirits. That Spiritual World is a Million of Times more Considerable, than the Corporeal World. These Intellectual Beings are capable of Observing and Regarding and Admiring the Glory of God. God says, I formed them for my self, to show forth my Praise. Thus Good is our God!
Nevertheless, 'Tis a particular Satisfaction, unto the Glorious God, that Rational Beings do particularly observe the Manifestations of His Glory. There are Intellectual Beings, formed by the Great God, that formeth All Things. There is a World of Spirits; Angels and Men, Things that have Reasonable Spirits in them, are made by that God, who is the Father of Spirits. That Spiritual World is a Million of Times more Considerable, than the Corporeal World. These Intellectual Beings are capable of Observing and Regarding and Admiring the Glory of God. God sayes, I formed them for my self, to shew forth my Praise. Thus Good is our God!
Now God will have us to Glorify Him, in Declaring the Praises of His Glory, falling under our Observation. And in these two ways, are we to Declare the ⟨p. 40⟩Praise of the Glorious God. First, We must our selves Acknowledge the Glory of God; and be sensible of those Glorious Things in God, that shall draw us, to Fear Him, and Love Him, and Seek Him, and Serve Him; and make His Will the only Rule of our Life, and count His Good Will to be better than Life. And then, We must Invite and Engage Others, to join with us, in those Acknowledgements of God; So that from what we are, or have, or do, Honourable Thoughts of God shall be Raised in the minds of Others, and Others shall devote themselves unto the Lord.
Now God will have us to Glorify Him, in Declaring the Praises of His Glory, falling under our Observation. And in these two wayes, are we to Declare the