5 THEOLOGICUS. VOL. III. Rom. i. 21. Because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, &c. DOCTRINE I. 'Tis a great Sin not to glorify GOD as GOD. I. What is it to glorify GOD? 1. Negatively. 1. Not as if we made Him Glorious, Exod. XV. II. 2. Nor as if we added any thing to His Glory. 2. But Pofitively. 1. To acknowledge His Glory, Pfal. xix. 1. 2. To admire it. 3. To live up to it. 4. To speak of it. II. What is it to glorify GOD as GOD? 1. To acknowledge Him to be GOD. 1. To be what he is in Himself. 1. Of Himself a Spirit. A 3 2. Infinite 2. Infinite and Incomprehenfible. Sibi foli tantus quantus notus, Minut. 3. Almighty, S. Matth. xix. 26. Multa non poteft Deus, & Omnipotens eft; &ideo Omnipotens, quia ifta non poteft. S. Aug. 4. All-wife, Pfal. cxlvii. 5. Coloff. ii. 3. 5. True, Exod. xxxiv. 6. 6. Good, S. Luk. xviii. 19. Pfal. cxlv. 7,9. 7. Holy, 1 Sam. ii. 2. Pfal. cxlv. 17. 8. Merciful, Exod. xxxiv. 6. 9. Juft, Pfal. cxlv. 17. 10. Omniprefent, Pfal. cxxxix. 11. Eternal, Exod. iii. 14. 12. One, Deut. vi. 4. Non numerò, fed u שאין ייחוד אחד .niverfitate, Rufin .Maimonid .כמותו בעולם אחד 13. Three in Perfons, S. Joh. v. 7. Αδιαίρετο ἐν ᾧ τεισὶν ὑποςάσεσιν ἡ δ μιᾶς ἐσίας Θεότης, S. Athanaf. S.Matth. iii. 17. Voce pater, Natus corpore, Flamen ave. 2 To be what he is to us. 1. Our Maker, Gen. i. 1. Quapropter reEtiffimè credimus omnia Deum feciffe de nihilo. S. Aug. 2. Our Preferver, A. vii. 28. Пap auto γὰρ ὅταν ἡμῖν τὸ ἐνεργῶν, τὸ μὴ ἀπο λέπζ. 3 Our Governour, and the Difpofer of all Things, Pfal. lxxv. 6. S. Matth. X. 29, 30. 4 Our Redeemer, Isa. xlvii, 4. To fear Him as GOD. 1. As an Heart-fearching GOD, Pfal. cxxxix. 2. "Οτι προγνωσική δυνάμεις πάν τα ἐπίςαται, S. Chryfoft. Οὐ μόνον τὰς ἐμὰς προεώρακας πράξεις, ἀλλὰ τὰς ἐσομένες μοι προθώρακας λογισμός, Theodoret. 2. A Sin-revenging GOD, Exod. xxxiv. 7. 3. A Sin-pardoning GOD, Pfal. cxxx. 4. Hof. iii. 5. 3. Hope in Him as an (Pfal.xxvii. 1. xlvi. 1,2.) 1. All-wife, 2 Pet. ii. 9. 2. Almighty, 3. All-gracious, 4. All-faithful God. Promiffa tua funt, & quis falli timeat, cum promittit veritas? S. Aug. 4. Rejoice in Him, Phil. iv. 4. 1. As a reconciled GOD in Christ. 2. A Soul-fatisfying GOD in Himself. 5. Defire Him as GOD, Pfal. Ixxiii. 25. 1. As One, without Whom we cannot but be miferable.. 2. As One, in Whom we cannot but be happy. 6. Love Him as GOD, Deut. vi. 5. 1. As the chiefest Good in Himself, S. Luk. xviii. 19. 2. The Fountain of all Goodness in the Creatures. 7. Worship Him as GOD. 1. Him alone, Isa. xlii. 8. 2. In Spirit and Truth, S. Joh. iv. 24. 8. Serve Him as GOD, S. Matth. v. 16. S. Joh. xv. 8. 1. Him alone, Ifa. xlii. 8. 2. In all Things, 1 Cor. x. 31. 9. Serve Him as GOD, fo as to do all to His Glory, I Cor. X. 31. A 4 Motives 1. Motives to it. Confider, 1. You are His, not your own, 1 Cor. vi. 19, 20. 2. You have nothing of your own, all is His, I Cor. iv. 7. 3. Whatsoever you do, it is by His Strength, 4. GOD doth all Things to His own Glory. 2. Providence, S. Joh. xi. 4. Exod. ix. 16. Every time that we make not GOD's 6. There is Nothing, befides GOD's Glory, iii. 23. 2. Directions. Often think of the Greatnefs and Glory of GOD, Pfal. xcv. 3. xcvi. 4, 10. cxxxviii. 5. and cxlv. 3, 4, 5. 2. Whatsoever ye do, intend, in your doing it, the Glory of GOD, Joh. vii. 19. I S. Pet. iv. 16. Ifa. viii. 13. 1. In your Natural, 2. In Humane, 1. Thinking, Prov. iv. 23. Jer. iv. 14. 3. Acting, properly fo called, 1 S. Pet. ii. 12. Spiritual Meditation, Pfal. cxix. 148. 1. Praying, |