~12o Ilonour due to tl;;e Perfon off!Jrlfl ; I r, r 2, r 5, ( ~-) In the way of expreiling the defign oftheir foul~ in this Adoration which is by the praifes; they Jung, a / newfo;tg, ; that is, ofPraife, for fo are all thofe Pfalms which have that Title ofa newJong,. And in thefe things, namely, fo– lemn profi:ration offou_lin the acknowledg,me{lt of Divine Ex– cellencies,Afcriptions of Glory and Honour wi~h Praife, cloth Religious Adoration conftil:. And they belong not unto the great holySociety of them who worfhipabove~here below, whofe-hearts are notalwaies ready unto this folemn Adoration oftheLamb,andwho are not on all occafions exercifed therein. And this Adoration of Chrifi cloth differ from the Adorati- – on of God abfolutely confidered, and ofGod as the Father, not in its Nature, but meerly on the account of its eJpecial Moth;es. The principal Motive unto the Adoration of God a/;folutely confidered, is the workofCreati~n, the I\rfanifeil:a– tion of his Glory therein, with all the effeCts of his Power and Goodnefs thereon enfuing. So it is declared, Rev. 4· 8, g, I o, r I. Thou art worthy 0 Lord to receive Glory, attd Honour, andPower, for thou hafl createdall things, andfor thy pleafure thev are andwere created.And the principal Motive unto the Adotation and Wodhip of God as the Father, is that eternal Lfve, Grace and Goodnefs, which he is the Fountain ofin a p~culiarmanner, Eph.I.4,S· But the great Motive unto the Adoration ofChriil: is the work of .\'edemption., Rev;. I 2. Tf7orthy iNhe Lam/; that was .flain to receive Power;and Niches, and Wifdom, Sueng,th,and Honour,andGlor.J',and Ble.ffing,.The Reafon whereof is given, ver. 9, ro. For thou WtU Jllin · and h,:zj{ redeemed us unto God 6y thy blood, and haft made us u11to our God I<mgs andPriefls. The Adoration is the fame, ver. r 3· Blej/ing, Honottr, Glory attd Power /;e u~- to hnn that jit teth on the Throne and unto the Lamb for tvo·more. But the immediate Motives of it ate different, as its Objeers are difiinfr~ Hereon
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