follottit God ful:y. 281 Firíl, this is truly to honour God as a God, except Godbe honou red as in- finite, he is not honouredas God ; now it is the full following him that onely honours him as infinite; where God is followedand not thus, he is followed nootherwife then a Creaturem y bee followed ; this is not thereform to ho- nourhim as a God, butrather it isadif honour to that infinite Exce'lency and bleffedneffe of his °whereby he is in- finitely above all that Creatures are, or that they are any way capable of. The great thing that God aimed at in the creating of the Heavens and Earth, was, that hemight by Argels and Men, be honoured as a GOD, and therefore that which gives him this, hath true and mucù excellency in it.. Secondly, this full following of G2d, dr"th much honour the work of Grace, and the .profeflï -,n of Godli- nefte; it fhewes a Reality, Power, Ex- cellency and Beauty in it it fhewes that it proceeds out of the fulnefi'e of JeIù SChriíf,fc..ch as hath high andhea- venly principles; Ihen there is power, pro-
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