Chap. 36. ytrl Erp®fLion upon the Rook of J o 1. Verf. 2 ç. 359 Davidwas not fatisfied in doing the dutyof the text alone, but mull affociate others with him in it. ( Pf.34. 3. ) O let us mag- nifie the Lord together ; that's ableffed confort, the confort of the bleffed for ever. The whole workand reward too, of Saints in heaven is, and eternally will be, toanagnify God ; and they have the beginnings of that wor kand reward, who are fincerely magni- fying his work hereon earth. God had) magnifiedhis word ( in all things) above his name(Plat. 132. 2.) and the reafon is, becaufe his workes anfwer or are the fulfilling of his word to the praife of his glorious name. Now if God hath magnified his word by his workes then we mull magnifie his workes, or him in his workes, For wherein doth God niagtsiAe his word but in his works ? He bath magnified his work by bringinghis word forth in his works: Surely then ifGod bath magnified hisword by bringing it forth in his works, then 'cis our duty to magnifie the works of God, which are the produa, effe61 and anfwer of his word. But fonte may fay, how is that done ? I would give anfwer to thisqueftion in five things. Firt},Then we magnifie the work of God, when we magnifie God for his work; we cannot magnifie the mercy of God, but by magnifying the God of our mercy; ; We cannot magnifie his work while we negleft h.imfelf. we magnifie God in his work, fir(l, when we afcribe thewhole efficiency of what we fee done in the world ,to him, and fay, 'This is the finger of God, Or when we fay, according to this or that time, what bath Godwrought ? ( Numb. 2;. 2 3.) To magnifie the work of Cod is to give the whole of it to t.od. 'Tis the hand of God uron a work that fees the price uponany work, and makes it wor: by to be magnified. As in Come Pi&ures, this fers a price upon them, ro fay they are fuch a mans work, the woïkof fuch a famous Artif+, the walkof Apelle.!, or cf t.vl;chaelAngelo. So if we would magnifie any p-ovidential work, we mua fay, it is the work of the great Cod, . it is he that hat h done it ; the eye of our mindmull lock dire ly at God in tilling andgoverning of the world. While we fore much upon, or fray our thoughts about fecond caufes, we cannot exec the wo! k of God ; though we call it Gods work, yet ifour hearts hang about fecond caufes, the work cannot beexalted as his. 'Tis a dep,efion of the work of God to put any thing of man upon ir. To honour the work of Cod is to give him the whole..
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=