Ch`p. 6. An Expofition n the Book of J 03. Vet f. t Ó. 473 to God. As holinefs is a feparation from evil, fo it is anapproxi- mation to the chiefeft good. But Tome may demand how canman fanáihe God ? God fantifies us, but can we tanZtifie him? We cannot Gamine God as he fans ifiesus.: We do not fanti.tìe God. by adding or communicating any holinefs unto him, but we fan- tífie God by acknowledging his holinefs ,'or by acknowled-ging that he is, the Holy One ; drawing nigh. unto God with a holy heart, with holy affeftioits is thefanhlifying ofGod. For this is the Ian - guage of filch preparation I have a holyGod to go unto,therefòrc I muff have a holy heart to come unto him with ; this is fanC ify,- ing God ; and that's the reafon why nonatOite God, but they that are holy, Heb. 12. 14. Without holinej í o,man fhall fee` the Lord; becaufè God himfelf is holy, therefore they carte God, who are unholy., There tnukl be an inward holinefs, holinefs in the Organ :to take in the holinefs.of the objeá ; God firlf works' bonnet's in us, and then we behold him, the Holy God : And that was the reaCon why the Prophet (Ifa,Chap.6.when the voice pro- claimed thrice the holy NameofGod, Holy, Holy, Holy,) cryed out, Iam undone beeaufeI am a man of unclean'lips, I have an un, clean heart, and how than I ttaud before this holy holy, holyGod; this mide his fpirit recoyl, though he wasa holy Prophet the remainders of unholinefs in him, madehis 'pipit faint, "whin there was an appearance (fan holy God : any will they that are nothing but corruption,orá lump ofuncleannefs, lying fiill in the dregs ofna- ture, be able to fiand beforeGod, The holy One,the holy, holy; holy, One! This is the fumme of the firtt reafon, upon which lob grourGs his requett to dye,it was not the mifery he fuffered,but the rntegri ty in which he had lived .He had not concealed the words of the holy One, therefore as his afdidion made his life troublefome to him,fo the goodnefs ofhis caute and confcience, made death wel- come to him. P P P . _ x GÌ. , .
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