154 ne third Sign PART III. gages the Attention, Admiration and Praife of the bright and burn- ing Seraphim ; Ifai. 6. 3. One cried unto another, and faid, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Holls ; the whole Earth is full of his Glory. And Rev. q.. 8. They reji not Day and Night, faying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. So the glorified Saints, Chap. 15. 4. Who /hall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name, for thou only art Holy 2 And the Scriptures reprefent the Saints on Earth as adoring God primarily on this Account, and admiring and extolling all God's Attributes, either as deriving Lovelinefs from his Holinefs, or as be- ing a Part of it. Thus when they praife God_ for his Power, his Holinefs is the Beauty that engages them ; Pfal. g8. I. O fng unto the Lord a new Song, for he bath done marvellous Things ; his right Hand and his HOLY firm bath gotten him the Victory. So when they praife him for his Jufl:ice and terrible Majefl:y ; Pfal. 99. 2, 3. The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all Peeple : Let them praife thy great and terrible Name, for it is HOLY. Verfe 5. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worfhip at his root/lool, for he is HOLY. Verte 8, g. Thou wag a God that forgavefl them, tho' thou tookell Vengeance of their Inventions. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worfhip at his holy Hill ; for the Lord our God is HOLY. So when they praife God for his Mercy and Faithfulnefs ; Pfd. 97. II, 12. Light is fawn for the Righteous, and Gladnefs for the Upright in Heart. Rejoice in the Lord ye Righteous, andgive 'Thanks at the Remembrance of his HOLINESS. t Sam. 2. 2. There is none HOLY as the Lord ; for there is none be- fide thee ; neither is there any Rock like our God. By this therefore all may try their Affe&ions, and particularly their Love and Joy. Various Kinds of Creatures fhew the Diffe- rence of their Natures, very much, in the different Things they re- lifh as their proper Good, one delighting in that which another ab- hors. Such a Difference is there between true Saints, and natural Men : Natural Men have no Senfe of the Goodnefs and Excellency of holy Things ; at leali for their Holinefs ; they have no Tafle of that Kind of Good ; and fo may be Paid not to know that divine Good, or not to fee it ; it is wholly hid from them : But the Saints, by the mighty Power of God, have it difcovered to them : They have that fupernatural, molt noble and divine Senfe given them, by which they perceive it : And it is this that captivates their Hearts, and delights them above all Things ; 'tis the molt amiable and Tweet Thing to the Heart of a true Saint, that is to be found in Heaven or Earth ; that which above all others attra&s and engages his Soul ; and that wherein, above all Things, he places his Happi- nefs, and which he lots upon for Solace and Entertainment to his Mind, in this World, and full Satisfaction and Bleffednefs in another. By this you may examine your Love to God, and to Jefus Chrifi, and
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