/ z3S The Duty and P leajitre the di\-ine bounty~ in ·n1aintaining thefe poor creatures redoundeth unto him; ?nd therefore it is highly 1eafonable that he ihould pay the tribute of praife for thenl, who are not capable to know their depen– dance on God, or their -obligations unto hitp. The young lio~ns are faid to roar and Jeek ·their meat ji·omGod*. The )'Oung ra– ~·ens do cry unto him t. But thefe are only the 1 1plaints of languifhing naturet · heard an relieved by the God of nature; but not directly and particularly addrdfed to hin1. Man alone is capable to entertain -qpmn1union with God, to -know his good- ' efs, and- c~lebrate his praife. · ·. .. Oh that men would:praife the Lore!. Praifc is -the acknowledgn1ent of the goodnefs and excellencyof aperfon: apd though the de.:. fire of it, in us who have nothing of our own but folly and fin, and whofe beft perf_ormances have a miferable alloyof ad– herent corruption, be a blan1eabie vanity ~nd prefun1ption; yet certainly it is high– ly reafonaole for _God, who is the author ~nd fountaia of all good, to require and expect it from. his creatures. - He l~ath 1 1ade this great world as a teJn.ple for l1is l1onour, and.it fuould continually refound - with - * Pfal. civ. 2 .1. 1: 'Job xxxviii. 4t a
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