INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 148
"...there is above us a world of blessed angels by whom God is praised, an innumerable company of them." "All the creatures that praised God at first for their creation must praise him still for their continuance." "Those that will not fulfill God's word, but rise up in rebellion against it, show themselves to be more violent & head-strong than even the stormy winds, for they fulfil it." "It is the greatest honour that can be put upon a man to be brought near to God, the nearer the better; & it will be best of all when nearest of all in the kingdom of glory." CHAPTER 149 "The saints must praise God, saints in profession, saints in power, for this is the intention of their sanctification; they are devoted to the glory of God, & renewed by the grace of God, that they may be unto him for a name & a praise." "Our praises of God should flow from a heart filled with delight & triumph in God's attributes, & our relation to him." "Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, & then, in a holy zeal for his honour, let them take a two-edged sword in their hand to fight his battles against the enemies of his kingdom." "...let them praise the Lord, & continue Christ's faithful servants & soldiers to the end of their lives." CHAPTER 150 "Where should he be praised, but there where he does, in a special manner, both manifest his glory & communicate his grace?" We must praise the Lord "...for all the instances of his might, the power of his providence, the power of his grace, what he has done in the creation, government, & redemption of the world, for the children of men in general, for his own church & children in particular." "...since he is greater than we can express or conceive, we must raise our conceptions & expressions to the highest degree we can attain to. Be not afraid of saying too much in the praises of God, as we often do in praising even great & good men." "...all the danger is of saying too little; & therefore, when we have done our utmost, we must own that though we have praised him in consideration of, yet not in proportion to, his excellent greatness." "Praise God, with a strong faith; praise him with holy love & delight; praise him with an entire confidence in Christ; praise him with a believing triumph over the powers of darkness; praise him with an earnest desire towards him & a full satisfaction in him; praise him by a universal respect to all his commands; praise him by a cheerful submission to all his disposals; praise him by rejoicing in his love & solacing yourselves in his great goodness; praise him by promoting the interests of the kingdom of his grace; praise him by a lively hope & expectation of the kingdom of his glory." "What have we our breath, our spirit, for, but to spend it in praising God, & how can we spend it better?" "Having breath, let the praises of God perfume our breath" Matthew Henry's Commentary: Job To Song Of Solomon, Mac Donald, pgs. 782 - 789.
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September 2023
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