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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42550	Londons remembrancer, or, A sermon preached at the Church of St. Mary Le Bow on September the 3d, 1688 (the second day being the Lord's Day) which was appointed by act of Parliament for the citizens of London and their successors to retain the memorial of the sad desolation of the city by fire in the year of our Lord 1666 / by William Gearing ...	Gearing, William.	1688 (1688)	Wing G435E; ESTC R40472	20,624	36

8. The Mirth of Tabrets ceaseth the noise of them that rejoyce endeth the joy of the Harp ceaseth They shall not drink Wine with a Song strong Drink shall be bitter to them that drink it That is all their Joy and Mirth shall come to an end But these shall lift up their Voice and sing for the Majesty of the Lord they shall cry aloud from the Sea. Now upon this difference of God's Dispensation the Prophet groundeth an exhortation in the words of my Text Wherefore glorifie ye the Lord in the Fires even the Name of the Lord God of Israel in the Isles of the Sea. Here was the Description of the Judgment which like Fire had consumed all Here were some that were spared and they lifted up their Voice and cryed unto others Wherefore glorifie ye God in the Fires c. So that the Words are an Exhortation to an Holy and Gracious improvement of the Judgment of God that was upon them Wherefore glorifie ye God c. Here it will be needful to open two things 1. What is meant by glorifying of God. 2. What is here meant by these Fires in my Text. To glorifie God understand it first Negatively What it is not It is not to be understood as if it were to make God glorious for God was glorious from Everlasting When we glorifie Him we do not begin to make Him glorious They that were obscure among Men by Honour and Glory put upon them may begin to be glorified but God's Glory was with Him from Everlasting He is Infinitely Glorious in Himself and so no Addition can be made to Him that is Infinite in Glory Our glorifying of Him is not the adding any thing to the Glory which God had it is not the heaping up any farther Glory upon Him than what He had before for His Glory is Infinite and that is Infinite to which nothing can be added and from which nothing can be taken The greatest Glory on Earth is that of a Mighty Monarch when he appeareth in State his Robes Glorious his Attendants Glorious when every thing about him is ordered to be as glorious as may be the Scripture speaks of Solomon in all his Glory Matth. 6. I grant there is no proportion here for what proportion is there between that which is Finite and that which is Infinite But because we know no higher it is the best resemblance we have whereby we take some scantling of the Infinite Glory of our Heavenly King. Therefore the Scriptures speak of it to us according to our Capacity Psalm 93.1 The Lord is King and hath put on glorious Apparel the Lord reigneth he is clothed with Majesty O Lord my God Thou art become exceeding glorious Thou art clothed with Majesty and Honour Psal 104. But as I said before it holdeth no proportion So that we may not unfitly take up our Apostles Words elsewhere though spoken to another purpose 2 Cor. 3.10 Even that which is most glorious here hath no Glory in this respect by reason of the Glory that excelleth And the force of the Argument he useth at the next Verse there holdeth full out as strongly here For saith he If that which is done away be glorious much more that which remaineth is glorious The Glory of the Mightiest Prince in the World when it is at the fullest is but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a matter rather of shew and Opinion than of Substance and hath in it more of Fancy than Reality 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is St. Luke's Expression Acts 25.23 yet as empty a thing as it is if it were of any permanency it were more worthy to be regarded but that which makes it the more vain is that it is a thing so transitory it shall and must be done away But the Glory of the Great King of Heaven abideth and shall not cannot be done away for ever Psalm 104.31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord endureth for ever If then that be glorious then this much more And as no other thing belongeth so properly to God as Glory so neither doth Glory belong so properly to any other Person as to God. The Holy Martyr St. Stephen therefore calleth him Acts 7.2 The God of Glory And the Holy Apostles when they speak of giving him Glory do it sometimes with the Exclusive Particle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the onely Wise God or as the Words will equally bear it saith Bishop Sanderson Onely to the Wise God be Glory to Him and onely to Him yea and the Holy Angels In that Anthem they sang upon our Saviour's Birth when they shared Heaven and Earth their several Portions alotted us our Part in peace and the good Will of God but with Reservation of the whole Glory to Him Luk. 2.14 Glory be to God on high and in Earth Peace and towards Men good Will. Tibi Domine tibi maneat Gloria illibata mecum bene agitur si pacem habuero Bern. in Cantic Serm. 13. It is well for us if we may enjoy our own Peace and His good Will for it is but little that we have deserved either of both but let us beware how we meddle with His Glory for He is most jealous of that Divine Infinite Incomprehensible Glory that belongeth to Him as Supream King of Kings as His peculiar Prerogative and the choicest Flower in His Crown in that He will bear no sharer for He hath expresly told us My Glory will I not give to another Isa 42.8 One would think that by the form of the Verb in the Exhortation that God looketh for some Glory from us for what else is it to glorifie but to make one glorious by conferring some Glory upon him which he had not or not in that degree before And how can that be done to God whose Glory is Perfect Essential and Infinite And unto what is Perfect much less to what is Infinite nothing can be added What one that had Virgil in great Veneration said of him Tanta Maronis Gloria ut nullius laudibus creseat nullius vituperatione minuatur was but a flaunting Hyperbole far beyond the Merit of the Party he meant it to But the like Speech would be most exquisitely true of God a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 rather than an Hyperbole as a Learned Man noteth for God's Glory is truly such as all the Creatures in Heaven and Earth should they joyn their whole Forces to do it could not make it either more or less than it is We must therefore be constrained to forsake the proper signification of the Word Glorifie which is to add some Glory to another either in kind or in degree which before he had not and understand it in such a Sence as that the thing meant thereby may be feisible So then when we are exhorted to glorifie God affirmatively it is to manifest the Glory that God hath or to declare and shew how glorious God is Now when we glorifie God we do but shew forth his Glory The

Heavens declare the Glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy work Psalm 19.1 And thus the Angels and Saints in Heaven declare His Glory And thus all His People on Earth declare His Glory The Heavens declare His Glory Naturally and Saints declare His Glory Spiritually They shew forth His Glory and do manifest to their own Consciences Dominum magnificat qui Domini magnificentiam praedicat Euseb Emiss hom 6. and to the World how highly they prize and esteem His Glory and how earnestly they desire and as much as in them lieth endeavour it that all other Men would also with them acknowledge and admire the same Sing Praise to the Honour of His Name make His Praise to be glorious Psalm 66.1 The Prophet doth not say make His Essence to be more glorious than it is in it self but make His Praise to be more and more glorious in the Eye and Esteem of Men Psalm 145.11 12. That Men may speak of the Glory of His Kingdom and talk of His Power And make known to the Sons of Men His Mighty Acts and the glorious Majesty of His Kingdom So Psalm 96. 2 3 6 7 8. Sing unto the Lord Bless His Name shew forth His Salvation from day to day Declare His Glory among the Heathen His Wonders among all People Honour and Majesty are before Him Strength and Beauty are in His Sanctuary Give unto the Lord O ye Kindreds of the People give unto the Lord Glory and Strength Give unto the Lord the Glory due unto His Name When we endeavour by our Thanksgivings Confessions Faith Obedience and Good Works to bring God's true Religion and Worship into request to win a due Reverence to His Holy Name and Word to beget in others more High and Honourable Thoughts concerning God in all these His most Eminent Attributes of Wisdom Power Justice Mercy c. This is according to Scripture Language to glorifie God. 1. To glorifie God supposeth that we know what a God He is a God full of all Perfection a God glorious in Holyness glorious in Majesty and Power otherwise we cannot give Him Glory no more than a Blind Man can praise super-eminent Beauty or Excellent Colours 2. It supposeth that there be an inward Delight in His glorious Excellencies 3. Then will follow an outward testifying and acknowledging of His Excellencies declaring what a God of Glory He is We do not by shewing forth His Glory increase His Glory We add not Light to the Sun when we praise and commend the Lustre of it God's Excellencies are His Praise our Acknowledgment makes this His Praise glorious A Man would think the glorious Angels and Saints in Heaven were fitter Instruments for such an Employment than such poor Worms of the Earth as we are It is confessed they in Heaven are fitter to do it and there it is best done but it is more needful to be done here upon Earth and if it be sincerely done here it is very acceptable unto God. It is not so much the thing done that God regardeth as the performance of it in singleness of Heart Let that be set right first and then be the performance what it will we both Please and Honour God therewith Whoso offereth Praise glorifieth me saith the Lord Psal 50.23 That is so He intendeth it and so I accept it Wherefore the Glory of God the setting forth of His Eminencies and Excellencies should be the end of our Lives and the principal thing we should aim at We begin with it in the Lord's Prayer Hallowed be thy Name It should be our main Employment Of Him and by Him are all things to Him be Glory for ever Rom. 11. We should therefore give God that which is His own Thine is the Glory as it is in the Conclusion of the Lord's Prayer When we begin the first Petition we are to put up is Hallowed or Glorified be thy Name We are to pray that His Name may be Hallowed or Glorified And when we have gone through all the Petitions we are to wrap up all in the Conclusion with this Acknowledgment that to Him alone belongeth all the Kingdom the Power and Glory for Ever and Ever God's Glory must have the first place in all our Designs Prayers Intents and Purposes It is the end of all Obedience Matth. 5.16 Let your Light so shine before Men that they may see your good Works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven This is a notable Tryal of all our dealings and this is that which may humble the best Christians who are too apt to respect themselves and cannot keep their Eye directly and only upon God and His Glory And that we may glorifie God we must 1. Pray and Endeavour after the Knowledge of God for without it we cannot discern the Excellency of His Name nor in any measure sanctifie Him in our Hearts Ignorant People have no esteem of Mens Gifts Learning c. because they know them not much less can we have a due Estimation of God's Perfections without Knowledge God made the World and the Creatures thereby to make Himself known for His Glory And more clearly did He make Himself known by His Word that He might be glorified But they that come not to the Knowledge of God cannot glorifie Him. 2. We must endeavour that in our hearts we may have a due Reverence and Awful Admiration of the Lord's Excellencies that we may rightly conceive of Him and that we may discern Him in His Word and in his Works and rightly be affected towards Him in His Worship 3. We must likewise in our Words endeavour to express due Reverence towards Him upon all occasions speaking to His Praise and Glory And 4. That all our Works and Actions may be directed to His Glory and that in them others may discern a due Respect to His Majesty And here let us take heed of aiming at our own Glory in God's Service this is the way to lose a Reward from God for herein a Man serveth himself and not God and therefore no marvel if the Lord deny him any Wages Yea herein a Man putteth himself in God's place and therefore deserveth that Punishment which is due to such as rob Him of His Glory Obj. Oh but we are bid to let our Light shine before Men that they may see our good Works Respon The Words reconcile themselves We are bid to let our Light shine before Men to this end that seeing our good Works they may glorifie our Heavenly Father We are bid not to do them before Men for this end to be seen of Men. In the second place we are to enquire what we are to understand by these Fires in my Text Glorifie ye the Lord in the Fires c. Fire is taken in Scripture diverse ways 1. There is an Internal Metaphorical Fire a Fire in the Conscience Thus God sends an evil Conscience into many wicked Men which is like a flaming Furnace much worse than King Nebuchadnezzar's Furnace