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Show 190 A (tribute: of Divine Honour. OfCOMMON-VVEALTH. Mt z.‘ Chap", Part2. l, and is the . orihi ed, he fu ofeth him powerfulBut chd ha.‘ er, great r Powe s iicdclhziisgifiieyvhim 5pv§hich makegihi our duty, at;1 is dino Ends :the worfliip we do him, proceeds fromof Honour,t at Reareéted according to our capacity, by thofe rules e more potent men, In fon dictateth to be done by the weak toth thankfulnefle for good in or e, mmag ho of benefit, for fear ofda ~ _ eceived from them. light the. by us ht taug is alr'i‘ahigi :ve may know what worfliip of God e, Fir-(t, it is maof Nature, 1 will begin with his Attributes. Wher no man can have For : ce x1fien E him to bute nifefl, we ought to attri any Beeing. have to the will to honour that, which he thinks not World , or the the {ayd who , Secondly, that thole Philofophers rthilyflot him ,and denyed Soule of the \Vorld was God, fpake unwo of the Vi'orld-7 and his Exiflence: For by God,is undei‘fiood the £31thot it,that is,noGod. caule no is to fay the World isGod,is to fay there but hternall, ( feemg Thirdl , to fay the World was not Created,there is a Q'{d' that which is Eternall has no caufe,) is to deny God, Fourthl , thatthey who attributing ( as they think ) hale to his Honour: for take from im the care ofMan-kind ,takefrom him is the root of h whic him; of fear and love, it takes away mens 0 . OfCOMMON-WEALTH. C64P31. Hee that will attribute to God, nothing but, what is, warranted by naturall Reafon,muit either ufe fuch Nc ",1": Attrlbum', as [477‘ mm, Emmi/l, WWWIWI'E'ZfiH" 5 or SUP" "Wes: 35 Mo]! "'3'" ""fi Great, and the like ; or Indefinite, as Good, "fit/ll, H01}, 0'3"" 5 and in fuch {enfe‘ as if he meant not to declare what he is, ( for that were to circumfcribc him within the limits of our FanCy,) but how much wee admire him, and how ready We would be to obey him 5 which is a figne ofHumility, and of a Will to honour him as much as we can : For there is but one Name to fignifie our Conception of his Nature, and that is,I A M .- and but one Name of his Relation to us,and that is God , in which is contained Father, King, and Lord. Concerning the actions of Divine Worfhip, it is a moft generall Amour that Precept of Reafon, that they be fignes of the Intention to Honour m figm of God; {uch as are, Firfl,Praym: For not the Carvers, when they Dew" H" made Images, were thought to make them Gods, but the People that "We Frayed to them. ‘ Secondly, Thankfgiving ,which diflereth from Prayer in Divine Worihip, no otherWife, than that Prayers precede, and Thanks fuca ceed the benefit; the end both of the one, and the Other, being to acknowledge God, for Author of all benefits, as well paft, as future, Thirdly, Gifts; that is to fay, Sacrifices, and ablatiom, ( if they be nd Power -, to fay H F‘iciillily, in thofe things that fignifie Greatneire,a of the beft, ) are fignes of Honour : forthey are Thankf ivings. Honour God,to attribute to him le {Te than we can nout : for it is a confcflion that God onely knoweth the heart 5 and of the Will to he is Fim‘te,is not to Honour him: For it is not a {igne -, and Fimte,is le fie . than we can , becauie to Finite, it is eafie to adde more , all FiTherefore to attribute Figure to him, is not Honour -, for . . e is Finite : of him, in guhlor to lay we conceive, and imagine, or have an Idea our mind : for whatfoever we conceive is Finite : _ ‘ ArmNor to attribute to him Pam, or Totality , which are the ' _ thin 5 Finite : ‘ el in Place, is cr foev what for : Place that or this, buifi'di'ntohagfhe is i% . . ded and Finite : ' b e afcrib butes Attri thefe both for b: IS 131:): thai he is Movedpr Reflct ll . _ _ : to him Place Nor that there be more Gods than one ,becaufe it implies them a _ Finite : for there cannot be morethan one Inhnite: g not the meanin , rically Metapho unleiie ( him to Nor to afcribe as qumi ; Griefe of e Paflionbutthe Efieét ) Pafhonsthat partak -, Grip! D:firtI Hope,A te, Appeti as , Want of twee, Anger Mort] : or iomeu iat e 1e any Paiiive faculty : For Pafiionns Power limited‘by not to be 1m is it Will, a And therefore when we ai'cribe to God as the Power. but , te Appeti al! Ration a for , derftood, as that ofMan ‘ ,. , by which he effeaeth every thing. 15-, Likewiie when we attribute to him Sight, and omer acts of gSenelie, nothin is us in which ng; flandi Hnder as alfo Knowledge, and [hf but atuiiiultof the mind, railtd by externall Illll‘igS'KhilF prene sl Goutfn in thing fueh no is organicall parts of mans body:For there ICt.lIl: 'IIl'lbu u: cannot caules, ! natural on d being things that depen - him. Fourthly, Not to five/tr by any but God, is naturally a Egne of Hothat no mans wit, or Itrength can protect a man againft Gods vengeance on the perjured. Fifthly,it is a part ofRationall Worfl'iip,to {peak Confiderately of God -. for it arguesaFear of him, and Fear, is a confeflion of his Power. Hence followeth, That the name of God is not to be ufed, raihly,and to no purpofe-for that is as inuch,as in Vain2And it is to no purport, unleiTe it be by way of Oath, and by order of the Common- wealth, to make judgements certain ; or between Common-wealths, to avoyd Waite, And that difputing of Gods nature is contrary to his Honour : For it is fuppoied, that in this naturall Kingdome of God, the re is no Other way to know any thing, but by naturall Rea- fon ; that is, from the Principles of naturall Science 5 which are (0 farre from teaching us any thing of Gods nature, as they cannot teach us our own nature, nor the nature of the fmallef't creature li- ving: And therefore, when. men out of the Principles of natural! heaion, dilpute of the Attributes of God, they but diihonour him : For in the Attributes which we give to God, we are not to confider the hgnihcation of Philolophicall Truth -, but the fignification of Pi iupnimpntion to do him the greatef't Honour we are able_ From the ‘ g 0 which confideration, have proceeded the volumes of difpu- ‘flion about the Nature of God, that tend not to his Honour, but to IHe hornout of our own wits, and learning 5 and are nothing elfe but ..it§ii;tihdle)ra:e,;nd vain abufiisfof his Sacred Name. _ ,3 n Myers, 7' 14}? j git/in Q trim: and Sacri m it is 2 -; Ultra" 0‘ naturall Beafon, that thegy3 bij: eveii'y one in his kind the befl, , |