2. Give unto the Lord theglory due unto his name. A third time the
admonition is given, for men are backward in glorifying God, and especially
great men, who are often too much swollen with their own glory to spare time to
give God his rightful praise, although nothing more is asked of them than is
most just and right. Surely men should not need so much pressing to give what
is due, especially when the payment is so pleasant. Unbelief and distrust,
complaining and murmuring, rob God of his honor; in this respect, even the
saints fail to give due glory to their King. Worship the Lord, bow before him with devout
homage and sacred awe, and let your worship be such as he appoints. Of old,
worship was cumbered with ceremonial, and men gathered around one dedicated
building, whose solemn pomp was emblematic of the beauty of holiness;
but now our worship is spiritual, and the architecture of the house and the
garments of the worshipers are matters of no importance, the spiritual beauty
of inward purity and outward holiness being far more precious in the eyes of our
thrice holy God.
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