5. Exalt yet the Lord our God. If no others adore him, let his own people render to him the most
ardent worship. Infinite condescension makes him stoop to be called our
God, and truth and faithfulness bind him to maintain that covenant
relationship; and surely we, to whom by grace he so lovingly gives himself,
should exalt him with all our hearts. He shines upon us from under the veiling
wings of cherubim, and above the seat of mercy; therefore let us come and worship at his footstool. When he reveals himself in Christ Jesus, as our reconciled
God, who allows us to approach even to his throne, it becomes us to unite
earnestness and humility, joy and adoration. For he is holy. Holiness is
the harmony of all the virtues. The Lord has not one glorious attribute alone,
or in excess, but all glories are in him as a whole. His power is not his
choicest jewel, nor his sovereignty, but his holiness.
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