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A86432	A glimpse of Gods glory: as it vvas presented in a sermon preached in St. Margarets Westminster, before the honorable House of Commons at the late solemne fast, September 28. 1642. By Tho: Hodges Rector of the Church at Kensington neere London. Published by order of that House.	Hodges, Thomas, 1599 or 1600-1672.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1642 (1642)	Wing H2314; Thomason E124_36; ESTC R4544	44,504	47

willing That thereby your soules may be raised up to reverence and attention to hope and confidence to admiration and elevation Out of that portion of Scripture contained in the hundreth and thirteenth Psalme the fift and sixt verses A GLIMPSE OF GODS GLORY As it was presented in a SERMON PSALME 113. VERSE 5. Who is like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high VERSE 6. Who humbleth himselfe to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth THe Author of this Psalme was David the time when hee came newly to the Crowne Iun. et Tremel Annotat. in loc The matter praise 1. To God 2. Of God Both joyned in this Text. In which observe Gods 1. Majesty 2. Mercy 3. The impression this maketh on the Psalmist 1. Gods Majesty exprest by 1. His eminency hee is on high and that is farther discovered by the Originall and fountaine of it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He exalts himselfe on high so the word signifies 2. By the immutability and eternity of it He * R. Maim Mor● Nevochim l. 1. c. 11. fits or dwels on high 2. Gods mercy which appeares in His 1. Providence 2. Relation 3. Condescension 1. His providence In that observe The Act he beholds Object and that is double 1. Things in Heaven 2. Things on earth 2. In his exhibiting himselfe by way of Relation He is our God 3. In his great condescension though he be so high yet for the preservation and gubernation of his poore creatures hee abaseth himselfe i. e. rather then they shall want governing and sustaining hee will take charge of them himselfe and so far vaile his glory as to imploy his wisdome power and other attributes for their advantage 3. The impression that this apprehension makes on the minde of the Psalmist and that is Admiration O who is like unto him 1. Gods eminency He is on high Therefore stiled by the a Esay 57.15 Prophet the High and lofty one and so he is indeed 1. In respect of place and dwelling He is in Heaven sayes b Eccles 5.2 Solomon and our Saviour in our prayers instructs us to looke up c Mat. 6. thither It is true he is in the aereall and Starry heaven by his essence and power But the Heaven of the blessed is his d Esay 66.1 Throne that is the place where he chiefly testifies his residence not as if he were determined so to that place as to be excluded from others e 1 Kings 8.27 The heaven of heavens is not able to containe him for f Ier. 23.24 he fils both heaven and earth but in respect of manifestation he is said to be there because in that place he chiefly manifests g Esay 63.15 his glory and goodnesse 2. In respect of essence he is high indeed unexpressibly high in excellency above all beings not h Gen. 14.22 onely in Abrahams phrase The high God but in i Psal 7.17 Davids The Lord most High Alas what are all created beings with all their excellencies in respect of him but even as k Esay 40.17 nothing and vanity as the Prophet speakes He is the perfectest of all Beings For first there 's no perfection in any created being if it be not a helpe of its necessitie or a remedie against the evill that is incident to it but we may finde it all in God Is it l Jer. 10.10 life m 1 Sam. 2.3 knowledge n Job 9.4 strength o Lev. 11.44 holinesse or what ever else is simply excellent he is the Originall and cause of all therefore much more possesses these excellencies then the creatures p Psal 94.9 Secondly they are all in God after a q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dionys de divi nominibus c. 1. Sic Aquin. parte 1. q. 3. art 1 3. super-eminent manner For 1. they are divers things in the creatures but one in God 2. They are accidents in the creatures but essence in God 3. They are in the creature with some allay or other they are like the moone when they shine brightest yet there are creature spots of imperfection to be found in them r Job 4.18 the Angels the excellentest of created Beings are charg'd with folly But God is so light That in him there s 1 Joh. 1.5 is no darkenesse at all Then thirdly in respect of measure he is infinitely above them all Alas they possesse but some small drops in respect of the fountaine some poore glimmering rayes in respect of this glorious sunne in a word He is an infinite Ocean of perfection without either brinke or bottome 3. He is high in respect of t Rab. Maymon in more Nevochim lib. 1. cap. 20. State and dominion Looke amongst all those that he is pleased to grace with the Title of gods whether Angels in heaven or men upon earth and you will finde u Psal 86.8 That amongst the gods there 's none like unto him neither are there any workes like unto his workes First looke upon all the gods who amongst them hath the w Esay 66.1 whole heaven for his throne and the whole earth for his footestoole as he hath x Psal 95.3 4 5. who hath such vaste territories and dominions y Esay 33.22 Jam. 4.12 Rom. 9.21 c. who such supreame power and absolute authoritie z Revel 19.16 he is the God of gods and King of kings there 's never a resembling or deputed God amongst them but they are beholding to him for a 1 Cor. 4.7 their glory it is their height honour to be the b Psal 82.6 Sonnes of the Highest if they be higher then others in place or parts it is from his coyning they passe with others at such a rate And as the putting forth of his creating power made them such so his excellencie is the measure of theirs the nigher they come to him in point of likenesse or imployment c Psal 16.3 Prov. 12.26 Dan. 4.36 the higher they are in point of eminencie Looke upon his workes and he is high in them too there is none amongst the gods whose workes are d Psal 86.8 like to his e Psal 40.5 they out-passe expression View this 1. In the workes of Creation f Esay 40.12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meted out heaven with the span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountaines in scales and the hills in a ballance Are not these high workes indeede thus to forme and proportion out such vaste creatures and that with so much facilitie and ease as the Prophet expresses with such unexpressible surpassing power as if he were but spanning measuring weighing can any lesse then a high Almighty Deity doe it Princes declare their highnesse by high extraordinary workes g Dan. 4.30 Nebuchadnezzar builds a glorious palace to discover his Majestie and great glory

but alas what is this poore pile to h Psal 33.6 Psal 102.25 the laying of the foundations of the earth and the creating the glorious fabricke of the vast heavens which are also the worke of his hands If we contemplate all these creatures first in God before they had a Being in themselves i Psal 139.16 Plato stiles God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Idea or shape of the worke in the Artificers minde before he puts his hand to frame it so all creatures were in the divine understanding and here for the farther extolling his heigth we may well cry out with the k Esay 40.13.14 Prophet Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord or being his counsellor taught him with whom tooke he counsell But all this while he was like l Ante omnia Deus erat solus ipse sibi mundus locus omnia Tertul. coat Prox. a claspt booke gloriously shining onely to himselfe Then secondly looke also upon him in his creating emanations this glorious booke is unclaspt and now what was hidden before in God becomes manifest so that thereby m Rom. 1.20 Psa 104.30 31 the invisible things of God from the Creation of the world are clearely seene being understood by the things that are made even his eternall power and God-head n Esth 1.4 like Ahasuerosh his great feast whereby hee shewed the greatnesse of his riches and excellencie And indeed what are the creatures but the o Quid est excellentia creaturae nisi Dei exundatio qua inferiora etiam replevit Bern. Over-flowings of Gods power and eminencie whereby not contenting himselfe with discoveries of his highnesse and glory in the creation of the heavens and their glorious furniture of Angels Sunne Moone Starres and such like he hath likewise replenisht the earth p Psal 33.5 6. Esay 6.3 which also is full of his goodnesse and glory Then secondly as all things flow from him so they depend upon him which likewise declares his Highnesse The greatest excellencies of Being or indowments which we so much admire as wisedome strength life holinesse c. as much depend upon him as the effigies in the glasse upon the presence of the face that causes it q Psal 104.29 If he turne away his face i. e. restraine his influence of sustaining maintaining grace and power they vanish r Heb. 1.3 He sustaines and beares up all both in respect of s Act. 17.28 being excellencies and operations t Psal 104.27 He maintaines and spreads a table for all therefore hither they looke with a craving imploring eye u Psal 107. especially in dangers they that despise his majestie before now acknowledge his highnesse above all others for forsaking their fellow creatures which are refuges of lyes Non ad capitolium sed ad coelum c. Tertul they looke now to the heavens not to the Capitol And those that would not owne him before cry now Lord helpe Lord save lowdly thereby proclaiming his glory Thirdly he to whom all tend must needes be on high but as all came from him and live upon him so they w Rom. 11.36 tend to him as x Eccles 1.7 rivers which come from the Sea and returne againe unto it When he framed all first the end he aymed at y Deus in exteriora quídem tendit sed tamen in totum undique in se redit Senec. lib. de beata vita cap. 8. was himselfe his own z Prov. 16.4 glory for which he accordingly Stampt them with such severall adaptations as might without faile dispose them for and carry them to this end Some tend to him and so praise him passively as the excellencie of the worke extolls the workeman a Psal 19.1 Thus the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shewes forth his handy worke Likewise the Acts of his providence both of Justice and Mercy when by an out-stretched arme he reduces those creatures and things into order in relation to this end which otherwise in themselves would prove irregular b Psal 76.10 Thus he makes the wrath of man to praise him as Pharaohs when not onely thereby he tooke occasion to shew how much he was c Exod. 18.11 above him and higher then he by blasting his Counsels enervating his courage destroying his power But also when he had permitted that beast to rage enough to bring about his owne designe The remainder of his wrath as the Psalmist speakes God did subdue by making the sea his grave The like we may see in d Socrat. Schol. Eccles Hist li. 3. cap. 18. Julian if we consider his bloody resolutions fierce prosecution but suddaine and miraculous destruction the like is evident in the King of e Esay 10. Assyria and many others Others tend to him Actively by way of intention f Psal 24.6 propounding this high God to themselves as there ultimat end and aym They looke up to him as the onely One in injoyment of whom they can be perfected Therefore move towards him as their g Domine secisti nos ad te inquietum est cor nostrum dónec requiescat in te Aug. conf l. 1. cap. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sy●…e● hymno 2. Psa 73.25 c. Psal 63.8 Center and cannot finde quietnes in themselves untill and no farther then they rest in him Their wish is h Vt currat vita mea in amplexus tuos nec avertetur donec abscondit me in abscondito vultus tui Aug. that they may by every act and duty they performe be thereby carryed into his imbraces and never leave off till at last they be swallowed up of his unspeakeable glory Thus whether we consider Gods Essence Dwelling Dominion or workes we see in all he is High Quest But how high is he Answ 1. So high that all creatures bow before him and doe homage to him according to their severall aptitudes and abilities Saint Iohn brings them all in attributing to him and so putting from themselves but setting on his head as a royalty due onely to him the crown of glory i Revel 5.13 And every creature saith he which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them heard I saying Blessing honour glory and power be unto him that sits upon the throne 1. Some by way of subjection stooping to him k Dan. 7 10. Rev. 5.11 12. Angels and Saints they worship him acknowledging his highnesse by denying their own Esay 6. but setting up his will as their supreame law excellencie cast down their crowns and vayling their glory they cover their face and make his glory the object of their admiration 2. Others acknowledge his eminencie by their Consternation upon the least shining forth of his glory when he discovers but the emblems of his greatnesse l James 2.19 Devils tremble

A GLIMPSE OF GODS GLORY AS IT VVAS PRESENTED In a SERMON preached in St. MARGARETS Westminster Before the Honorable House of COMMONS At the late Solemne Fast September 28. 1642. By THO HODGES Rector of the Church at Kensington neere LONDON Published by Order of that House LONDON Printed for Iohn Bartlet and are to be sold at the Gilt Cup in PAULS Church-yard neere S. Austins Gate 1642. To the Honourable House of COMMONS Now assembled in Parliament THe great God of Heaven and earth who made what ever he made for his owne praise hath stamped more excellent characters of his glory on man then on all the rest of his sublunary creatures besides not onely making him Lord of all his works but giving him understanding more then the beasts whereby he might not onely be able like a earthly Monarch to rule over these earthly beings but also might see in all his God and thereby have his will inclined and affections moved after him to know and enjoy him who is his eternall life To this man hath not onely an obliegement by commands benefits and the like but also by creation an ability and aptitude so to doe But alas how hath he lost what he then received and now like Sampson his spirituall eyes being gone he is a stranger to the light of heaven and all true liberty And what is our ministery set up by this God in the world for Is it not to turne poore undone men from darknesse to light and from this spirituall bondage to the living God But how shall we performe this taske unlesse by indeavouring so to bring this glorious God to light before them that they may discerne what a glory they have sleighted and mourne what a goodnesse they have turned their back on and change their mind making for the future this God their end and ayme in all their actions and so make to their soules straight steps toward the injoyment of him We shall finde in Gods booke that when Nations have overflowne with sinne Hos 4.1.6 and consequently with ruine as a just recompence and wages of it it is attributed to the lack of this knowledge Esay 11.9 so on the other side when the iniquitie of Kingdomes is destroyed the knowledge of the Lord is laid downe as a meanes whereby it was brought to passe This made me the rather pitch upon this subject that this glimpse of God might so affect our spirits as not onely to fit us for that dayes duty wherein it was preached but also for the future it might attract our minds unto him The subject is high indeed far sitter for an Angels tongue then for a mortall mans especially incompast with such darknesse and infirmity as my selfe which not being senselesse of had not your command ingaged the publication of these thoughts they had never seene the light But seeing your Wisdomes have judged this meet I shall sit downe well pleased to have testified my obedience Therefore I beseech you though the gift be far beneath your worth and eminency yet let the givers minde be accepted in it which is not inferiour to any that prayes for your happinesse and desires alwayes to be found Your most humble servant in Christ Iesus THO HODGES Die Mercurii 28. Septemb. 1642. IT is this day Ordered by the Commons House of Parliament that Mr. Hollis and Sir Rob Harley are appointed to returne thanks from this House to Mr. Hodges and Mr. Wilson for the great paines they have taken in the Sermons they preached this day at S. Margarets Westminster at the intreaty of this House And that they desire them to print their Sermons And that no man presume to print them but such as they shall appoint untill the House shall take farther Order H. Elsing Cler. Parl. D. Com. I appoint Iohn Bartlet to print my Sermon Tho Hodges The Preface THe sad darknesse that covers Ireland and many distractions of our own Kingdome a Esay 12.12 are God Almighties cals from heaven to the performance of this solemne duty We are here therfore before the Lord this day to lay our selves low before him and b Hos 12.4 like Iacobs to wrastle by prayers and teares with the great God for the stopping these floods of wrath which have made such sad breaches amongst us and to procure the healing of the one and prevention of the like miseries in the other Kingdome The duty is extraordinary But alas we usually bring such ordinary hearts that except the God of mercy be pleased to pity us and raise us above our selves the duty is like to perish in our hands and we to lose that fruit which our soules desire Can we thinke that such heedlesse spirits are like to procure the salvation of Kingdomes Is not regardlesnesse a thing in ordinary duties forbidden nay which the soul of God so much abhors that he accounts the best works not to c Revel 3.2 fill up where that is Doth he not d Mal. 1.14 curse the deceiver that offereth not the best in the Old Law and shall we think he will accept of lesse now Therefore I beseech you let us not deceive our selves but remember As wee mete out to God in the due performance of the duty of this e Luke 6. ●8 day so we may expect his meting to us again in the requests of our soules Alas we are f Esay 22.13 very unapt to be drawne to the performance of duties of this nature but if we take them in hand wee are usually so cold so perfunctory we care not which end goes forward thinking a body g Esay 58.5 without a soule sufficient to discharge us of it which doubtlesse is amongst divers other reasons because either we consider not h Mal. 1.14 how great a God we have to deale with in it or expect not any great matter from the due performance of it for were we throughly convinced of the former his glory would put us upon more diligent advertency we would think i Revel 4.8 like the foure Beasts wee had need to have eyes both within and without and all too little and but for the latter the poore cripples expectation of an almes or the Canaanitish womans of her daughters recovery did not make the one more wishly k Acts 3.5 to cast an eye on the Apostle l Mat. 15.22 or the other cry more fervently after our Saviour then we would be both to look and cry with attention and fervour after the Lord this day for that which is so affected by us That therefore we may not be like the Dogs of m Aelian lib. 6. de Animal cap. 53. Nilus who running lap its waters or like those the Prophet Esay complaines of n Esay 54.7 that stir not themselves up to take hold of the Lord. Give me leave to present you this day with a glimpse of what a God in this duty you have to deale with How glorious how able how