1. Essentially, when it calls God Great, Most high, glorious, The God of glory, Acts 7. 2. King of glory, Psalm 24. 8. Father of glory, Ephes. 1. 17.
2. Efficaciously, when it affirmeth that all the earth is full of the glory of God, Isa. 6. 3. and propounds the glorous and wonderful works of God to be consider∣ed by us, Exod. ••2. 18. He means he will shew him so much of his glory as it is possible for a creature to behold and live, we cannot behold the fulnesse of it.
God is glorious in his nature, 1 Cor. 11. 7. his glory obscureth all other glory, Isa. 6. 2. Gen. 18. 17 1 Kings 10. 13.
His glory is manifested:
1. Extraordinarily, ••n the cloud, in apparations and visions.
2. Ordinarily, in his word and works. The Law sets forth the glory of his justice, and the Gospel that of his mercy, 2 Cor. 3. 8. it is called his glorious Go∣spel, Luke 2. 14.
All his works set forth his glory, both those of creation, and preservation or providence, Psalm 19. the whole creation must needs shew forth his glorious power and wisdom, the sound is said to go over all the world; that is, All crea∣tures must needs gather, that if the Heavens be such glorious Heavens, the Sun so glorious a Sun, how much more must that God be a glorious God, who is the au∣thor and worker of them.
The whole Platform of saving the Church by Christ, sets forth Gods glory principally, Phil. 2. 11. Luke 2. 14. glory to God in the highest. In some works the excellency of Gods power, in others the excellency of his wisdom, patience, but in this all the Attributes of God shine out in their utmost perfection.
1. His wisdom, that all the three persons of the Trinity should joyn in one work, to one end, wherein mercy, power, grace, justice, patience, all meet toge∣ther.
2. Power, in upholding Christ to undergo the weight of Gods vindictive Justice.
3. Free-grace, to do all this without any motive in the world but himself, no∣thing was foreseen in them, and some rather then others were saved.
4. His revenging Justice and Wrath here were manifested, as much as they be in Hell it self.
5. His Holinesse, he can have no communion with those that are unclean.
6. His Majesty, none may be admitted to speak or come nigh to him, but in the mediation of Christ. The Gospel is The glorious Gospel of the blessed God, 1 Tim. 1. 11. that is, The glory of all the Attributes of God doth appear in the Gospel more brightly, then in all the works which God hath made, Mr. Burrh.
God is glorious in all his works upon the hearts of believers, he puts a glory upon them, so that in this sense he is effectually glorious, Ephes. 5. a glorious Church, and Psalm 43. The Kings daughter is all glorious within; this glory is grace, when God makes one holy, heavenly minded, meek, zealous; hereafter we shall have glorious bodies and souls.
God made all things for his glory, for of him and to him are all things, Rom. 11. All the unreasonable creatures are for Gods glory.
1. In that they are serviceable to man, for herein God is glorified, in that they can accomplish those ends for which they were made, and that is for man, Gen. 1. the Sun and Stars are for him, as well as creeping things: These creatures are for a twofold use:
1. To give him habitation and to be means of his corporeal life.
2. To be continual quickners of him, to praise Gods glorious power and wis∣dom; God is said Acts 4. not to leave himself without witnesse; the reasonable creatures are made chiefly for his glory, because they know and love him.
That God is Glorious appears:
1. God hath made many of his creatures glorious, Dan. 10. 8. so there is one glo∣ry of the Sun, another of the Moon; the King clad with gorgeous attire, and being arrayed with the Ensigns of his Soveraignity is glorious, so Solomon.
2. This glory shall continue for ever, because God hath it from himself, and