s have their own sounds and voices peculiar
to their own nature, this is the natural sound of a man. Now as you would
think it monstrous to hear a melodious bird croaking as a raven, so it is
no less monstrous and degenerate to hear the most part of the discourses
of men savoring nothing of God. If we had known that innocent estate of
man, O how would we think he had fallen from heaven! We would imagine that
we were thrust down from heaven, where we heard the melodious songs of
angels, into hell, to hear the howlings of damned spirits. This then is
that we are bound unto, by the bond of our creation, this is our proper
office and station God once set us into, when he assigned every creature
its own use and exercise. This was our portion, (and O the noblest of all,
because nearest the King's own person!) to acknowledge in our hearts
inwardly, and to expires in our words and actions outwardly, what a One he
is, according as he hath revealed himself in his word and works. It is
great honour to a creature to have the meanest employment in the court of
this great king, but, O, what is it to be set over all the King's house,
and over all his kingdom! But, then, what is that in respect of this,--to
be next to the King--to wait on his own person, so to speak? Therefore the
godly man is described as a waiting maid, or servant. Psal. cxxiii. 2.

Well then, without more discourse upon it, without multiplying of it into
particular branches, to glorify God is in our souls to conceive of him,
and meditate on his name, till they receive the impression and stamp of
all the letters of his glorious name, and then to express this in our
words and actions in commending of him, and obeying of him. Our souls
should be as wax to express the seal of his glorious attributes of
justice, power, goodness, holiness, and mercy, and as the water that
receives the beams of the sun reflects them back again, so should our
spirits receive the sweet warming beams of his love and glorious
excellency, and then reflect them towards his Majesty, with the desires
and affections of our souls. All our thoughts of him, all our affections
towards him, should have the stamp of singularity, such as may declare
there is none like him, none besides him, our love, our meditation, our
acknowledgement should have this character on their front,--"There is none
besides thee; thou art, and none else." And then a soul should, by the
cords of affection to him and admiration of