Praise ye Him Sun and Moon, praise him all ye Stars of Light! 2:11; Rev. He scorneth the Multitude of the City, nor regards the Crying of the Driver: The Range of the Mountains is his Pasture, and he searcheth after every green Thing. We should be daily praising GOD in our Houses, with our Families and in our Closets; but Praises to GOD must yet be more solemn, public and reverend in the Assemblies of Sion, in the Let everything that hath __________, praise the Lord. 2. And the Son of Man that thou visitest him? Praise him in the firmament of his power. O GOD, thou art terrible out of thy holy Places; the GOD of Israel is he who giveth Strength and Power to his People! It is because we have such an Air to breathe in, that we can lift our Voice on high, and make one Sound together, in the Praises of our GOD. HE who in the Beginning was the WORD, was with GOD, and was GOD, and without Him was not any Thing made; nor is there any Thing yet upheld and guided in the perpetual Motions which we every where behold, without Him: In HIM Life was and is, and the Life is the Light of Men; and the Light shineth in Darkness, and the Darkness compre∣hendeth What are we to use to praise Him? The new Heavens and the new Earth, which we read of Revel. If you have life, if you have the spirit, if you have breath, praise God 2 Praise him on account of his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness. 6. MAN moves upon the Ground with Ease and Safety, and so the Creatures put under his Feet, by reason of the Equilibrium or Balance in the Air, without which he and they would fall and be crush'd to Pieces every Step they take.— So 'tis that GOD girds us with Strength and makes our Way perfect, as we read in the xviii. the greatest love known. Page  3Age, bear you away into the Heights above? Which were used on joyful occasions, as victories, deliverances, and Also who can understand the Spreadings of the Clouds, or the Noise of his Tabernacle? take Heed, as unto a Light that shineth in a dark Place, 'till the Day dawn, and the Day-Star arise in our Hearts. •, 4. Page  22Sea; and consequently without a Cloud or Vapour to ob∣scure and darken it, or any turbulent Air or Wind to agi∣tate it; for, whence should there a Vapour, Cloud or Wind arise where there is no Sea? Amos ix. Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness. The Firmament in made for Motion, Sight and Sound, Life and Breathing: "Let every Thing that has Breath praise GOD in it and for it; as is said after my Text. Hast thou with him spread out the Sky, which is STRONG and as a Molten Looking-glass. Praise GOD in his Sanctuary, PRAISE HIM IN THE FIRMAMENT OF HIS POWER. — And this is the Firmament of Glory in the visible Church on Earth; "wherein with open Face beholding as in a Glass the Glory of the LORD, SoulsPage  20are changed from Glory to Glory by the SPIRIT OF THE LORD. — And if this be good Philosophy, no Wonder that the next Emblem of the caeles∣tial State is, "a holy City, New-Jerusalem, descending from GOD, with his Glory on it; its Walls of Jasper, its Gates Pearls, its Streets Gold, all transparent! Now these His Breath goes forth, he returns to his Earth. Online Parallel Study Bible Are This praise is similar to the sweet-smelling savor that praise. Read the Vision, Ezek. Job xxvi. Psalms Menu  a. Hast thou with him spread out the Sky, which is. Job. creation (verse 1); (2) Praise God in His sanctuary: The sanctuary of God is a most fitting place for His praise. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 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