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and Worfliip. So that Holy is often equi- 

 valent to great , and greatly to be feared ', 

 and had m reverence of all that draw ni?h 

 to him. In this fenfe God is ofren in Scrip- 

 ture called the Holy one of Ijrael; that is, 

 that venerable Deity who is to be worfliip- 

 ped by a tranfcendent and incommunicable 

 Worfliip, and his Name to be invoked 

 with the mod profound reverence and 

 devotion. 



When Holinefs is attributed to other 

 things befides God, it fignifies either, r. A 

 relative or outward Holinefs, which refults 

 from a Separation from common and profane 

 ufe y and application to a religious. God 

 being the Sovereign Lord of all things, and 

 himfelf holy, whatever is in a peculiar man- 

 ner related to him, and appertains to his 

 Worfliip and Service, whether Perfon or 

 thing, hath a kind of relative Holinefs, and 

 upon account thereof an efteem and re- 

 fpeft is due to it. Or, ^. An inherent or 

 inward Holinefs, or perfect conformity of 

 heart and life to the Law and Will of God: 

 Which kind of Holinefs is proper only to 

 rational Beings. 



You will fay, If Holinefs be fuch a per- 

 feft conformity, &c. then no Man ever was, 

 is, or {hall be holy in this Mortal Life. 



Doth 



