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<p>(Thomas Brooks, &quot;"http://www.gracegems.org/Brooks/crown_and_glory_of_christianity.htm">The Crown and Glory of Christianity,<<br />
 "http://www.gracegems.org/Brooks/crown_and_glory_of_christianity.htm">or, HOLINESS, the Only Way to Happiness&quot;, 1662)<br />
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&quot;Who is like You, glorious in holiness?&quot; Exodus 15:11<br />
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God is . . .<br />
  infinitely holy,<br />
  transcendently holy,<br />
  superlatively holy,<br />
  constantly holy,<br />
  unchangeably holy,<br />
  exemplary holy,<br />
  gloriously holy. <br />
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All the holiness that is in the best and choicest <br />
Christians is but a <em>mixed </em>holiness, a <em>weak </em>and <br />
<em>imperfect </em>holiness. Their <em>un</em>holiness is always <br />
more than their holiness. <br />
Ah, what a great deal . . .<br />
  of <em>pride </em>is mixed with a little humility, <br />
  of <em>unbelief </em>is mixed with a little faith,<br />
  of <em>peevishness </em>is mixed with a little meekness, <br />
  of <em>earthliness </em>is mixed with a little heavenliness, <br />
  of <em>carnality </em>is mixed with a little spirituality, <br />
  of <em>harshness </em>is mixed with a little tenderness! <br />
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Oh, but the holiness of God is a <strong>pure</strong> holiness, it is <br />
a holiness without mixture; there is not the least <br />
drop or the least dreg of unholiness in God! &quot;God<br />
is light, and in Him is <em>no </em>darkness at all.&quot; 1 John 1:5<br />
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In God there is . . . <br />
  all <em>wisdom </em>without any folly,<br />
  all <em>truth </em>without any falsehood,<br />
  all <em>light </em>without any darkness, and<br />
  all <em>holiness </em>without any sinfulness.<br />
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God is <strong>universally </strong>holy. <br />
He is holy in all His <em>ways</em>, <br />
and holy in all His <em>works</em>.<br />
His <em>precepts </em>are holy precepts, <br />
His <em>promises </em>are holy promises, <br />
His <em>threatenings </em>are holy threatenings, <br />
His <em>love </em>is a holy love, <br />
His <em>anger </em>is a holy anger, <br />
His <em>hatred </em>is a holy hatred, etc. <br />
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His <em>nature </em>is holy, <br />
His <em>attributes </em>are holy, <br />
His <em>actions </em>are all holy.<br />
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He is holy in sparing; <br />
  and holy in punishing. <br />
He is holy in justifying of some; <br />
  and holy in condemning of others. <br />
He is holy in bringing some to heaven; <br />
  and holy in throwing others to hell.<br />
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God is holy . . .<br />
  in all His sayings, <br />
  in all His doings, <br />
  in whatever He puts His hand to, <br />
  in whatever He sets His heart to.<br />
His frowns are holy, <br />
His smiles are holy.<br />
When He gives, His <em>givings </em>are holy giving; <br />
when He takes away, His <em>takings </em>are holy takings, etc. <br />
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&quot;<strong>Holy, holy, holy</strong>, is the Lord Almighty!&quot; Isaiah 6:3<br />
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God is eminently holy. <br />
He is transcendently holy.<br />
he is superlatively holy.<br />
He is glorious in holiness.<br />
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There is no fathoming, <br />
there is no measuring, <br />
there is no comprehending, <br />
there is no searching, of that <br />
infinite sea of holiness, which is in God. <br />
O sirs! you shall as soon . . .<br />
  stop the sun in its course, and<br />
  change the day into night, and<br />
  raise the dead,<br />
  and make a world, and<br />
  count the stars of heaven, and<br />
  empty the sea with a cockle-shell,<br />
as you shall be able either to conceive or express <br />
that transcendent holiness which is in God!<br />
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God's holiness is <strong>infinite</strong>. <br />
It can neither be . . .<br />
  limited, nor <br />
  lessened, nor<br />
  increased. <br />
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God is the <strong>spring </strong>of all holiness and purity. All that <br />
holiness which is in angels and men flows from God, <br />
  as the streams from the fountain, <br />
  as the beams from the sun, <br />
  as the branches from the root, <br />
  as the effect from the cause. <br />
Ministers may pray that their people may be holy, <br />
parents may pray that their children may be holy; <br />
but they cannot give holiness, nor communicate <br />
holiness to their nearest and dearest relations. <br />
God alone is the giver and the author of all holiness. <br />
It is only the Holy One who can cause holiness to flow <br />
into sinners' hearts; it is only He who can form, and <br />
frame, and infuse holiness into the souls of men.<br />
A man shall sooner make make a world—than he shall <br />
make another holy. It is only a holy God, who can . . .<br />
  enlighten the <em>mind</em>, and<br />
  bow the <em>will</em>, and<br />
  melt the <em>heart</em>, and<br />
  raise the <em>affections</em>, and<br />
  purge the <em>conscience</em>, and<br />
  reform the <em>life</em>, and<br />
  put the whole man into a holy gracious temper. <br />
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God is <strong>exemplary </strong>holy. He is the rule, example, and <br />
pattern of holiness. &quot;Be holy, as I am holy.&quot; 1 Pet. 1:15.<br />
God's holiness is the copy which we must always have in <br />
our eye, and endeavor most exactly to write after.
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