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Is the purity and rectitude of his nature. It is an essential attribute of God, and what is the glory, lustre, and harmony of all his other perfections, Psa_27:4. Exo_15:11. He could not be God without it, Deu_32:4. It is infinite and unbounded; it cannot be increased or diminished. Immutable and invariable, Mal_3:6. God is originally holy; he is so of and in himself, and the author and promoter of all holiness among his creatures. The holiness of God is visible by his works; he made all things holy, Gen_1:31. By his providences, all which are to promote holiness in the end, Heb_12:10. By his grace, which influences the subjects of it to be holy, Tit_2:10; Tit_2:12. By his word, which commands it, 1Pe_1:1-25 . By his ordinances, which he hath appointed for that end, Jer_44:4-5. By the punishment of sin in the death of Christ, Is. 53: and by the eternal punishment of it in wicked men, Mat_25:1-46 : last verse.
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