His better part, his soul, which comes immediately from God, and returns to him, which is immaterial and immortal, and of more worth than the world: God is to be served with the best we have as with the best of our substance, so with the best of our persons and it is the heart, or soul, which he requires to be given him and such service as is performed with the soul or spirit is most agreeable to him he being a Spirit, and therefore must be worshipped in spirit and in truth: unless the spirit or soul of a man, is engaged in the service of God, it is of little avail for bodily exercise profiteth not preaching, hearing, praying, and praising, should be both with the spirit, and with the understanding: here the psalmist calls upon his soul to "bless" the Lord not by invoking or conferring a blessing on him, which as it is impossible to be done, so he stands in no need of it, being God, all sufficient, and blessed for evermore but by proclaiming and congratulating his blessedness, and by giving him thanks for all mercies, spiritual and temporal:īless his holy name meaning not only all within his body, his heart, reins, lungs but all within his soul, all the powers and faculties of it his understanding, will, affections, and judgment and all the grace that was wrought in him, faith, hope, love, joy, and the like these he would have all concerned and employed in praising the name of the Lord which is exalted above all blessing and praise is great and glorious in all the earth, by reason of his works wrought, and blessings of goodness bestowed and which appears to be holy in them all, as it does in the works of creation, providence, and redemption at the remembrance of which holiness thanks should be given for he that is glorious in holiness is fearful in praises, ( Psalms 97:12 ) ( Exodus 15:11 ).
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