Thomas Boston, Works, 2:515:
Men mostly have low and mean thoughts of God and his service, Mal. 1:6-8. It is not every one that knows the Lord. Many worship they know not what, and therefore they give him they care not what. If men had suitable thoughts of that God whom they serve, they would be careful how they serve him, Ps. 89:6, 7. Wherefore the apostle, to put men out of their sloth, and engage them to the right performance of duties, tells what a one God is, Heb. 12:28, 29, “Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.”
Men mostly have low and mean thoughts of God and his service, Mal. 1:6-8. It is not every one that knows the Lord. Many worship they know not what, and therefore they give him they care not what. If men had suitable thoughts of that God whom they serve, they would be careful how they serve him, Ps. 89:6, 7. Wherefore the apostle, to put men out of their sloth, and engage them to the right performance of duties, tells what a one God is, Heb. 12:28, 29, “Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.”
