Now then, put all these attributes of God together, and there you have His glory, the infiniteness of His glory. The shine and luster of all the attributes together is God's glory. (p. 123)The chapter discussed a list of God's attributes, as our worship must be "suitable to such a God as we are worshipping." The attributes are: Spirit, eternal, incomprehensible, unchangeable, living, omnipotent, omniscient, wise, holy, merciful, just, and faithful.
From the fact that God is a spirit, he concludes several things. First of all that "bodily worship," the outward physical act of worship, is of no intrinsic value. He also concludes that God is simple, "without composition," that "whatever is in God is God Himself." Our hearts therefore must be undivided, and our worship similarly simple.
From the fact that God is infinitely just (as he is wont to characterize all His attributes as infinite), JB refers back to his point that we must come to God through a Mediator. It "sanctifies His justice" that we see the infinite distance between God and ourselves.
Reflecting on who God is allows us to sanctify God as God, as the God He reveals Himself to be.
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