I I _\Vhat wowld'Jl, thou pave more than all ? The , Heathens acknowledgc:d, '[hat Vertue i; fufficienr. It w-as a M·axime.~,' among the Ancient Philotophers, . d.v1JfK.»~ ',; ttft7" , Verrue i1 felf-fuffi'cient ; . A vertuous · Man bath no need ro be beholding either to Friends or Fortune: He hath enough in hin1Celf.The ~pofHe tells us·' Th~t Godlinefs, f!-~T~ cv/ttgiGH~~' with its felf-[ufficzency, ts great GazH, 1 7'-tm. 6.6. So.. lomon tells us, Prc11. 14· ~4· A goo.d man is [ttti.ljicd from himfelf.. He hath that ~it!1i~1 him, out of whi~h his fati~facbon grow~. A Chrtfban hath the whole Gofpel with.in hirn, He hath ChriU, the. P~om_lk,. the Everlafbng God; Heilven, Glory, w1thtt1 hnn :· ,A.s rich as he is, he may truly fay, Ovznia. j?tca. me9um porto. He carries his [All J ih his Heart, and c~rt thence get out a Living, a Sufficiency,for all Times, Cafes, and Wants : Cull him out n~ked, out of his Habitation, out of his Countrey, yet ,he carries all \Vith him, he leaves not an Hoof behind him. Chriftians, leave it' tot he poor of · ~:~e Earth, to carnal men, ( the Richeft of chen1 is poor _enough) leave it them to be difconteat : A carnal Man bath (omany tobe beholding to,to patch up his content" p1ent,that 'tis no wonder he falls lhort ofit;the Sun, ~he Clouds, his Fields, his Fol~s,his Friends, his Ene~ n1ie!',his Honours, his Pleafures,his Mear,his Drink, his ijoufe,his Mony,ye~ the Divel & all,& his Luth, every Creature muit con1e in with their parr,tocon– t~ibute to ,b. is conte~tment ;. if but ·One thing faits·– ~tnl:,tf)er~ s fomethtng wantt~~ ton1a~e it ue:Nay, tf·none f~Il,but th~y all do tbeu ,b_eft to pleaf~ hi~, yet all w1ll not do,zn the fulne[s of fJH fu.fficzency he uz11 jftaip. \Vh~tl he h~th all he can have, his frill bun· ' I ' ;snng ' '
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