Of acknowledging God in all our Ways. 309 benefactor, and all the circumflanceswhereby SERM. his beneficence is heightened in its efteem. XII. And the mind which is fo difpofed towards 3 God, muff in all its ways find a multitude of occafions which invite to this. Secondly, another inftance cf our acknow- ledging God in our ways, is, the forming our purpofes and the meafures of our conduCt by a regard to his will. Since he has been pleafed to become our guide, he has vouch - fafed to thew us that which is good and what he requires of us, by writing the work of his law upon our hearts, and by giving us his word to be a light to our feet, and a lamp to our path, our acknowledging him muff im- port our following his direction. What can be a more natural expreffion of our owning God to be what he really is, and what we profefs to believe he is, the fupreme Lord of the univerfe, the pureft and molt perfeft of all beings, infinitely wife and good ; what can be a more natural expreffion of this, I fay, than our imitating him as far as we can, and doing his will, or keeping his command- ments. St. Paul had reafon to fay as he Both of thofe whofe minds and confluences are * Tit. i. 16. X3 de-
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