39 2 The Life of Faith. retiraining reafons,from doing a good which is materially grea- ter, yet doth that which is greateft unto him. Ruling and Preaching arc materially a greater good, than thrething or digging ; and yet to a man whofe gifts and calling retrain him from the former to the latter, the lauer is the grcateit good. 9. Good is not to be meafured principally by the yf',fl or Benefit of our felves, or any creature; but by a. The Witt/ of God in his Laws : And a. By the intcreft of his pleafednefs and glory : But Jeer humane intereft is the meafure ofit. to. It followeth not betook the greateft good is ever to be preferred, that therefore we muff perplex and difirafd; our Caves, in cafes of difficulty, when the ballance (catch equal For either there is a differeitee, ox there is none : And if any, it is difcernable, or not. If there be no difference, there is room for taking ones, but not for chafing one : If there be no difecrnable difference, it is all one to us, as if therewere none at all Ifit be difcernable by a due proportion of enquiry, we mini labour to know it, and chufe accordingly : If it be not difcernable in limb time, and by fach meafure of enquiry, as is our duty, we mud frill take it as undifcernable to us. If after jnit fearcb, the wcakncfs of our own undertiandings leave us doubting, we mutt go according to the belt undcrffandi cg which wehave, and cheerfully go on inour duty, as well as we can know it, remembring that we have a gracious God and Covenant, which taketh not advantage of involuntary wcakneflès, but accepteth theirendeavours , who fincerely do their belt. z r. Meerliritual or mental duties require moll labour of she mind ; but corporal duties (fuel:: as the labours cf our cal- ling) muff have more labour of thebody. 3 2. All cerperal duties mull be altoffiiritual(by doing thetas from a fpiritual principle, to a fpiritual end, in a fpiritual manner :) But it is not neccffary that every fpiritual dutyk al- fo corporal. 13. Theduties immediately about God our end, are greater than thole about any of the means (c.eterie paribase.) And yet ttho& that are about lower objects, may be greater by accident,
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