Burroughs - BT715 B8 1654

The Evil,ofEvils,Or the cannot but be a foul-piercing Confideration for any {hint aubborn rimier in the world for to have this one thought ( take it with you, and work it upon your hearts, fee what it will do) to thinkthus, Had I never beenborn, God had never been lb much difhonored : this one thought bath a mightie power to pierce the ftouteft hearted firmer in the world. Oh ! is not God infinitely worthy ofall glory and ho- nor ludicworld? hath he not made all Crea- tures for his glory ? and if I had never been born, and never had had a being, God fhould never havebeen fodifhonored, he would have had more glorie if I hadnever been. If. God hadmade me a Dog or-a Toad, a Snake or.a Ser- pent; God fhould have had more glory thanby malting mc a Man. True,Godwill bringabout his glory, andhave more glory from thee ano- ther way,than ifthou hadfcbeen madea Dogor a Toad; but no thanks to thee, thou doll what thou canft in wayoffin to hinder his glory, Gods Almightie Power- brings this to pars. Ent. if thou goeron in waies of ,fin, it may be faid of thee, that ifthou hadeft been made a Dog or Toad3 God wouldhave had more glory in the -world thañnow he bath in makingthee a Man : yea, thou art fo Mr from bringing God glory that thoudif.honoift God as muchas in thee lies. And this, ifit lies upon theheart as it fliould is a fadConfideration to humblethe proudeft heart in the world:, to think that thou liveft, and Godbathnoglory by thee, though this be the End for. which God made the world. Think thus,

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