Mofes his Selfe-deniall. 195 full, are accountedasnothing, this ar-' gues aglorious work of grace, enlar- ving the heart of a man. Godbrings it himfelfe as an argument of his owne greatne.1T ,Ifai chap 40. thatalltheNa- tions of theearthare as a drop of a buc.- ket,, andas a shift of the baflance to him. So whenall t:he braveries and delights of theworldare toa foulebutas a little duft, looked at as havingbut a drop of comfort in them, far from affordinga- nygood draught ofcomfort toquench the thirilof it ; no,it mutt have the oce- anof alrcomforttodrinkon,evenGod hìmfelfe,no leffe then an infinite ocean ofbleffèdne%will ferve the turne, for it to befatisficd withall,and thisargues a fpirit great indeed ; and the truth is, let men thinkewhat theywill, yet it is moil certaine, there are nomen in the worldofgreat fpirits, but onelygodly men. Thirdly,itargues thepoiver ofgrace; to relicpowerfull temptations is pow- erful! grace.it was powerful grace that enabled rafeph to refill fuch a temptati- on as he hadfromhis Mit}reffe. Luther (ayes, it was no leffe miracle to over- come
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