Mofes his Selfe-deniall. 117 this is no f all matter; there is more fwcetneffe in this knowledge of the principle from :whence thegood things vvee have todoe cone, then in any thing that they :iffor of ti ernf Ives. Thediffemnce oft Lrcobs blefrta from Efáu's is obferyible, Gev 37 38. there is lacobs, Godgive thee thedewofhear ven, andthe fatnefe o f the earth5E/ass bleffing is v.29.where the dewof hea. venand the fatneffcoftheearth is like- wifegiven tohim, but the referenceit bath to God is left out, it isnor there, Gadgive thee. Acar nail heart cares nor, fo he 'ay have thething i*elfe, he does nor look to the principlefromwhence it comes, but the chiefe tweet to a gracious heartis that he can feeGod,the love and mercyofGod inall the blellings heen joyes. Now there is no filch argument as this to demonftrate Gods love in them; outward things are nocertaine arguments of the love of God: wic- ked men, the objects of Gods hatred may have them as vvell as thegodly, but outward bleffings with a heart to give God the glory of them, doea1 I 3 waies1
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