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a

heart inlarged with

grace for

the portion

of

it,

though

fuch

a

one

fees

its

Pelf

unworthy

of the

leail

crum

of

bread,

yet it

cannot

bee fatisfied with all

the

.

world,

what

then

will fatisfie

him?

onely'God

himfelf,

fÈr

fo God

propounds

f1.i6

S.

himfe

f

unto

his

people in way

of

Covenant,

I

will

bee

thy

God,

I

will

bee

your portion;

And upon

this,

thofe

that

are

in

Covenant

with

him

,

though

they

do

rejoyce

to

fee

God

manifeiling himfelf

in

all

his

Names

,

they

biefs God for

the

beholding

fo

much

as

they

do

of him in

his

works

but

the t

ing

that

their

hearts are molt

upon

, is God 'him-

felf

,

the

excellency

that

there

is

in God

above all

his

works..

And

as

it

is

in

praifing

God,fo

alfait

is

in

other

workings

of

the heart

tow.ards:God,as now

_grace

.doth

not

love

God

fo

much for what

God

gives

to

it,

:

as

for

what

God

is

himfelf;

that

is

the

diffterence

between

true

fanètifying

grace

,

and

common

grace.;

common' grace

may make

mee love

God

for

what

I

receive

from

him,

or for what

I

`hope'

to receive

from him;

but

fan&ifying grace

makes

meeto

lode

God

fór?whatis

in hiinfèlf,

more

than

for

what

I

receive

from

him,

or expe&

to

receive

;

and

fo

there

may

bee the fear

of God

for fome

works

of

God,

when

God doth rnanifell

his_power

and

dreadfulnefs

in

his

works

,

in

thundrirg

or

lightening, then the

heart

of

a

finner may fear

God,

though

there

bee no

grace',;

but

now

where there

is

grace

,

fuch

a

one fears

God more,

becaùfe of

that

excellency hee

fees

in

God

himfelf,

than

from any dreadful

works

of God; and

this would

bee

a

good rule

to

try

your

Selves

by

:

You

fay

you

fear

God,why? if

you

fear God,

if

it

bee

the

right fear

of

God,

you

will

fear God

more for what

you fee

m

God

himfelf, than

-for

any works

of

God, thanfor

any

works

of

his

judgements,

or

threatnings,

and

the like

:

And

fo'in

the

dtfires

of

the heart after

God,

why, where

the

heart

is

gra-

cious

it

works

after God for himfelf

,

and

not for

his

gifts;

It

is

an

argument

of

a

falfe

love,

a

whorifh

love, for

the

wife

to

love

her husband for

that

Thee

(hall

'have

by

him,

;nd

not

to

love

his

person more

a

in-4,f° it

is

a

Sign:

c

.a

baf

On

the

Nature

of

God.