120 Of Eleflion. ~bring fu\lnefs enough with me where I come; the fulln efs of my Godhead ll o o K Il. wh1cil fi\leth all in all ; and I need no addition from what is in my Creature . ~and the emptier my Creatures are, the more Receptivity and Capacity ther~ is of me, to take up my dwelling in , and whole poifeliion of 1hcm: And therefore their Poverty, Vacuity, and Brokennefs of Heart, not only as Sinners;but as Ct·e,•Wr<s,and their becoming iri their own eycs,l\ripped and de– vcl\cd of all tlj.e 1r Excellencies they had , or might imagine to have , as fuch; even to be brought to nought in whatever they may think they are, (as the Apol\lc's worJ is) t his makes them fit for my Godhead to fill. And tbefe, are the meet Matches, !or him with oil readinefs toclofe with : Then, when they can no way fublifl in t hemfelves; nor have comfort in their own being any longer Without htm; nor tn any thtng elfe bdides h1m; nor bear up their own Souls from linking , even to nothing, and worfe than nothing; and are become actually, and in their defires, nothing in Comforts ; nothtng in their o\\ n righteoufnefs; nothing in their own Ends and Aims; nothing in their own Abilities to any Good; nothing in any Creature Priviledge : And that when they look back unto their bel\ El\ate by Creation, they fee their fub· jectnefs to Vanity , and continually to have fain and lofe all (as they did ) when the Soul is rhus humble under its Creaturefhip, and the Vanity of that; ond like 1fe ofSin , and its finful condition : Now, fays God, looking at the difpoflticn of fuch a Soul , now !hall I be God alone in the heart of this Man ; here I fee a Seat to erect a Throne·to my felfin; when I come to joyn with this Man, I alone J!Jall be exalted in tiny day; and he that glorieth, will Glory in the Lord; nod my defign in my Election is, rhat no flefh lhould Glory in my Prcfence , or where I come to dwell and relide, and manifefi my prefence, in, 1. Cur,'· 28, 29. > r. And 6afe thi11gs of the World, •nd thi11gs which are drfpifed, hath God chofm; .Jta, and things which are 110t, to 6ri11g to nought thmgs that'"'· That 110 flejb /houldglory ;,. hi< preje11ce. That accordi11g as it i< written, he thatglorieth , let him glory;, tht Lord. Again, If God would have the whole of Glory inrirely to and for himfelf, tbefe empty nothingnelfes are full y fitted to give it to all wholly to him; and to entertain h1m upon his own terms of being glorified as himfelf can of Crea– tures. But above all ·, thefe are prepared to give him the Glory of his Grace, which is this Condition will be fure to be acknowledged, and to be adored as the Donour and Founder of all unto them. To Conclude; there is not, nor could there have been a greater demon– flrationgiven, that God had no refpect to what is in us, for which be chafe us, than that he fhould defign, together with his chooling us, to bring us , ( in the deepel\ fenfeof our own hearts) unto this utter emptinefs ofall refpect for which God fhould regard us; and choofe out this as the highel\ and mo{\ pleating frame or qualification of Heart in us, upon which he fhould promife, to come and dwell in us, or rather declare, that he cloth dwell in us. OF
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