Heart-Treafore.· · 43 a. treafure within , much feeming good is lookt on as nothing when theres no trea(ure: this alfo puts the difference betwixt a.firong and weakChrifiiao : let their gifts and out- - ·ward feemings be what they will, yet the ~ Et Deum greater or ldier degree of real grace di!l:in· '![:;ev;; gui'fheth their attainments ; and accordingly dicimus the(e meafures have different influences\upon divitem, their lives, duties, comforts, or preparednefle non. t~men £ d t. pecuJtur, .or eatn~ . . fed omn.i9· Th1s treafure cloth affim!late the foul potentia: to God : the ·great Jehovah lS the onely dicuntur t;e~f-exifient, and feJf.. (ufficient good ; He paupe~es is rhe abfoluce compleat and independent pecurJra ea- ' 'mrente .r: d Being, anrl needs no acce l?n of Creatures inter~~;e or.created Powers to make htm happy: r:o· divites Ji · thtng can adde eo , or detraCt from hts tn- fapie,z.tes,: finit·e and incon1prehenfible bleffedneffe : He ~ug. de. is a crea(ure of all *good, in aod to him- fzvlt: Du, {elf; and needs neither Gold nor Silver eo ;7~;-;z.· make h~rn r~ch : par~llel to this i11 fome · l'::iT.O" pr,oportton JS the Satnt-s fweec and [ecret Sat1attts hear~-r.rea~ure, .and {olitary rec~ffes : . ~he e: a~~n· . .Chnfban ts a httle world, and ts purely tn- davtt.q111 d d I , k l . am confe-· ,epen ent upon t 1e creature to rn.a c 111n rlmt tltm happ~ ; he can through grace livecoq1forra- ":I\0~ .. bly wtthout theworld, though not without, feptem, but uponGod: yea. God is fo much in hirn,as quod 7· ft~ well as to him~ that he can live comfortably ;~=t;,:Ji4 .. when oth~r thtngs are dead;~goodman ufatis- ?lis: i.e. fied f~om' htmfelf,Prov.•4·I4· i.e. he fi1all have Whathe fuffic1ent content fron1 his own confcience : hnth w.irh· thcres butor1c word there for aback·flider be· in~~hall be ' fi 'l I -"hl" {i d . ' as1even 1ng 11 eo Wlt 11s w~yesof tn an guilt, and wimdfes, a or manyo ..-, .
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