568 TheSeu%r eetluablcalling ro Chrift. 4Afr. I anfwer, and marke what I fay, it thou beefs throughly perfwaded indeedof Gods a!l-fuffici- ency, it will helpe thee this way, for ifGod can doe exceeding abundantly above all that wee can askeor thinke, then God can will, for ought thou knoweff, above all that wee can thine or ask:thoucanff not know or conceive ofGodspo- wer, thoucanf} not delire fomuch as God is able to doe, nor conceive fo much ashe is able toper. .forme: therefore God may bewilling todoe thee good, though thou conceiveff it not, for this I take tobee a truth, that generally thefoule doth never fadly doubt of Gods Will, but in focne meafnre it doubtsofGods Power; for ifGodbe able to doe more than I canapprehend,and more than I am able todefare, then God bath as well power to will to doe megood, as hee is able to doe me good, he bathpower towill todoenice good, above Al that I can thinke or delire, and bee that doubts of the one, doubts of the other. 2 Rile. The fecond rule is this, checke thy owne foule for prying intoGods fecrets 5 blame thy felfe and that deeply for thycuriofity, in that thou lookeff beyond thy laft, as it is in the proverbe,and foa- reft toohigh,and medleftwith thoîe things thou haft nothing to doe withall : you meddle with Gods Elation, and with Gods Will and fecret Counfell ; I chargeyou meddle with your owne bufinefl`e,meddlewith that youhave todoe with- all,meddlewith your owne datiesand occafions, and keepe yourown ftation: checke yourowne hearts.
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