"----.........----- ! Gao iJ perfict. no helpe,he is ~oU:perfecr,full o(being,able to doe whatfoever.he pleaferh. . . 8dides, confider with ~h y(elfe, that if thouYft ~· fand thouf~mds periih, it is nothing to him; ·he ;:r:~~:8J0• cares no rno.re for the deftru6\:ion of the whole tbingtohim. W orld,than thou doe f1: for the throwing·awayof a little duft;he is full ofexcellencie and perfect~ on; you, fee how often bee fweepes aw_ay whole Kingdomes with the B~e,fome) .of ,deftru&io11.; . nay, hee fwept away the whole Wo,dd by the Floud,as you doe fw~epe ~little;: duft out ofyour houfes. Therefore doe not you difpure withGod, . and aske .whyare fo many ,d~_mned ? ·wpyare fo many [wept away? thinkeay~ith r~y felfe, that, h~, that was before all things were, will be when they 1 are gone: therefore Iearne with Paul,to reverenc~ l his judgement, to feare and tremble before him. He is full ofbeing,and tho!lgh .thou perifh,what is that tohim?Wiltthou difpute with God?thou art but a particle ofdull:. Wh,at art .thou that contendeftwith him ? Let the Pottbeard Jlrive with4~ Po.tfhcards of the Eartp,bur,n9t with God. ShaUthe Clay fay to him:that fa(hions it, what makeil: thou ? . Again~, if God be thus full, then conGder why v(e 6•. he hath l.ud fuch a Commandement on thee .to , His CommanQ doe fuch,and fuch things. ·Is it forhi~felfe? 'no, I df.emheRts ar~ . for thy righteoufneffe, t}Jy keeping of his Law on Ygoos. reacheth not to him. What is itfor theQ?;Sl}rely it is fo.r thy felfe,and ~or thygood. Iffor t,hee he bath commanded , and every Cornma~d~ment, is.for thy wealth-; then conlider,.wfiat-teafon thou I,
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