G9 D iJperfiCt. -t•en, but you would t~tke itwith violence, and with all your might and frrength, ·you would doe .whatfoe\'er hecommands,for it is for your owne profit, and not for his. . Lafrly,IfGodbe thus full,thenyou lhould give Pfe 7 ..· , him the praiie of his perfection) and fl:ay your T.o p~aife God -thoughts upon him. It is a thing that we come f~r ht~fclfe, fc · gtve h1m the ibort of, for themoll parr, or wee are ready to . honourofhia aske,what is God tous? what profit,what good is perfeel:ion, he to us?(for that is the bafenatureofours~)but grace teacheth us otherwife, wee mufi learne to knowGo b, to honour and magnifie bim in our thoughts for himfelfe. Somemen have a greater knowledge ofGDd,fome leffe.;he that bath more, he isable to fet him up higher in his apprehenfi- ·on, and to give him the more praife, Pf•l. 68. 1. ·~ ~ i 1 al.68.•r~ , ExAlt him inhil name Iah; that is,confider that he alone is fulofbeing, & gives being toall things~ therefore (faith bee) ,praife him, a~dextollhim , ' for dlis, and let your thoughts be upon him. But mufl it beabare and emptie thaught of J:!.!!efl. himonely? No,'you tball know it by thefe foure things, if tAn[~: you thinke aright ofGotl. indeed. Thou wilt efl:eem~ his enmity and ·friendfbi p 1 _ above all things; thou wilt not regard ~he crea. Foure Ggnes tures at all; either ia the good,or hurt that they of entithns l can doe thee: ifthou canfi fee the fulneffeofbe- ~~dspr:rfcel:i· ing that is in him,, and the emptindfe that is in . every creatute; then, ifhe be thy friend, he is all in all to thee ; and if hee be thine enemy, thou wilt confider that he-that is full of all firength,\ ,. . K s . Sio . fu:!w~r,
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