GoD il perfo8. thing. And they are nothing in two refped:s: · 1 lncomparifonofGod, they are nothing. s 2 Becaufe they are able to doe nothing. So other cotnparifons argue, as that they are flowers and falfe treafures, -and fbadowes : now . del»th any man grieve, if his ibadow doth difap- . peare ; or that he bath loft a~ower. Therefore learne to magnifie God,forhe 1s all;thou wanteft nothing,ifthou haft him; he is all ie heaven, and why ibot1ld hte not be fo here ? · Becaufe when Ptterfaid they had left all, Chrift tells them they fhould have an hundred fold; andwby? becaufe they had a full communion withGod; and there– fore, they bad all the comfort that fri~nds or lands could afford;he was in ftead ofal to~hem: as P4ul, when he was in prifon, was not Godat! to him? andwhatneedhadheofriches, or lands, or friends ? for friends are but to comfort aman; and money can doe no more than man can doe • and praife and honour doe but knit-mens heart; to us; now ifwe have the light ofGods counte– nance, wee need not mans belpe; ifGodwill put forth his pevverfor us, what need wee anything elfe? ifhcc will heale us, wbat needs thePhyfi– tian? ifhe will cloath us, and give us meat and drinke, thenwhatneeds wealth? Therefore la– bour t() bee fatis£ied with him, to prize and e– fieeme him, and to thinke him to beall in a1_1o THE .--~
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