130 This will caufe you to affttmegreat n-:indes to your felves, to have an hply magnanimitie in you. 1 ' 1 J And the conftderarion of rhis Attribute is of great ufe,to make Chrifl:ians come w havegreM , rt,Jindes. · What makes the minde For what is i~ that makes the mindegreat? It is thegreatnejfe of the obje&: ·whence it is, that Kings havegreat mindes, be.caufe of their great Kingdomes ; and great men have great thoughtJ, great. becaufeofthegreat objeEfs that they have to looke upon. Now thetefore, if thou wouldefi Iooke upon the gre,at G o D, if thou woulde£1: confider that hee is thy Father, and that all that hee hath is thine, this would likewife make thyminde ex– ceedinggre4t: it would rake from us that puji!iall 1zimitie and narrownelfe of minde, which wee are i fubjeQ: to; and it is of gre~.t moment it fhould ~ doe fo. A little minde,tbough it be good,yet be- / ·/ caufe it is a li ttle vefiell,it can receive but a lirt.le ~ good; whereas, when the minde is great, it is cal pable ofgreat grace, great a{tions, andgreat endeavours: thereforewe~.fhould get our mindes to . \ be enlarged,byconfidenng thegreatnt./JeofGo o~ and our intereft in it. . · . }Whymes.urc Forwant of this it is,that Chrifrians are ft1apr · :Je..t afide by to be led aGde into by-wave~ by the power o f loutwm'd great· , .' ndfc. great men; becaufe rhey thmke that they arc J I greatlygraced,\vhen they are look't afterbygreat men: when as iftheydid know theirowne,great1zejfe, that they are SQnnes of Goo, andHeirn of Heaven 1 this goes beyond all:~ and would rayfe their thoughts. Hence · . --~--- -- ··- ----------- - -·-- -·--·-- ·---·---- -·- ------
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