C ti A P. 3- Epiftle to the T bef/alonians. V R. 9. could by no meanes fatisfie himfelfe in any trzeafiire of thankfulnefs:fuch fpeeches in Sail: tore arg e the minds of Gods children at a ftanci,vnable to exprelle what they coneeiue. b How amiable are thy dwellings!! 1 cannot ex- prelTe the louelinetfe of them. e How doe Ilouethy Law! The meafure of loue is inexplicable; or Lignifie the in- fufftciency they find in themfelues, to doe what they delire. Obferue how highly Gods children prize the fauenrs of God, exert filch as to manyfeesne of fmallefi value. Nothing they thinke f ufhicienr, that they can think or doe in way of thankfulnetfe to God. d What (hall I render vnto the Lord, for all the benefitshe bath done vnto me ?I know no- thing fuficient : this onely I know, G o n will accept thankfulnefTe for his mercies. The Lord hath promifed to accept defies t Can a child of God fatisfie himfelfe with defiring?h e would doe as well as delire this defies I he thinkes neu erferuent enougb. Wee may truly fay, God is more contented with the obedience of his chil- dren then the.mfelues. And it is caller fora child of God to yeeld pica fance and contentment to his gracious God, then to him fèlfe. Notice it as no 1mall difference twixt the (hallow hy- pocrite, and the grounded Chnftian ; the Hypocrite, as his taffe is little of the fauour of God in any ble fling, his knowledge ouerly and fuperficiall of things that con - cerne life and godlineiie,fb is his eneem of them Height, and his thttnkes for them all our as cold. The Iicaelite indeed, knower how to amplifie by all circumflatutseuen meane!$ benefits,fhill thinks himtelie too cold in the heartief} perfot mance of thankfulneff.e and obedience ; fo fee Dauid,in the feruor of his dcuou- ten praif es, a calling vnto his foarle, and all within him, to praife the Lord ; as if in greaten heat and ardency of af- feflions, he had felt a frony coldnetíe is the temper of his foule. For 3s b Pfa1.84.1. c Tfa1.It997. pbfer. d Tfal,I16, I2 FP. c Pfa1.14.1,a.
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