92 The Life of' GOD EfpeciaJly, if 'hercunto we add -the con· we lhodd fideration of ·God's favour and meditate on good-will towards .us. Nothing his goodnefs is more powerful to engage our and love. Ir o.. l fi d h aueClton, t 1an to n t at we are beloved. Expreffions of kindncfs are .always pleaGng and acceptable unto us, though the perfon fhould be otherwife n1ean and contemptible. But to have the love of one who is al_together lovely, to .knovv: thar·rhe glorious Majefiy of heaven ·hath any regard unto us, how mufi it afionifh and delight us! how mull it over– ,con1e our fpirits, and melt our hearts, and put our whole fi)ul into a flame! No\\', .as the word of God is full of the exprcf– ,fions of his.love towards man, fo all his works do loudly procl2im it. He gave us .our being, and by prcferving us in it, cloth .renew the donation every moment. He .bath placed us in a rich and well-furniihed . world, and liberally provided for all our nec~ffities: he rainetl1 down bleffings fron1 heaven upon us, and caufeth the earth ro bring forth our p.rovifion ; he giveth us our food and raiment; and while we are fpending the produCtions of one year, he is pn;paring for us againfi another. He fweetencth our lives with innwnerable comforts, and grJ.tifi.eth every faculty with fuitable
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