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The
Life
of
G-OD
not defigned for the good and advantage
of fon1e one o-r other.
All his
n1iraculous
works were inftances of
his
goodnefs, as
well as of his power; and they benefited
thofe on whom they were wrought,
as .
well as they atnazed, the beholders. His
charity was not confined to his kindred or
rdations ; nor was all his kindnefs fwal...
lowed up in the endeannents of that pe–
culiar friendfhip which he carried towards
the beloved difciple, but every one was his
friend
who obeyed his
holy commands, John
xv.
14.;
and
whoflever did the will
of
his
Father,
the fame was to
hin1
as
his brother,
and fiJler, and mother.
Never was any unwelcome to him who
came with an hondt intention; nor
did
he deny any requeft which tended
to
the
good of thofe that aiked
it.
So that what
was fpoken of the
Roman
En1peror, whon1
for his goodnefs they called the
darling
of
mankind,
was realy perforn1ed by
htm;
that never any departed from
hirn
with
a
heavy countenance, except that rich youth,
M ark
x.
who was fi)rry to hear that the
kingdon1
of
heaven fiood at fo high a rate,
and that he could not fave
his
foul
and
his n1oney too. And certainly
it
troubled
our Saviour, to fee that when a price was
in his hand to
get
wifdon1,
yet
he
had no
heart