Eat 0fricnds,Drinke~ 'SBaM. II. Weought totakenoticeofche works ofGod ,in crea~ion and providence; when we fee plants, fiarres~and fuch like, or elfe we difhonour God. What then !houldwedoe for his gifts and Gra– ces in his children, that are above thef~ in digr;~ity, fhould we not take noticeofwhat is graciou· . fly good,and praife God for it ~ Thus they did 1 Aa.I l .lg, for /J4ttls converfion, they glorified God ; for whentheyfaw, that Pttt~lof aWoolfc:>, was be-l come not only a£beep, but a fhephear~ and leader ofGods tlocke,they glorified God. So the beleeving letVes,when the Gentiles were ( converted,theyglor~fi(dGod) that he hadtaken the Gentiles to he hrsgarden andpeople .WhenPaul and 'others had planted the Gofpell, and God gave the increafe, the godly Iewes rejoyced at that good: So we that are Gentiles fhould rejoyce to heare of the converfion of the Iewes, and pray for it, for then there will be agenerall joy when thatis.Wsnt of joy fhewes want ofgrace.There isnot afurer Charaiter of a Satanicall and Cai– nifh difpofition, t·hen to l0oke on the Graces of Godschildren with a malignant eye : as cain who hated his brother, becaufe his workes were l bettertlien his. Thofe that depraTe the graces of I God inothers, and .cloudthe~with difgr:1ces, that theymaynot fume, and w1B net have the I {weer oyntment oftheirgood names -t9 fpread, but call: dead flies into ir, thew that tHeyareof his difpofition that is the accufer of the Brei . thren.It isalign~ofthe childeoft~e Devill; all that havegrace tn them,are ofChnfisand ofthe . Angels i
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