184 T^oe Wisdom of GOD Parti, 

 nothing canbefaid or thought of him too Great, 

 and which he may not juftly challenge as his 

 due ; nay, he cannot think tdo highly of him- 

 felf, his other Attributes being adequate to his 

 Underftanding 5 fo that, though his Underftand- 

 ing be infinite, yet he underftands no more than 

 his Pov/er can effeft, becaufe that is infinite al- 

 fo. And therefore it is fit and reafonable, that 

 he fhouldown and accept the Creatures Acknow- 

 ledgments and Celebrations of thofe Virtues and 

 Perfedions, which he hath not received of any 

 other, but pofleffeth eternally and originally of 

 himfelf And indeed, (with Reverence be it 

 fpoken) what elfe can we imagine the ever-blef- 

 fed Deity to delight and take Complacency in 

 for ever, but his own infinite Excellencies and 

 Perfeftions, and the Manifeflations and Effeds 

 of them, the Works of the Creation, and the 

 Sacrifices of Praife and Thanks offered up by 

 fuch of his Creatures as are capable of confidering 

 thofe Works, and difcerning the Traces and- 

 Footfteps of his Power and Wifdom appearing 

 in the Formation of them ; and moreover, whofe 

 bounden Duty it is fo to do ? The Reafon why 

 Man ought not to admire himfelf, or feek his 

 own Glory, i», becaufe he is a Dependent Crea- 

 ture, and hath nothing but what he hath re- 

 ceived ; and not only dependent, but imperfed:; 

 yea, weak and impotent : And yet I do not take 

 Humility in Man to confift in difowning, or 

 denying any Gift or Ability that is in him, but 

 in a juft Valuation of fuch Gifts and Endow- 

 liients, yet rather thinking too meanly . than too 



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