The Soul's Conflict with Itself

O then let us labour to improve, •oth what we have, and what we are •o his glory: It discovers that we love God, (not only with all our understanding, heart, and affection, but) when with all our might and power, so far as we have advantage by any part, relati•, or calling whatsoever we endeavour •o do him service, we cannot have a •eater honour in the world, then to be honoured of God, to be abundant in this kind.

O then let us labour to improve, •oth what we have, and what we are •o his glory: It discovers that we love God, (not onely with all our understanding, heart, and affection, but) when with all our might and power, so farre as we have advantage by any part, relati•, or calling whatsoever we endeavour •o doe him service, wee cannot have a •eater honour in the world, then to be honoured of God, to be abundant in this kinde.

Our time here is short, and we shall ¹[…] ere long be called to a reckoning, •refore let us study real praises. Gods blessing of us is in deed, and so should ours be of him. Thanks in words is good, but in deeds is better; leaves are good, but fruit is better, and of fruit, that which costs us most. True praise requires our whole man, the judgement to esteem, the memory to treasure up, the will to resolve, the affections to de•ght, the tongue to speak of, and the •e to express the rich favours of God: