The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…

8 Rejoice in the good of others, ¹though it eclipses thy light, though it makes thy parts, thy abilities, thy excellencies dimmer in the eyes of ⟨p. 194⟩others; were it not for the eminency of some above thee, thy parts perhaps would shine bright, and be of high esteem; yet to rejoice in this from the heart, from the soul to bless God, for his gifts and graces in others, that his Name may be glorified more by others, than I can glorify it my self, to be able truly to say, Though I can do little, yet blessed be God, there are some who can do more for God than I, and in this I do, and will rejoice; this is indeed to be able to do much more than others, this shows a great eminency of spirit: All the parts, gifts, abilities, that any man in the world hath, where this is not, come far short of this excellency; to be able to do this, is more than to be able to excel others in any excellency whatsoever, if this be wanting: If God hath given thee this, he hath given thee that which is a thousand times more worth than strong parts, and abilities, in which thou mightest have been far more eminent, than ⟨p. 195⟩thou now art, or than others are.

8 Rejoyce in the good of others, ¹though it eclipses thy light, though it makes thy parts, thy abilities, thy excellencies dimmer in the eyes of ⟨p. 194⟩others; were it not for the eminency of some above thee, thy parts perhaps would shine bright, and bee of high esteeme; yet to rejoyce in this from the heart, from the soule to blesse God, for his gifts and graces in others, that his Name may be glorified more by others, than I can glorifie it my selfe, to bee able truly to say, Though I can do little, yet blessed be God, there are some who can doe more for God than I, and in this I doe, and will rejoyce; this is indeed to be able to doe much more than others, this shewes a great eminencie of spirit: All the parts, gifts, abilities, that any man in the world hath, where this is not, come farre short of this excellencie; to be able to doe this, is more than to bee able to xcell others in any excellencie whatsoever, if this bee wanting: If God hath given thee this, hee hath given thee that which is a thousand times more worth than strong parts, and abilities, in which thou might'st have been farre more eminent, than