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Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with…
Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with the recompenses of the future state for the cure of infidelity, the hectic evil of the times / by William Bates ...Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with the recompences of the future state for the cure of infidelity, the hectick evil of the times / by William Bates ...
London: printed by J.D. for Brabazon Aylmer, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Consider further, that which adds to the greatness of the Gifts we receive, is‖ the greatness of the Giver. The price of a benefit rises in proportion to the worth of the person that bestows it. A small gift from a great hand may ⟨p. 128⟩be justly preferred before a richer from a less estimable donor. Now if we consider that the glorious God (in comparison of whom the greatest Kings are but vain shadows of Majesty) has made a World full of so many and so excellent Creatures for our refreshment, that our being on Earth may not be tedious in the short space of our journey to Heaven, will it not overcome us with an excess of wonder and affection, and cause us to break forth, What is Man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of Man that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the Angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour; Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, thou hast put all things under his feet.
Consider further, that which adds to the greatness of the Gifts we receive, is‖ the greatness of the Giver. The price of a benefit rises in proportion to the worth of the person that bestows it. A small gift from a great hand may ⟨p. 128⟩be justly preferr'd before a richer from a less estimable donor. Now if we consider that the glorious God (in comparison of whom the greatest Kings are but vain shadows of Majesty) has made a World full of so many and so excellent Creatures for our refreshment, that our being on Earth may not be tedious in the short space of our journey to Heaven, will it not overcome us with an excess of wonder and affection, and cause us to break forth, What is Man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of Man that thon visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the Angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour; Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands, thou hast put all things under his feet.
- ‖Illa quanto gratiora sunt, quantoque in partem interiorem animi descendunt, cum delectat cogitantem magis a quo, quam quid acceperis. Senec. de benefic. lib. 1.