The divine life in three treatises

12. And for the due performance of his service, you have all his Talents to employ. To this end it is that he hath entrusted you with reason, and health, and strength, with time, and parts, and interest, and wealth, and all his mercies, and all his ordinances and means of Grace; and to this end must you use them, or you lose them: And you must give him an account of all at last, whether you have improved them all to your Masters use. And can you look within you, without you, about you, and see how much you are trusted with, and must be accountable to him for, and yet not see how great your business is with God?

13. Moreover, you have all the graces which you shall receive to exercise; and every grace doth carry you to God, and is exercised upon him, or for him: It is God that you must study, and know, and love, and desire, and trust, and hope in, and obey: It is God that you must seek after, and delight in so far as you enjoy him: It is his absence or displeasure that must be your fear and sorrow: Therefore the soul is said to be sanctified when it is renewed, because it is both disposed and devoted unto God. And therefore Grace is called Holiness, because it all disposeth, and carrieth the soul to God, and useth it upon and for him. And can you think your business with God is small, when you must live upon him, and all the powers of your soul must be addicted to him, and be in serious motion towards him? and when he must be much more to you than the Air which you breath in, or the Earth you live upon, or ⟨p. 203⟩than the Sun that gives you light and heat; yea than the soul is to your bodies?

13. Moreover, you have all the graces which you shall receive to exercise; and every grace doth carry you to God, and is exercised upon him, or for him: It is God that you must study, and know, and love, and desire, and trust, and hope in, and obey: It is God that you must seek after, and delight in so far as you enjoy him: It is his absence or displeasure that must be your fear and sorrow: Therefore the soul is said to be sanctified when it is renewed, because it is both disposed and devoted unto God. And therefore Grace is called Holiness, because it all disposeth, and carryeth the soul to God, and useth it upon and for him. And can you think your business with God is small, when you must live upon him, and all the powers of your soul must be addicted to him, and be in serious motion towards him? and when he must be much more to you than the Air which you breath in, or the Earth you live upon, or