II. By knowing thy self then, thou must needs know▪ that there is ag GOD; and that he is thy Maker, and infinite in all Perfections; and that he is thy Owner, thy Ruler, and thy Felicity or End. He is mad that seeth not, that such Creatures have a Cause or Maker; and that all the Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness of the World, is caused by a Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness, which is greater than that of all the World. And who can be our Owner, but He that made us? And who can be our highest Governor, but our Owner? whose infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness, maketh him only fit thereto. And if he be our Governor, he must needs have Laws, with Rewards for the Good, and Punishments for the Bad; and must Judge and Execute accordingly. And if he be our Chiefest Benefactor, and all that we have is from him, and all our Hope and Happiness is in him, nothing can be more clear than that the very Nature of Man doth prove, that in Hope of future Happiness, he should absolutely resign himself to the Will and Disposal of this God, and that he ⟨p. 4⟩shouldh absolutely obey him, and that he should love and serve him with all his Power. It being impossible to Love, Obey, and Please that God too much, who is thus our Cause, our End, our All.
II. By knowing thy self then, thou must needs know▪ that there is ag GOD; and that he is thy Maker, and infinite in all Perfections; and that he is thy Owner, thy Ruler, and thy Felicity or End. He is mad that seeth not, that such Creatures have a Cause or Maker; and that all the Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness of the World, is caused by a Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness, which is greater than that of all the World. And who can be our Owner, but He that made us? And who can be our highest Governour, but our Owner? whose infinite Power, Wisdom, and Goodness, maketh him only fit thereto. And if he be our Governour, he must needs have Laws, with Rewards for the Good, and Punishments for the Bad; and must Judge and Execute accordingly. And if he be our Chiefest Benefactor, and all that we have is from him, and all our Hope and Happiness is in him, nothing can be more clear than that the very Nature of Man doth prove, that in Hope of future Happiness, he should absolutely resign himself to the Will and Disposal of this God, and that he ⟨p. 4⟩shouldh absolutely obey him, and that he should love and serve him with all his Power. It being impossible to Love, Obey, and Please that God too much, who is thus our Cause, our End, our All.
- gPsal. 14. 1. Gen. 1. 1. Rev. 1. 8. Rom. 1. 19. 20. Psal. 46. 10. Psal. 9. 10. Psal. 100. and 23. Psal. 19. 1, 2, 3. Psal. 47. 7. Ezek. 18. 4. Gen. 18. 25. Mal. 1. 6.
- hMatth. 22. 37. Jer. 5. 22. 2 Cor. 5. 8, 9. Titus 2. 14. 2 Cor. 8. 5. & 6. 16, 17, 18, 1 P•t. 2. 9. Psal. 10. Psal. 37. 4. Psal. 40. 8. Col. 3. 1. 2. Mar. 6. 20. 21. 2 Cor. 4. 17, 18.
