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Seventhly, And so I might make that another consideration, When this fullness doth lead him to the fountain of his fullness; that is, when his grace leads him to God, to acknowledge him in all, and to be thankful to God in all; when it stirs up his thankfulness to God; and when it encourages him in the duties that God doth require of him. O I receive much wages, saith a gracious heart; I receive much from God, then surely there must needs be much work required at my hands. I receive more than others do, and therefore it is fit that I should do more work than others do. Thus a Christian learns to be full, when it can further his graces, and carry him to God, that is the fountain of all his fullness.

Seventhly, And so I might make that another consideration, When this fulness doth lead him to the fountain of his fulness; that is, when his grace leads him to God, to acknowledge him in all, and to be thankful to God in all; when it stirs up his thankfulness to God; and when it encourages him in the duties that God doth require of him. O I receive much wages, saith a gracious heart; I receive much from God, then surely there must needs be much work required at my hands. I receive more than others do, and therefore it is fit that I should do more work than others do. Thus a Christian learns to be full, when it can further his graces, and carry him to God, that is the fountain of all his fulness.

Eighthly, Then a Christian learns to be full, when he can improve and lay out all his fullness for God. I use it, I but I do not use it for my self so much as for God. When I can consider what are the opportunities of service that God grants unto me in this my fullness. Doth not God give unto me a larger opportunity of service than unto others, O then let me improve it for public work. Perhaps I am made a public man, whereas others that are poor, that are fit for public service as well as I, in regard of their gifts and graces, but because of their Estate they cannot be employed in public work as I. Now I will improve my fullness in public work, that I may be a useful man in the place where God hath set me; that I may be as full of good works as possibly I can; that I may be a public blessing to the place where the Lord hath cast me. Why then doth a man learn to be full. And then,