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Fourthly, here the mercies and good that we have from God are sweetened unto us by the sense of our wants: But hereafter we shall prize them, and have the sweetness of them in regard of their own fullness: not from such a low relation, as our wants and our necessities; when God would have us prize any mercy here, he first makes us sensible of the want of the mercy, and so it comes to be sweet to us, and scarce any mercy comes to be sweet, unless we feel the want of it first, for else we would prize the mercy at any time, but in that we do not prize all mercies always alike, it appears the great commendation of Gods mercy is from our wants: but hereafter the prizings, and the relish, and the sweet of all shall be from the fullness of the goodness that we find ⟨p. 504⟩in God: Gods goodness to us here, is but the supplying of some defect, but hereafter Gods goodness shall be the glorifying of perfect nature.

Fourthly, here the mercies and good that we have from God are sweetned unto us by the sense of our wants: But hereafter we shall prize them, and have the sweetness of them in regard of their own fulness: not from such a low relation, as our wants and our necessities; when God would have us prize any mercy here, he first makes us sensible of the want of the mercy, and so it comes to be sweet to us, and scarce any mercy comes to be sweet, unless we feel the want of it first, for else we would prize the mercy at any time, but in that we do not prize all mercies always alike, it appears the great commendation of Gods mercy is from our wants: but hereafter the prizings, and the relish, and the sweet of all shall be from the fulness of the goodness that we finde ⟨p. 504⟩in God: Gods goodness to us here, is but the supplying of some defect, but hereafter Gods goodness shall be the glorifying of perfect nature.

Fifthly, here when we do enjoy any comfort from God, we are much sensible of it at the present enjoyment, ¹