It is to do it with all our might, Thou shalt serve the Lord thy God with all thy might, that is, all the strength a man hath he is to improve it, and to employ it upon the Lord, and his business. For you must know, every man hath a different strength, one man hath more authority, more wit, more liberty of speech then another. As every man hath a different strength, so he must bestow all his strength; one man may do much more then another, and yet he may do the thing he doth exceeding remissly and negligently. Another man that doth a great deal less, yet doing it diligently, putting forth his whole strength, he doth a great deal more: therefore the Lord requires that every man should do what is his proportion. Look how much thou goest beyond another in thy might, so thou must go as far beyond him in performance, otherwise it is done remissly. As now take a child and a 1tall man, that both go to a goal, when the child runs, the man man walks; the child doth it diligently with all his might, whereas the other doth it negligently. So is it when we do not improve all our might we have for the advantage of the Lords Work. For you must know when any man hath to do any business, he is not to compare himself simply with another, to say another man doth no more: It is no matter what the thing is, but what proportion it holds with thy strength and ability. When the Widow gave all that she had, the Text saith, That she gave more then they that put more into the Treasury; because it was the utmost that she could give. As we say he hath given most that hath least left behind; so he bestows most upon the Lord that leaves the least of his strength unimproved.
It is to do it with all our might, Thou shalt serve the Lord thy God with all thy might, that is, all the strength a man hath he is to improve it, and to imploy it upon the Lord, and his businesse. For you must know, every man hath a different strength, one man hath more authority, more wit, more liberty of speech then another. As every man hath a different strength, so he must bestow all his strength; one man may do much more then another, and yet he may do the thing he doth exceeding remissely and negligently. Another man that doth a great deal lesse, yet doing it diligently, putting forth his whole strength, he doth a great deal more: therefore the Lord requires that every man should do what is his proportion. Look how much thou goest beyond another in thy might, so thou must go as far beyond him in performance, otherwise it is done remissely. As now take a childe and a 1tall man, that both go to a goal, when the child runnes, the man man walks; the child doth it diligently with all his might, whereas the other doth it negligently. So is it when we do not improve all our might we have for the advantage of the Lords Work. For you must know when any man hath to do any businesse, he is not to compare himself simply with another, to say another man doth no more: It is no matter what the thing is, but what proportion it holds with thy strength and ability. When the Widdow gave all that she had, the Text saith, That she gave more then they that put more into the Treasury; because it was the utmost that she could give. As we say he hath given most that hath least left behinde; so he bestows most upon the Lord that leaves the least of his strength unimproved.
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