Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

First, it takes a man off from his own bottom, and makes a man see that there is nothing in himself. Again, it pitcheth a man upon a higher end then nature can reach unto. And when it hath done these two, the third will easily follow, it makes a man follow God, and seek God in all things, for you must know that so long as a man depends upon himself, so long as he is bottomed upon himself, so long as he seeks his happiness within himself, so long he will look to himself, and no further. Therefore for a man to look to God altogether, he must first be taken off from himself, and he must be pitched upon God.

So that godliness hath another Alpha and Omega then either nature or moral virtues have. It hath a higher well-head then nature, and consequently, it looks higher, and runs higher then nature with all its strength. After this manner doth godliness teach a man to look to God, and to follow God in all things. It is the nature of every man living to look to himself, and that constantly, till he find something better then himself to rest upon. Now godliness enlighteneth a man, and teacheth him to know, that his good is contained in God, more then in himself, therefore he is willing, no longer to depend upon himself, and to seek himself, and to place his happiness upon himself, but in God. And then he is resolved to follow God in all things.

So that godlinesse hath another Alpha and Omega then either nature or moral vertues have. It hath a higher well-head then nature, and consequently, it looks higher, and runs higher then nature with all its strength. After this manner doth godliness teach a man to look to God, and to follow God in all things. It is the nature of every man living to look to himself, and that constantly, till he find something better then himself to rest upon. Now godliness enlighteneth a man, and teacheth him to know, that his good is contained in God, more then in himself, therefore he is willing, no longer to depend upon himself, and to seek himself, and to place his happiness upon himself, but in God. And then he is resolved to follow God in all things.