And again the more you see the vanity of these outward helps, and withal look upon God, and see an all sufficiency in him, the more you will depend upon God, and the more you do this the more mercy you shall have, and when you do not this, that undoes you. Adam and Eve when they depended upon God, all was well with them, but when they would stand of themselves, that overthrew them, because indeed the creature hath no bottom to stand upon, for a creature hath not his subsistence in it self but it depends upon God, And therefore as it is with glasses that have no bottoms, if you set them down they will presently break, so the 1creature hath not a bottom of his own to stand upon, but he hath his dependant being upon God, therefore when he will have a bottom of his own to stand upon, that overthroweth him, as we say of some plants, take them from the earth where once they were planted, and they are destroyed, 2so we say of accidents that have their being in another, set them upon their own bottoms and they vanish, and come to nothing, so it is with the creature, every creature hath his dependence upon God, when it cometh to stand upon a bottom of it's own it perisheth, therefore the more you depend upon God the more mercy you shall have, the less you depend upon him the less mercy. If we run through particulars we shall find it so, if any man stand upon his wisdom and trust to it, God will make him foolish, let him but make a bottom of his strength in 2. Sam. 12. in his own strength shall no man be established, that is, when he resteth upon his strength, but let a man depend upon God then he is like the water and fire in their own places, they are where they should be, like a stone in his own centre, so are those that wait upon God, like a tree in his proper soil: while he dependeth upon the creature it is not so, you shall find it so in all examples. When the Israelites depended upon God he carried them upon Eagles wings (saith the text) when they left him and sought to the creature that overthrew them: So Jehoshaphat ⟨p. 15⟩when he depended upon God, (Lord (saith he) we know not what to do, but our eyes are towards thee) then it went well with him.
And again the more you see the vanitie of these outward helps, and withal look upon God, and see an allsufficiency in him, the more you will depend upon God, and the more you do this the more mercy you shall have, and when you do not this, that undoes you. Adam and Eve when they depended upon God, all was well with them, but when they wouldstand of themselves, that overthrew them, because indeed the creature hath no bottom to stand upon, for a creature hath not his subsistence in it self but it depends upon God, And therefore as it is with glasses that have no bottoms, if you set them down they wil presently break, so the 1creature hath not a bottom of his own to stand upon, but he hath his dependant being upon God, therefore when he will have a bottom of his own to stand upon, that overthroweth him, as we say of some plants, take them from the earth where once they were planted, and they are destroyed, 2so we say of accidents that have their being in another, set them upon their own bottoms and they vanish, and come to nothing, so it is with the creature, every creature hath his dependance upon God, when it cometh to stand upon a bottom of it's own it perisheth, therefore the more you depend upon God the more mercy you shall have, the less you depend upon him the less mercy. If we run through particulars we shall finde it so, if any man stand upon his wisdom and trust to it, God will make him foolish, let him but make a bottom of his strength in 2. Sam. 12. in his own strength shall no man be established, that is, when he resteth upon his strength, but let a man depend upon God then he is like the water and fire in their own places, they are where they should be, like a stone in his own center, so are those that wait upon God, like a tree in his proper soil: while he dependeth upon the creature it is not so, you shall find it so in all examples. When the Israelites depended upon God he carried them upon Eagles wings (saith the text) when they left him and sought to the creature that overthrew them: So Iehosaphat ⟨p. 15⟩when he depended upon God, (Lord (saith he) we know not what to do, but our eyes are towards thee) then it went well with him.
- 1Simile.Similie.
- 2Simile.Similie.
