The Godly Man's Picture

3 The great cause we have to be thankful, 'tis a principle grafted in nature, to be thankful for^* benefits: The Heathens praised Jupiter for their victories.

3 The great cause we have to be thankful, 'tis a principle grafted in nature, to be thankful for^* benefits: The Heathens praised Iupiter for their victories.

1. *Beneficium Postulat officium.

What full clusters of mercies hang upon us? when we go to enumerate Gods mercies, we must (with David) confess our selves to be nonplussed, Psal. 40. 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, they cannot be reckoned up in Order. And as Gods mercies are past numbering, so they are past measuring: David takes the longest measuring line he could get, he measures from earth to the clouds, nay, above the clouds, yet this measure would not reach the height of Gods mercies, Psal. 108. 4. Thy mercy is great above the heavens. O how ⟨p. 191⟩hath God enriched us with his silver showers? a whole constellation of mercies, hath shined in our Hemisphere.

What full clusters of mercies hang upon us? when we go to enumerate Gods mercies, we must (with David) confess our selves to bee nonplussed, Psal. 40. 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, they cannot be reckoned up in Order. And as Gods mercies are past numbring, so they are past measuring: David takes the longest measuring line hee could get, hee measures from earth to the clouds, nay, above the clouds, yet this measure would not reach the heighth of Gods mercies,