Gospel-Worship

First, if we tender up to God all that we have. Though we be never so poor and mean, yet if God hath the strength of our souls, God accepts it. For we are to know that God doth not stand in need of what we have, or of what we do; but that we might show our respect to him: Therefore if we give all that we have God accepts it. As a child if it puts forth all it's strength that it hath to do a business which the father bids him, whether the business be done or no, the father looks upon it and accepts it as suitable to the child's strength; and it shows the respect that the child hath to his father. And as it is storied of an Emperor that when a poor man had nothing to offer him but a little water that he had taken up with his hand, he having nothing else the Emperor accepts of it. So that's that which God looks for, that the Creature should lift him above ⟨p. 64⟩all. If therefore when thou comest to worship God, God hath more of thy heart then ever any creature in the world had, God accepts of that, and that you must look unto; Can you say so, when you go to Worship God, Lord it is true there is much weakness in my spirit, but thou that knowest all things knowest, that thou hast more of my heart then ever any Creature in the World had. This is suitable to God: God will account this (in the Covenant of grace) to be a present suitable to himself. As in the Law, when they offered to the building of the Temple, every one could not offer gold and silver and precious stones, but some came and offered Badgers-skins, and some women did spin and offered Coats-hair to the building of the Temple, and so God accepted of that being the most they could do.

First, if we tender up to God all that we have. Though we be never so poore and mean, yet if God hath the strength of our soules, God accepts it. For we are to know that God doth not stand in need of what we have, or of what we do; but that we might shew our respect to him: Therefore if we give all that we have God accepts it. As a child if it puts forth all it's strength that it hath to do a busines which the father bids him, whether the busines be done or no, the father looks upon it and accepts it as sutable to the childs strength; and it shewes the respect that the child hath to his father. And as it is storied of an Emperour that when a poore man had nothing to offer him but a little water that he had taken up with his hand, he haveing nothing else the Emperour accepts of it. So that's that which God looks for, that the Creature should lift him above ⟨p. 64⟩