say_n of_o christ_n not_o bare_o as_o a_o prediction_n but_o as_o a_o kind_n of_o promise_n too_o as_o i_o have_v partly_o intimate_v 49._o intimate_v see_v §._o 49._o before_o the_o poor_a you_o shall_v always_o have_v with_o you_o and_o to_o think_v that_o every_o beggar_n that_o seek_v to_o we_o be_v send_v of_o god_n to_o be_v as_o well_o a_o glass_n wherein_o to_o represent_v god_n bounty_n to_o we_o as_o a_o object_n whereon_o for_o we_o to_o exercise_v we_o and_o as_o for_o former_a time_n let_v we_o not_o so_o much_o think_v how_o much_o better_o we_o have_v be_v as_o how_o well_o we_o be_v that_o we_o be_v not_o so_o well_o now_o impute_v it_o to_o our_o former_a unthankfulness_n and_o fear_v unless_o we_o be_v more_o thankful_a for_o what_o we_o have_v it_o will_v be_v yet_o and_o every_o day_n worse_o and_o worse_o with_o us._n council_n be_v very_o needful_a for_o we_o in_o these_o decline_a time_n which_o be_v not_o god_n know_v and_o we_o all_o know_v as_o the_o time_n we_o have_v see_v the_o leprous_a humour_n of_o popery_n secret_o steal_v in_o upon_o we_o 11._o we_o math._n 26_o 11._o and_o as_o a_o leprosy_n spread_v a_o pace_n under_o the_o skin_n and_o penury_n and_o poverty_n as_o a_o ulcerous_a sore_n open_o break_v out_o in_o the_o very_a face_n of_o the_o land_n shall_v we_o murmur_v at_o this_o or_o repine_o complain_v that_o it_o be_v not_o with_o we_o as_o it_o have_v be_v god_n forbid_v that_o be_v the_o way_n to_o have_v it_o yet_o and_o yet_o worse_o rather_o let_v we_o humble_v ourselves_o for_o our_o former_a unthankfulness_n whereby_o we_o have_v provoke_v god_n to_o withdraw_v himself_o in_o some_o measure_n from_o we_o and_o bless_v he_o for_o his_o great_a mercy_n who_o yet_o continue_v his_o goodness_n in_o a_o comfortable_a and_o gracious_a measure_n unto_o we_o notwithstanding_o our_o so_o great_a unworthines_n and_o unthankfulness_n thousand_o of_o our_o brethren_n in_o the_o world_n as_o good_a as_o ourselves_o how_o glad_a will_v they_o be_v how_o thankful_a to_o god_n how_o will_v they_o rejoice_v and_o sing_v if_o they_o enjoy_v but_o a_o small_a part_n of_o that_o peace_n and_o prosperity_n in_o outward_a thing_n and_o of_o that_o liberty_n of_o tread_v in_o god_n court_n and_o partake_v of_o his_o ordinance_n which_o we_o make_v so_o little_a account_n of_o because_o it_o be_v not_o every_o way_n as_o we_o have_v know_v it_o heretofore_o the_o three_o impediment_n of_o thankfulness_n be_v riot_n riot_n §._o 62.3_o riot_n and_o epicurism_n that_o which_o the_o prophet_n reckon_v in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o sodoms_n sin_n 16.49_o sin_n ezec._n 16.49_o fullness_n of_o bread_n and_o abundance_n of_o idleness_n this_o be_v both_o a_o cause_n and_o a_o sign_n of_o much_o unthankfulness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fullness_n and_o forgetfulness_n they_o be_v not_o more_o near_o in_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o word_n than_o they_o be_v in_o the_o sequel_n of_o the_o thing_n 8.10.11_o thing_n deut._n 8.10.11_o when_o thou_o have_v eat_v and_o be_v full_a then_o beware_v least_o thou_o forget_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n deut._n 8._o it_o much_o argue_v that_o we_o make_v small_a account_n of_o the_o good_a creature_n of_o god_n if_o we_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o take_v a_o little_a pain_n to_o get_v they_o but_o much_o more_o if_o lavish_o and_o like_o prodigal_a fool_n we_o make_v waist_n &_o havoc_n of_o they_o he_o that_o have_v receive_v some_o token_n from_o a_o dear_a friend_n though_o perhaps_o of_o little_a value_n in_o itself_o and_o of_o less_o use_n to_o he_o yet_o if_o he_o retain_v any_o grateful_a memory_n of_o his_o frìend_n he_o will_v catul._n will_v quod_fw-la non_fw-la i_o movet_fw-la astimatione_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mei_fw-la solaâ—is_fw-la catul._n value_v it_o the_o more_o and_o set_v great_a store_n by_o it_o and_o be_v the_o more_o careful_a to_o preserve_v it_o for_o his_o friend_n sake_n but_o if_o he_o shall_v make_v it_o away_o causeless_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o come_v so_o easy_o as_o the_o dingthrift_n proverb_n be_v light_o come_v light_o go_v every_o man_n will_v interpret_v it_o as_o a_o evidence_n of_o his_o unfriendly_a and_o unthankful_a heart_n but_o riot_n be_v not_o only_o a_o sign_n it_o be_v also_o a_o cause_n of_o unthankfulnes_n in_o asmuch_o as_o it_o make_v we_o underualue_n the_o good_a thing_n of_o god_n at_o too_o low_a a_o rate_n for_o we_o usual_o value_v the_o worth_n of_o thing_n proportionable_o to_o their_o use_n judge_v they_o more_o or_o less_o good_a according_a to_o the_o good_a they_o do_v we_o be_v it_o more_o or_o less_o and_o how_o then_o can_v the_o prodigal_n or_o riotous_a epicure_n that_o consume_v the_o good_a creature_n of_o god_n in_o so_o short_a a_o space_n and_o to_o so_o little_a purpose_n set_v a_o just_a price_n upon_o they_o see_v he_o reap_v so_o little_a good_a from_o they_o a_o pound_n that_o 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delight_n expend_v beyond_o the_o proportion_n of_o his_o revenue_n or_o condition_n and_o the_o exigence_n of_o just_a occasion_n to_o remedy_v this_o who_o ever_o will_v be_v true_o thankful_a let_v he_o live_v in_o some_o honest_a vocation_n and_o therein_o bestow_v himself_o faithful_o and_o painful_o bind_v himself_o to_o a_o sober_a discreet_a and_o moderate_a use_n of_o god_n creature_n remember_v that_o christ_n will_v not_o have_v the_o very_a broken-meate_n lose_v think_v that_o if_o for_o every_o word_n idle_o speak_v then_o by_o the_o same_o proportion_n for_o every_o penny_n idly-spent_a we_o shall_v be_v accountable_a to_o god_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n immoderate_a care_n carefulness_n §._o 63.4_o worldly_n carefulness_n and_o solicitude_n for_o outward_a thing_n be_v another_o 73._o another_o non_fw-la patitur_fw-la aviditas_fw-la quenquam_fw-la esse_fw-la gratum_fw-la senec._n 2._o the_o benef_n 27._o nullum_fw-la habet_fw-la malum_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la maius_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ingrata_fw-la l_o epist_n 73._o impediment_n of_o thankfulness_n under_o which_o title_n i_o comprehend_v covetousness_n especial_o but_o not_o only_o ambition_n also_o and_o voluptuousness_n and_o every_o other_o vice_n that_o consist_v in_o a_o desire_n and_o expectation_n of_o something_o 3._o something_o nivis_fw-la semper_fw-la cupiditatibus_fw-la occupati_fw-la non_fw-la quid_fw-la habeamus_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la petamus_fw-la iâ—_n spaimus_fw-la quicquid_fw-la domi_fw-la est_fw-la vile_a est_fw-la sequitur_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la quid_fw-la acceperis_fw-la leave_n novorum_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la fecerit_fw-la author_n quoque_fw-la eorum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o pretâ—o_fw-la ideoque_fw-la ciduca_fw-la memoria_fw-la est_fw-la fuituro_fw-la immineâ—tium_fw-la l_o 3._o the_o benef_n 3._o for_o the_o future_a which_o desire_n and_o expectation_n if_o inordinate_a must_v needs_o in_o the_o end_n determine_v in_o unthankfulness_n for_o the_o very_a true_a reason_n why_o we_o desire_v thing_n inordinate_o be_v because_o we_o promise_v to_o ourselves_o more_o comfort_n and_o content_v from_o they_o than_o they_o be_v able_a to_o give_v we_o this_o be_v ever_o our_o error_n when_o we_o have_v any_o thing_n in_o chase_n to_o sever_v the_o good_a which_o we_o hope_v from_o it_o from_o the_o inconueniency_n that_o go_v therewith_o and_o look_v only_o upon_o that_o never_o so_o much_o as_o to_o think_v of_o these_o but_o have_v obtain_v the_o thing_n we_o desire_v we_o find_v the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o and_o then_o the_o inconueniency_n we_o never_o think_v of_o before_o plin._n before_o nihil_fw-la aeque_fw-la adeptis_fw-la &_o concup_n scentibus_fw-la gratum_fw-la plin._n abate_v much_o of_o the_o weight_n and_o the_o price_n we_o former_o set_v thereupon_o and_o take_v of_o so_o much_o from_o the_o estimation_n we_o have_v of_o the_o good_a
duty_n thankfulness_n §._o 59_o the_o three_o inference_n for_o direction_n by_o remove_v the_o impediment_n of_o thankfulness_n the_o continuance_n of_o god_n blessing_n our_o future_a necessity_n our_o misery_n in_o want_v our_o importunity_n in_o crave_v his_o free_a liberality_n in_o bestow_v shall_v quicken_v we_o to_o a_o more_o conscionable_a performance_n of_o this_o so_o necessary_a so_o just_a so_o religious_a a_o duty_n and_o thus_o have_v see_v our_o unthankfulness_n discover_v in_o six_o point_n and_o hear_v many_o consideration_n to_o provoke_v we_o to_o thankfulness_n it_o may_v be_v we_o have_v see_v enough_o in_o that_o to_o make_v we_o hate_v the_o fault_n and_o we_o will_v fain_o amend_v it_o and_o it_o may_v be_v we_o have_v hear_v enough_o in_o this_o to_o make_v we_o affect_v the_o duty_n and_o we_o will_v fain_o practice_v it_o may_v some_o say_v but_o we_o be_v yet_o to_o learn_v how_o the_o duty_n be_v hard_o and_o our_o backwardness_n great_a what_o good_a course_n may_v be_v take_v effectual_o to_o reform_v this_o our_o so_o great_a backwardness_n and_o to_o perform_v that_o so_o hard_a a_o duty_n and_o so_o you_o see_v my_o second_o inference_n for_o exhortation_n breed_v a_o three_o and_o that_o be_v for_o direction_n which_o for_o satisfaction_n of_o those_o man_n that_o pretend_v willingness_n but_o plead_v ignorance_n i_o shall_v also_o prosecute_v if_o i_o have_v so_o much_o time_n to_o spare_v wherein_o shall_v be_v discover_v what_o the_o principal_a cause_n of_o our_o so_o great_a vnthankefulnesse_n which_o take_v away_o the_o effect_n will_v instant_o and_o of_o itself_o cease_v now_o those_o cause_n be_v especial_o as_o i_o conceive_v these_o five_o viz._n 1._o pride_n and_o self-love_n 2._o envy_n and_o discontentment_n 3._o riotousness_n and_o epicurism_n 4._o worldly_n carefulness_n and_o immoderate_a desire_n carnal_a security_n and_o foreslow_v the_o time_n now_o then_o beside_o the_o application_n of_o that_o which_o have_v already_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o former_a discovery_n and_o motive_n for_o every_o discovery_n of_o a_o fault_n do_v virtual_o contain_v some_o mean_n for_o the_o correct_v of_o it_o and_o every_o true_a motive_n to_o a_o duty_n do_v virtual_o contain_v some_o help_n unto_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o beside_o these_o i_o say_v i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o prescribe_v any_o better_a remedy_n against_o unthankefulnes_n or_o help_n unto_o thankfulness_n then_o faithful_o to_o strive_v for_o the_o cast_v out_o of_o those_o sin_n and_o the_o subdue_a of_o those_o corruption_n in_o we_o which_o cause_n the_o one_o and_o hinder_v the_o other_o but_o because_o the_o time_n and_o my_o strength_n be_v near_o spend_v i_o be_o content_a to_o ease_v both_o myself_o and_o you_o by_o cut_v of_o so_o much_o of_o my_o provision_n as_o concern_v this_o inference_n for_o direction_n and_o desire_v you_o that_o it_o may_v suffice_v for_o the_o present_a but_o thus_o to_o have_v point_v at_o these_o impediment_n and_o once_o more_o to_o name_v they_o they_o be_v pride_n envy_n epicurism_n carefulness_n security_n i_o place_v pride_n pride_n §._o 60._o viz._n 1._o pride_n where_o it_o will_v be_v the_o foremost_a because_o it_o be_v of_o all_o other_o 26._o other_o maxim_n facit_fw-la ingratos_fw-la nimtus_fw-la svi_fw-la suspectus_fw-la &_o insitum_fw-la mortalitati_fw-la vitium_fw-la se_fw-la suaque_fw-la mirandi_fw-la senec._n 2._o the_o benef_n 26._o the_o principal_a impediment_n of_o thankfulness_n certain_o there_o be_v no_o one_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n so_o much_o as_o pride_n that_o make_v man_n unthankful_a he_o that_o will_v be_v true_o thankful_a must_v have_v his_o eye_n upon_o both_o the_o one_o eye_n upon_o the_o gift_n and_o the_o other_o upon_o the_o giver_n and_o this_o the_o proud_a man_n never_o have_v either_o through_o 18._o through_o cacus_n amor_fw-la svi_fw-la horat._n 1._o carm._n odd_a 18._o self-love_n he_o be_v starkeblind_a and_o see_v neither_o or_o else_o through_o partiality_n he_o wink_v on_o the_o one_o eye_n and_o will_v not_o look_v at_o both_o sometime_o he_o see_v the_o gift_n but_o too_o much_o and_o boast_v of_o it_o but_o then_o he_o forget_v the_o giver_n he_o 4.7_o he_o 1._o cor._n 4.7_o boast_v as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o receive_v it_o sometime_o again_o he_o overlook_v the_o gift_n as_o not_o good_a enough_o for_o he_o and_o so_o repine_v at_o the_o giver_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o give_v he_o according_a to_o his_o worth_n either_o he_o underualueth_fw-la the_o gift_n or_o else_o he_o overualu_v himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v himself_o the_o giver_n or_o at_o least_o the_o deserver_n and_o be_v in_o both_o unthankful_a to_o remove_v this_o impediment_n who_o ever_o desire_v to_o be_v thankful_a let_v he_o humble_v himself_o nay_o empty_a himself_o nay_o deny_v himself_o and_o all_o his_o own_o desert_n confess_v himself_o with_o jacob_n 32.10_o jacob_n gen._n 32.10_o less_o than_o the_o least_o of_o god_n mercy_n and_o condemn_v his_o own_o heart_n of_o much_o sinful_a 13._o sinful_a sacrilegus_fw-la invasor_n gloria_fw-la tua_fw-la bern._n in_o cant._n serm_n 13._o sacrilege_n if_o it_o dare_v but_o think_v the_o least_o thought_n tend_v to_o rob_v god_n of_o the_o least_o part_n of_o his_o honour_n envy_n follow_v pride_n envy_n §._o 61.2_o envy_n the_o 31._o the_o superbia_fw-la prima_fw-la soboles_fw-la inaniâ—_n gloria-mox_a in_o ridian_n giâ—net_fw-la greg._n 31._o mor._n 31._o daughter_n the_o mother_n a_o second_o 3._o second_o non_fw-la potest_fw-la quisquam_fw-la &_o invidere_fw-la &_o gratias_fw-la agere_fw-la sen._n 3._o the_o benef_n 3._o great_a impediment_n of_o thankfulness_n the_o fault_n be_v that_o man_n not_o content_a only_o to_o look_v upon_o their_o own_o thing_n and_o the_o present_a but_o 28._o but_o vehemens_fw-la &_o importunum_fw-la malum_fw-la invidia_n quae_fw-la nos_fw-la inquiâ—tat_fw-la dum_fw-la comparat_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la prastitit_fw-la sed_fw-la illi_fw-la plus_fw-la sed_fw-la illi_fw-la maturius_fw-la senec._n 2._o the_o benef_n 28._o compare_v these_o with_o the_o thing_n of_o other_o man_n or_o time_n instead_o of_o give_v thanks_n for_o what_o they_o have_v 73._o have_v illis_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la iucundum_fw-la est_fw-la multos_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la videre_fw-la quamgrave_n aliquem_fw-la ante_fw-la se._n senec._n epist._n 73._o repine_v that_o other_o have_v more_o or_o better_a or_o for_o what_o they_o now_o have_v complain_v that_o it_o be_v not_o with_o they_o as_o it_o have_v be_v these_o thought_n be_v enemy_n to_o the_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o mind_n breed_v many_o discontent_n and_o much_o unthankfulness_n while_o our_o 20.15_o our_o math._n 20.15_o eye_n be_v evil_a because_o god_n be_v good_a to_o other_o or_o have_v be_v so_o to_o us._n to_o remove_v this_o impediment_n who_o ever_o desire_v to_o be_v true_o thankful_a let_v he_o look_v upon_o 30._o upon_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n de_fw-fr tranquil_a anim_fw-la nulli_fw-la ad_fw-la aliena_fw-la respicienti_fw-la sva_fw-la placent_n senec._n 3._o de_fw-fr ira._n 30._o his_o own_o thing_n and_o not_o on_o the_o thing_n of_o other_o man_n and_o therein_o consider_v not_o so_o much_o what_o he_o want_v and_o fain_o will_v have_v as_o what_o he_o have_v and_o can_v not_o well_o want_v let_v he_o think_v that_o what_o god_n have_v give_v he_o come_v from_o his_o free_a bounty_n he_o owe_v it_o not_o and_o what_o he_o have_v deny_v he_o he_o withhold_v it_o either_o in_o his_o justice_n for_o his_o former_a sin_n or_o in_o his_o mercy_n for_o his_o far_a good_a that_o god_n give_v to_o no_o man_n all_o the_o desire_n of_o his_o heart_n in_o these_o outward_a thing_n to_o teach_v he_o not_o to_o look_v for_o absolute_a contentment_n in_o this_o life_n lest_o of_o all_o in_o these_o thing_n if_o he_o will_v needs_o look_v upon_o other_o man_n thing_n let_v he_o compare_v himself_o rather_o supra_fw-la rather_o 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all_o in_o the_o sinful_a defect_n and_o obliquity_n of_o a_o wicked_a action_n there_o be_v a_o natural_a or_o rather_o transcendentall_a goodness_n bonitas_fw-la entis_fw-la as_o they_o call_v it_o in_o every_o action_n even_o in_o that_o whereto_o the_o great_a sin_n adher_v and_o that_o 21._o that_o mali_n author_n non_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la omnium_fw-la qua_fw-la sunt_fw-la author_n est_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la tantum_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la august_n 83._o quest._n 21._o goodness_n be_v from_o god_n as_o that_o action_n be_v his_o creature_n but_o the_o evil_a that_o cleave_v unto_o it_o be_v whole_o from_o the_o default_n of_o the_o person_n that_o commit_v it_o and_o not_o at_o all_o from_o god_n and_o as_o for_o the_o evil_n of_o pain_n also_o neither_o be_v they_o of_o god_n make_v 13.16_o make_v wisd._n 13.16_o deus_fw-la mortem_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la say_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n god_n make_v not_o death_n 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