I. That God is over all, and above all; blessed enough in himself, and needeth nothing from us to add to his Happiness and Perfection.
That he is blessed enough in himself, Rom. 9. 6. God over all, blessed for ever. That he needs nothing from us to add to his Happiness and Perfection, Ps. 16. 2. My righteousness, my goodness extendeth not to thee. He is above our benefits and injuries. If there could result any one happiness to God from the creature, surely then he would have made the World sooner; what hinder∣ed him? For why should he keep himself out of his own happiness? And therefore he made the world, not that he might be happy, but that he might be liberal. Before ever there was Hill or Mountain, Man or Angels, God was happy enough in himself. The Divine Persons took infinite delight and complacency in each other, as their rejoycing is expressed, Prov. 8. 30, 31. I was daily his delight, rejoycing always before him. God had infinite complacency in Christ, and Christ in God, both in the Spirit; all in each, and each in all, before ever there was hill or mountain. The World is upheld as stones are in an Arch, by a mutual dependance, by a com∣bination of interests; we need one another, but God doth not stand in need of us. The head cannot say to the foot, I have no need of thee; the greatest stand in need of the meanest, of their labours, their service; the meanest parts have their use in the body. But now, God standeth in no need of us, for he giveth all, and he receiveth nothing back again; as the Foun∣tain hath no need of the stream, but the stream hath need of the Fountain; the Sun fills the lap of the Earth with blessings, and the Earth returns nothing but Vapours that obscure its beams, rather than add any thing to its brightness. God he filleth every living thing, especially his Saints, with blessing, and receiveth nothing from us again.