out of his free grace and infinite goodnesse pittying mans losse and mi∣sery, like the good Shepheard, sought vs first, who like wandring sheepe did stray from him, without any desire of returning, and carrying vs home to his sheepefold, caused vs to finde him before we sought him, yea when wee gainesaid and refused to make this search, according to that of the Prophet cited by the Apostle, I was found of them who sought mee not; I was made manifest vnto them that enquired not after me: All the day long I haue stretched out my hands vnto a disobedient and gaine saying people. Yea, but seeing wee haue now found God, and haue him alwaies by his grace present with vs, what needeth (may some say) this daily search and dis∣quisition, seeing that labour may seeme vaine and to little purpose, which is spent in seeking that which is already found? To which I answere, that we may doe that act in an higher degree of perfection, which in the first degrees is done already, yea, seeing wee can neuer in this world doe it so perfectly as we should, therfore we ought to doe it daily and continually, that we may aspire vnto more perfection. And this God, who by his pre∣uenting grace caused vs to seeke him for our owne good: requireth vs to doe daily and more and more for our greater good: and because all our happinesse doth consist in our finding and inioying him; not contenting himselfe that we should be in the first and least degrees happie, by finding and inioying him in some small measure, hee maketh it our daily taske to seeke him more and more, that finding him more perfectly, wee may perfect our happinesse in our full finding and fruition. Yea, in truth there is none that hath truely found him, who doth not daily indeuour to finde him more and more. For what hungry man that hath once tasted delicate meates, that can content himselfe with a taste onely, and doth not rather desire to feede on them, till he be satisfied and his hunger allay∣ed? what wise Merchant finding a treasure in a field, which he hath long sought, contenteth himselfe onely to haue found it; and doth not ra∣ther purchase the field, that he may inioy the treasure hid in it? or fin∣ding a precious pearle, satisfieth himselfe with a slight sight of the lustre and beautie of it; and doth not rather sell all he hath, to buy it, being ne∣uer at quiet till he safely possesseth it in his owne Cabinet? or who fin∣ding a rich mine of gold or siluer, is contented with the first oare which it offereth vnto his view; and doth not rather digge deeper and deeper, till hee haue made himselfe owner of the whole treasure? And there∣fore it is impossible for any man, that hath tasted how good God is to those that seeke him, to leaue off and so content himselfe; but hee will labour still to feede on him more and more, till he (as the Psalmist speaketh) be satisfied with his likenesse in the Kingdome of heauen, seeing in his greatest fruition in this life, hee knoweth that he wanteth much of him. And to leaue off further hungring after God, after that wee haue tasted of his loue, bounty and goodnesse, and to content our selues with a taste only, without further feeding on them, is an euident signe that we are in the number of those relapsed hypocrites, who cannot be renewed by repentance. It is impossible, that if euer we truely felt the incomparable pleasure of Gods presence, but that we should seeke to inioy it more and more, til we attaine vnto fulnes of ioy in our ful fruitiō in Gods Kingdom.