The third Paragraph.
THE Grecians doe commend that celebrated saying of theirs, ne quid nimis, not too much of any thing; but thou, O Lord, hast ex∣pressely commanded, mandata tua custodiri nimis, that thy commande∣ments should be very much observed. God would have all his servants so ready and prompt at every command of his, at every beck, as they should never passe a day, no not so much as that whereon they should suffer the greatest affliction, without repea∣ting over this short sentence a thou∣sand times both in heart and mouth, quod vult Deus fiat, be it as it pleases God; and by this meanes the will of men so vertuously disposed be∣comes to be the will of God himself, since they hold themselves constant to this resolution, never to will any thing which may be displeasing to his Divine Majesty; whence it comes that whatsoever they desire, they obtaine, since they desire nothing else than onely to conforme them∣selves to the will of God, as know∣ing