Vasanos alåethinåe, the true touchstone which shews both grace and nature, or, A discourse concerning self examination, by which both saints and sinners may come to know themselves whereunto are added sundry meditations relating to the Lords Supper / by Nathanael Vincent ...

MEDITATION. XLVI.

If Christ is mine, the Creatures are also mine. The Sun was created to give me light, and to make me admire the God that made it: The Stars observe their courses for my good, The Ordinances of the Heavens which alter not at mans pleasure, may serve as an instruction to me, that Gods Covenant, when Earth and Hell have done their worst, shall be kept and stand fast for ever; the Earth is Fruitful, the Sea does Ebb and Flow, the Rain descends, the Beasts and Fish and Fowl do multiply, to do me a kindness. The Ground was made for me to tread on, the Air for me to breath in; and though such mercies as these are vouch∣safed to wicked men, yet they are given to me in another way. My Lord has bought them for me with his blood, for with him they are given to me, they are not a trap,

a snare to me as they are to others, but they are truly blessed to me as well as given. The higher Creatures are also mine, Paul and Apollo and Cephas, nay, the very Angels are said to be ministring Spirits, and are ready to Minister to me, and to guard me. Those loving humble Spirits have a charge given them concerning the Members of Christ, and willingly look after them that are the Heirs of Salvation.