8. Blessed be thou, O my God; for though I am unworthy of all good, yet thy generosity and infinite goodness never ceaseth to do good even to those that are ungrateful, and that are turned away from thee.
O convert us to thee, that we may be thankful, humble, and devout; for thou art our salvation, our power and our strength.
Chap. IX.
That all things are to be referred to God,
as to our last end.
1. My Son, I must be thy chief and last end, if thou desirest to be truly happy.
By this intention shall thy affections be purified, which too often are irregularly bent upon thyself, and things created.
For if in any thing thou seek thyself, thou presently faintest away within thyself, and growest dry.
Refer therefore all things principally to me, for it is I that have given thee all.
Consider every thing as flowing from the sovereign good: and therefore they must all be returned to me as to their origin.
2. Out of me both little and great, poor and rich, as out of a living fountain, draw living water; and they that freely and willingly serve me shall receive grace for grace.