But grace faithfully attributeth all honour and glory unto God.
3. Nature feareth shame and contempt;
But grace rejoiceth to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.
Nature loveth ease and bodily rest;
But grace cannot be idle, but willingly embraceth labour.
Nature seeketh to have those things that are beautiful, and abhorreth that which is mean or coarse;
But grace delighteth in plain and humble things, and despiseth not rough things, that are old and mean.
Nature respecteth temporal things, rejoiceth at earthly gain, sorroweth for loss, is moved with every little injurious word;
But grace thinketh on that which is everlasting, and cleaveth not to temporal things; she is not troubled at losses, nor disquieted with hard words; because she hath placed her treasure and joy in heaven, where nothing perisheth.
4. Nature is covetous, and doth more willingly receive than give; she loveth her own things;