But grace is bountiful to all, shunneth private interest, is content with a little, thinketh it more blessed to give than to receive.
Nature inclines to the creatures, to her own flesh, to vanities and wanderings;
But grace draweth unto God, and unto goodness, renounceth creatures, flieth the world, hateth the desires of the flesh, restraineth wanderings abroad, blusheth to be seen in public.
Nature is willing to have some outward comfort, wherein she may be sensibly delighted;
But grace seeketh comfort in God alone, and delighteth above all visible things in the highest good.
5. Nature worketh all for her own profit; she can do nothing but for benefit she hopeth to obtain, either that which is equal or better, either praise or favour, and coveteth to have her works and gifts much esteemed:
But grace requireth no other reward than God alone; nor desireth more of temporals, than may serve her for the obtaining of things eternal.
6. Nature rejoiceth to have many friends and kinsfolks; glorieth in noble place and birth; is obsequious to the powerful, fawneth upon the rich, and applaudeth those that are like herself;
But grace loveth her enemies, and is not puffed up with multitudes of friends, nor esteemeth place or birth, but where it is joined with virtue:
She rather favoureth the poor than the rich; hath more tenderness for the innocent than the powerful; rejoiceth in the true, not in the deceitful: