-----------.-. ..... --.....--;.,.------...... ~- ALL-SVFl'ICIE~CY. \ 4-' Fourthly. As hec is without number, fo he is Reaf.4· W ithout anypaffiue power. Ifhe had any paffiue He is witho~t · palliue power. ' power in him,( as every creature hath ) he were capable ofreceivingfqmcthingthat he hath not, but theLordis not fo ·much as capable ofir; for ifrhere be no rec~tiue power, no paffiue power in him,itis impoffiblethat any more fh,">uld bee put,orinfufed int0 him, or imprinted:) or !bmped in him, then is in him already. And therefore hec.is all in aCt ~ There is nothing in poffibilitieinGo -n. · . Fiftly. He is dcJ'rrtlr'o' .( I fin de no word to ex. preffeit [o weiJ~)that is, whatfoever he is,he is it ofhimfelfe, wha~foeverthecreatureis,it is bor- . rowed,,alltheexcellency thatit hathis borrow. ed,and derived,and is a participated excellency, and therefo're there is imperfection: for alway when one hath any thing from another, thereis an indigence., in t~e thing, of itfelfe, there isa want :'ifamanha'ueenongh at home, he will not goe out to borro\v. Npw, tbe·Lordwhatfoever heehath, he bath it ofhimfelfe,& thcrforeinIer. 2. hecals himfelfe, aj}ringoflivingr:vater, wheras all the creatures in the world are as Pits, and Ci(lerns. Thatis. Such as haueir borrowed,hee hath it ofhimfelfe,and therefore heis lAl!fufftcient,whichrio Creatureis. tafily. He is withoutall<;aufes, <tnd is himfelfe thecaufeofallthings,Rom.u. 36. Andwhathaj! thouthat th(iu baf/ not received?This may befaid ofevery creature-:and i.fGodhaue given to every creatureall that is in it,that there is no excellenG . c1e, Re11(. $• His cxctllen.. · c:ie isofhim· felfe. Iere. :.. Re4[.6. He is with·lUt any c:aufe. R.om. 11. 36.
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