I r4 The Juperior Excellency ;.. · qualities of a parent more really derived unto their children, than the in1age and fi– militude of the divine excellenci·::- s are fiam– ped upon thefe heaven-born fouls: fomc beams of that eternal light are darted 'in upon then1, and n1ake them fhine with an en1inent fj)lendor; and they are always afpiriog to a ne~rer conformity with him~ fiill breathing after a further coinn1unica-. I tion of his Holy Spirit, and daily finding the power thereotcorreCting the deforn1i– ties of their natures, and fuperinducing the f?eautiful delineations ofGod's in1age upon them, that any who obferve th~m n1ay per– ceive their relation to God, py the excel– lency of their deportment in the world; as will dearly appear in the fequel of pur Qifcourfe.· . Having fpoken of the righteous or go'dly man's excellen~y' in regard of his birth ~nd extraction, w·e proceed to confider his qualities and endowments: and fhall begin with thof~ of his undedl:anding, his know– l.edg;e and wifdom. The wife man t~lls us9< that a nza!Z ifunderJlanding is of an excel– 'lent .IJ?irit. And fure, if any n1an in the - world is to be accounted of for knowle9ge, it is the pious n1an. His knowledge is converf~nt abou.t the· noblefi objects; he - c~ntemplates. I
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