1n CQnt UbÍII titegr.ea ri1ptton. 71 themeans it makes ufe of for the acquiring it. Now Chap. V. when God whofe vnderflanding is infinite, (and in comparifon of whom themoft prudent and advifed are but as dark fhadows) when he determines to work, efpecially in a moft glorious manner, the end and the means are equally admirable. Firft, The end is of the highefr Confequence. Were it fomelow inconfiderabie thing, it were unworthy of one thought ofGod for the effé&ing, it. To bé cu- rious in the contriving how to accompliíh that which is of no importance, expofes to a juif imputation of Folly: But when the moft excellent Good is the end, and thedifficultieswhich hinder the obtaining ofit are infirperable to a finite underfrandiug, it then becomes the only wife God to difcover the Divinity of his Wif- , Tim, T. e7 dom, in making a way where he finds none. And filch was the end of Gpd in the work of our Redemption. This was declar'd by the Angels, who were fent Am baf adors extraordinary to bring tidings of peace to the World, TheypraifedGod, P aying, G l o ry to God in Luk. 2.1 3; r thehighe.fi, and on Earth Peace,. good Willtowards men. The fupreme End is his own Glory, and in order toit, the Salvation of Man bath:the nature and reîpc of a medium.. The fubordinare is the Recovery of the world from its lapfd and wretched frate. I. The fupreme End is the Glory of God. This lignifies principally his internal and effential Glory and that confifrs in the Perfections of his Nature which can never be fully conceived by the Angels, but over- whelm by their excellent greatnefs all created Under- frandings. But the Glory that refults from God's- works is properly intended in the prefent Argument,, and implies, .. The ns.anifeliation whereby he is pleated to re- r) refeat
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