6 Spiritual Perfeffion. -feaions, and deferve our fingular and fu- -perlative Love ; for Eternal Power con- fers and maintains our Happinefs. .At thy right hand are plea/ores for evermore. The firiir rife of our Love is from the fenfe of his Benefits : but we mutt Love him, above his Benefits, and value his Benefits for his fake, as they are the Te- ftimonies of his Love. This infpired a holy Heat in the Pfalmifts Breaff, What ,Khali I render to the Lord for all hts Bene- i s ? That the impreffions of his benefits may fink and fettle into our Hearts, I will Confider, The principle from whence they proceed, the greatnefs of them, and Gods End in bellowing them. x. The principle of all his benefits is his moll- free and pure Goodnefs. The PlälmifI declares, Thou art good, and daft good. ?Tis true, his high Perfe&ions are very refplendent in his Works, yet this. induced no neceffity upon God : for de- clarative Glory relùlting from the exer- cite and elleas of his Attributes,- wasnot neceffary. He was from all Eternity In finitely Glorious and Bleffed in Himfelf. Neither was any motive or merit in us to determine his Will either to Create or Redeem us. For antecedently to the xîrll aa of his Goodnefs we had no be- ng, and confccfuently no poffibility or thadow
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