in Contriving Man's Redemption. 215. t~i~: ;~a~06~d t~~st~~Li~~:~l ~f[.~~C:r~~~:v~~~~~J;~,:~,~~~:i~n~r~~~-~~~onN;~ ~~ that he had this advantage, (lince 'cisgreat Art to comprizemany things in a htt!e [pace,)~ to enjoy as much H:.1ppinefs in an Age, as Jupit er in . his Eternity. Am~ whtch ts the ~1~,;?{:;ir~··"' highef\ excefsof Pride and Blafphemy, (e) they pteferred the wretched •mperfetl Ver- "mf•l"'"''• ~~~i~~~ ~/~~~e~~~fe~~eir~:[~~~~'r~:;o;~J~~si~~i~~~n/~ap~;c~;n~l~:b~ri~~[;~gea~~ ffi:~ ~ti~~cd ~i~ ~aiw,ren~ot\:~:~na:~~r~~l~[~~~fifr:~~~ ~~ ~~: Raim~~~:ea~~ ~1:af~~ht~~l~i!~e~;~~~~ll~~:~,(i~::!:~· ters i.n the World. Thus to raife themfelves above the Throne of God, fince the re- tHr.thm~ficic, bellious Angels, none have ever attempted befides the Stoick..s. 'Tis no wonder that ;:(:~~a :,C~~: • they were the mof\ early oppofers of the Gofpel ; for how could they acknowledg7 God ~" ,p, Mm ~~s1~a~~; ~~~~f~~;~t~~~ ~~smii~i~,e ~e~ r~~:t1 ~~~st~:~fr~~;~~~~~r~~~~v~h~~c~~ ~:~;t~~~J:i rhens (f). . . _ • ~;r;11~;~i:;;~ 11m anteudath 1 illc txtra paJientiam malorem tjl 1 vat fupra p11ti~uriam. S~?ec~ 1 (f) Timeone Sroiri f~!i fint Phtlofoplu, Cic. 5· Philofophy is very defetlive in not propounding the Glory' of God as the End to which all our Atlions fhould finally refer. This fhonld have·itbe firf\ and chief place in thar PraCtical Science (g): For every Afrion receiving its fpecification and value from (g) ,n;~ s the End, that which is Supreme and common to ali Actions, muft rbe fix'd 'Defore we ~~~~7!~'1 come to the particular and fubordinate; and that is the Glory df God. Now ' the De- <;;:_ ><""'' fign of Philofophers in their Precepts, was either, -" ., Fhft, To u[e Vertue as the means to obt~in Rep~tatibn and HQn<>ur in the World. This was evident in rheir Books and A{!ibns (h). ' 'They were lick'of Self! love, and did (h) fi.."":" ,. ~~~~nr,h;~~5a~~o{h~:fTs ~~~;fe~ted~~~~, ~~e~rnl~~~~fi::at~~i~~t~~~~ o7~~=t ~snt~t~~~*~e~ f£1:Jiff:~;:: w~re fwell'd with Pre~u~nption, having' little Meri~, and~ gr~at deal ?f Vanity. N_ew fr~u:;;-:;;1':: th1s Refpett to the Optmon of others, corrupts the Intentton, and ·vtriates the ACbon. 1JitU.fOn)1im~ts :I!~ ~~~~~~ee;~ ie!~~~' b~0~e3rt~ru~~~~~~:Jibei~~~~~ha~: :e~:~~dd.Per~~~ ·~~~~~a;~t~~~ Ji;~!~~3:f,~: wear coun~erfeit Pearls that are ef\:eemed right, than Right which are efreemed counter- Mn cft~nrati'J. ~~~~0~o(~).e t~~~~ h~i~;~~:i::yPJ~~~:~et~:yu~:~oyn ~: ~~~; :e~t~~~;io~::c;{ai~~! {~{~~~;:~~~ ~~~ndi~g~~e~~~~s~t.t~~:J. ~~.t)e~:n~=~~:at~~ ~e~~~~~~D~~ii~~s J:Pr~~ ~l!!JJaa~;oa~?~.j~t~ JF::c;J~~:r::: ous; Vlrtutecivili, 11onvera, fcdveri/imili.,. humanteglori£fervienmt. Pride had aprin-tiar'!in~ptimi; cipal part in them. · · . mmb~t;. Prcfp. Or, fecondly, rhe End of Philofophy was to prevent the Mifchiefs which Liceurioufnefs and Diforders might bring upon Men from withour, or to preferve inward Peace, by fupprefling the turbu leqt Paflions aiifing from Luf\ or Rage, that ~~r~h't~re;~~~i~~; ;:i~b%•s;~l~P~~t~~~etn~e~~~e~; ~;c;,;~~~c~~~: Or, thirdly, the Height of Philofophy, was to propound the Beauty of Vertue (l), and its charming Afpetl, as the mof\ worthy ~;;,~;:~ t:1'd.~~~/v~:~t~~) ~0illrf~~fr~~~~h~h~~t~~:~ ~a~~; :;;:[;;J:P~:;;~:::;t'~::' :ifi;~;,;:~ of Vertue, had a love to it, and performed fome things without any private refpetl, but for the retlitude of the Atlion, and the in- ' ""· .1'.1'""·!-"J'"'· "'"-m""'· ward fatisfatlion that fprings from it, yet they were flill defetlive. For Vertue is but a Ray of the Deity, and our Dmy is not compleat, ~~\~:s it1~e fi.~:~,rett:og~~~tG~;{.t~;~~d~h~;';ifi,c:~~m~~t ~~~~;~ '01,;~;f~~:~:f,;:;~:~;t;;:?~:i;~j ~:: moO: juft that as his Favour is our Sovereign Happinefs, [o his Glory fhould be o~r Supreme End, without which nothing is regular an~ truly Be~Ut1ful. B_Y the[e feveral Inflances it appears how infuffiC!ent Ph!lofophy IS to d!fetl us in ou r principal Duty, that refpetls God. or ~;h~~~lofophy was defetlive in irs diretlionsabout Moral Duties that re[ peel: our feh·es t. Philofophers were not fenlible ofthe fir(\ Inclinations to Sin. They allow the di[- orde; of the.renlirive Appetite as Innocent, till it paffes to the fupreme part of the Soul, 3nd m? ~ces 1t to ?el.iberate or refolve upon Moral ACtions. For they were ignorant of . tha~ ongmal and 1nt1mate Pollution that cleaves w the Humane Nat ure ; and becaufe
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