14 250 ette pm? anofamiip thy way, and do thy duty. Thy Reafon and Free-will, and Executive Power, are part of the Image of God upon thy nature : fo is thy Dominion over the Brutes, as.(under him) thouart their Owner, theft ,Ruler, and their End. But thy Holy Wifdom and Goodnefs , and 4'ility is the chief part of his Image, on which thy Happinef depends. Thou haft a foul that cannot be fatisfted in Knowing, till thy (c) Knowledge reach toGodhimfelf : Nor can it be Di#ofed by any other Nor can it (or the focieties of the world) be wellgo- vernedaccording to its nature, without regard tohis So- veraigh authority, and without the hopes and (d)fears bf foY and llliEery hereafter : Nor can it be (e) Happy inany thing, but Seeing, andLoving, and Delighting in this God, as he is revealed in the other world. And is this Nature given thee invain? If the nature ofall things be fitted to its,(f) Vie and End, then it muff needs be fo with thine. I I. By Knowing thy jelfthen, thoumuff needs know that there is a (gj G OD t and that he is thy eakuer, and infinite inallperfe6tions : and that he is thy Owner, thy Ruler, and thy Felicity or End. He is mad that feeth not, that fuck Creatures have a Caufe or /!'laser ; and that all the Power, and Wifdom, and Goodnefs of the world, is caufed by a Power, and Wifdom, and Good- yell, which i9 greater than that of all the world. And lrha can be our Owner, but He that made 144 ? And who tc) 706 17.3.I 706.4.6,7. 7er.9.z,4.(d) Luk.I2.4, 5.(e)Pfa1.16.5. to I I. (f) Ifa. 45.18. (g) Pfal. 14. I. Gen.i i. Rev.I.8. Rom. i. 19, 2o.Pfal. 46. Io. Pfal. 9. Io. Pf.l.ioo. d" 23. Pfa1.19.1,2,3 Pfal.47.7. 13:4..(1en.18.25. /1.14.1.6. can
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