lJ~l 4 s~Jnt-ir 4 iJrNU.' Pari It~ and the cho~'fe and ~fe of meanJ for the attaining it. Man mutl: lie down and fleep out his days, ifthis be true that he hath n~ end Nay fleep it felf bath forne. And he cannot choofe but Intend [fnnc End and feek it, if he wou!Gl never fo fain, unlefs he will take fome opiate fl:upifying potion; or run mad.And he that made himalfo and placedhim here, had fome End In it: For if man had thm n_~ E_nd, he_coul.d have Ho M11~er?r Effi~ient · caufe: For every Rat10nal rffictent mtenclc:th an end m all hts:worki. (And l~e tha~ made: men Rario~al,is· Eminently much ·moreKnowing then h1s Creature ) · And 1f we had no MAkjr, then we have no JJeing, and fo are .no Me11. · · But if hfan- unquefl:ionabty ht4ve an End, it is either fom-e• thing that is N ebler or Bilfer then himfelf, and fome ftate that is Better orWorfe then that in which he feeks his end.BA{er it cannot 'be:: for that were MQnftrouJ, that Bafer thif.lgs lhould be the E11dof the more Noble. Beajfs are made for M~tn, and there· ·fore not Mtm.for BeaflJ. The E~rth is mad.e for Beaf/s and Men, and :therefore we are not made' for the E-a1:th-. ' Our MeanJ is not our End. . If yougrarit fhat :we ·are made for God that made us (as nothing more fure) then How .is·ir cb'ar ·God c.'tn be our End if there benD 'life bltt thu? I. Here we are but in /eekjng him, and Hill are forced to complain that '?'C fall ihorr. H~re w~ are but in- the ufe of mums. 2. We find that our Knowledge, Defires; and Love, will .here reach no higher then eo carryus on rowards that perfection that is in our ey~; and not to fuisfie tlJe foul. The· creamre · that· doth ahain' bfc.End, liathRc-flinir,andis6etttrthenbefore. 'But- we ·have nothing here like Reft, and lbould p:e in a w.orfe condition hereafter,· if .we had no~more. 3. Here we,fin againft the Lord, an·d wrong him more then we ferve him: .we know·but little of him and his.. work ; and ferveand praife him but a little, and_not according ~~J the capacity of our nature. . And therefoTe 1f he have not a . . higher end for us, andwe a higher end to f:ek t~en any is in this worjd to hefouncl., our Natures feem ~o bem vam.' For my p~rt! · tho.unb it be in :w.ea1me!$, l mt1fl: needs fay it is my trade, .and' daily ~vork to fe.rve my God, and feek after an imrmortal bh:lfed·. nefs: And if r di0ugln thlnhere were no fuch thing to be had, 1 a.nd no ft!ch ufe for me I mufl: needs fiand ftill, and look about me, or in my practice ~I1man my,fe:f by a brutifh life,as I had !¥t1,rified1ny feW in my efhmationand Intention . For what could . : . I
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