.. ' (' l j Lu K :E IO. 41,42." And1efmanfweredand [aid ;mto her· , Martha; Martha; thoH art carefult~.nd trottbledAbont many things; but One thing uNeedful : t~.nd Mary hath cho[en the guoJ pari .,vhich (h.zll not be taken .nt~.1J from ~er. N order to the deciuon of the Great Con.· trover fie practically managed thro1z1gh the the world, Whether Godlimfs, o.r worldline[s andfen[uality be better? I have already per– formed the firfl pare of my task, in proving the Certainty of the Principles of Godlinefs,. and of Chriftianity; which of it felf will inferr the (onclufion, which I undertake to prove; that the Reafons for Godlinefs arc fo [ure , and clMr,. and great, that every one mufl be A S A IN T or A B RV T E : He that wili not choofe a life of H 0 L IN E SS, hath no other to fall into but a life of S EN S V A LITY : Either the f uper;our faculties proper to a Rational 1(.ature mufl: be predominant; ·and then we can be no lefs than S A IN T S : Ordfe theinferiour brmifofac1dties will be predominant ; and then, (.though from your natural Powersyou are called MEN; yet) if you may be denominated from your intended END, and from the VS E of your faculties in order to that END;; you are but an ingenious kind of BR V T E S; exceeding Apes and Mon.kics in the cunning contrivance o( your UP! happy de– figns ; but incomparabl~ worfe in your fucceffes ; becaufe you B · · were
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