' l l I ------------------------------~~·~--~--~ \ . 75 'TheSaints · -··--~ 2 He holds the principle fti11offelfc-prefervation in the g~nera1l thefis acd (peculation; though hee deny it in the particular praCl:ice) and application. 3 Nay) in fome Cen!e ir maybee faid, that even exceffe and tranfcendencie of felfe-love caulech this cruell aB:. Foramofl:talfe lying confutedhope andconceirofbeing leffe miferable, cafh him into thisabhorred mifery. Thedefiruction of his bcdie "F6rmadat~IJe. is not the abolilhment of his a olute *being. A_ man ule is the fumme and Gnewofhis being,and therfore a felfe.hang-man in l1ying violent and vil– Ianm~s hands upon hirnfelfe, doth rathtrblqqdily · hun[ after a·r.rwre tolerable bei ng,_than after ~tl ab· · . -2 I .folute noo-being; th9ugh in the event beingmad-· dedby the Devill,he finds&fals upon aternal!y curfedand moft damned being, even into tor nts without endandpaft irnaginadon. - Secondly, A right way and method ofapplying l thefe common notions and moft generall princi. pies of nature to particular matters, objects and · /attion·s. Forin their particularapplications is much errour and fxorbicancie. For infiance in fome particulars. r All hold this with a joynt ccnfent : All1,ood « to bee foUowed. But when men come to choyce and execution, mofi faften upon feeming and cenfuaii, not true. and fubtl:antiall good. Hence are trodden manyby-paths ofpleafure, ofhoarding upwealrh, _ . ambition,good fellowfhip,&c. · · . Botat this time mine infiance fball be onlvin thofe 1 th.lt killed the D.ifciples ofChrift, John. 1.6. z. had 1 even thofe beene asked, wherher, chat ~hich was - . . good, ..
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