Exceedirng Sinfadneft ®f Sin. referable God in his higheft excellency ; it is lot a likenefs untoGod in force inferior thing; for though it betrue,all inGod is alike glorious, yet to our apprehenfions force things appear more glorious than other now the Image of in Man,is that whereby Man refembles God in that which dothappear tobe the higheft Ex- cellency in God himfelf. For as inan Image or Picture of a Man; when I draw the Imageofa Man, Idraw not the refemblance ()fa Man in in fume inferior thing, but I labor to draw the lively countenance; in that is the greateft ex- cellency ofa man. And loin the Image ofGod, now the ImageofGod is theHolinefs of God, and fo in mans foul the imprtflìon ofGods own Holinefs that isthe Image ofGod in man; and by that, man comes to referable God in the top of his glory and excellency. Now this mutt needs beglorious for the Creature to come, fo neer unto God as is pofi'Zble for the Creature ; for there is no excellency anyCreature is capa- bleof, higher than the ImageofGod, only that Hypostatical union ofthe twoNatures. 2 Upon this God mull needs take an infinite delight in lookingupon the fouls of the Chil- drenofmen; as you knowaman takes delight in lookinguponhis own Image where ever he feeth it : fo God takes delight in looking upon his own Image ; there is nothing in all the world cantake the EyeofGod fo much as loo- king upon Angels and the Souls of men, and God fees the very fame thing in the fouls of men as he did in hisAngels. The moil glorious Z a objeét 147
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