Exceeding Sinfulne fsof Sin. 253 nefs, as theCreature is capable of: How is that you will lay ? Thus; This is theLife ofGod fo far aswe can conceive ofhim ) that God is acontinual a& alwaies working for himfelf, and willingofhimfelfas the lafi end ofall : the ve- ryLifeofGod confilts in that, and in that con tilts thenatureofHolinefs. Now then when a manhath fuch a Principle withinhim as that he' canwork untoGod, as his lait and highefl end, and obey God as his chiefeft good, he works as Godhimfelf doth. NowBrethren, this is the LifeofGod that theChildrenofmen becapable ofabove all other Creatures; and it is this that makes them fit to converfe with God himfelf; I fay, it is that which makes thechildren ofinen tobe fitto converfe with that infinite, glorious,; eternal firft-Being ofall things : and here is the happinefs ofman, That he is ofthatNature that he is capable of this excellency, to have to do with the infiniteeternal firfl -Being : For many knowno more excellency than tfì converfe with Leans :drink; that:Swine, andDogs, and o- therE a do : butknow, you beof moreNo meat and ble`Natures than :fo; God hathmade the mea-' nefl and poorefiin this Congregation,-Godhath made you offoNoble aNature, that you may come to conr-fe with the infinite, glorious, firfl-Beingofall things. As we know the -ex- cel'leney ofmen, that which puts a difference between man and man s this; that this man that lives ina mean condition, { their me>tefs i c&nfifitt in this, that theyfpend their dales .ir, converfe with bruit' ,Peafls, :.and.turning the Aa clods) 1
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