i ." LNG GlJl6 Bf, Elms, Or the fee it able towork as he works. As fuppofea- nyArtificer, or one íkilled °inNavigation, fup- pore he fee aPicture drawn of Navigation, he takes delight in that becaufe there is fornthing' of himfelf in it; but now fuppofe he hath a Child, and he puts ikill into him, and he feeth him work as he works, and dircourfe about= Naval Affairs as he difcourfeth ; this is wonder- fully delightful to him. Sowhen God than fee the fame lire in his Creature that is in himfelf, that he works andwills as he doth, this takes thevery heartof God ; and this thews the ex- cellency ofgrace. But fin is that which ftrikes` at this Life of God, and brings death to the foul, wholly takesaway this life : and were it not for theCovenant ofgrace evenone fin would take away this ImageofGod; for findid it in Adam, and fo would in the Regenerate,if it were not for theCovenant ofgrace: My Brethren, Life is themolt excellent of any thing as EIngufline faith, The lifeofa Fl is more excellent than the Sun'' (it is his expreflion, not mine) becaufe theSun though anexcellent Creature,hath not life, but aFly, though little, yet it hath life'; though we know little air, yet it thews theexcellency of Ged tomakea livingCreature : but if the life ofaFly, ora Beaft be fo excellent, much more the life ofMan. Now then, what is the life' of God! nowifthat be evil which ftrikes at the natural lifeoftheRods!, thelifeófMan; we ac- count thofe Dïfeafes mote grievous that are mortal ; as ifa man haveaDifeafe only painful, this is not fo much iftheybepainful ifnot mor- tal,
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