312 The Evil ofEvils, Or the but wemuffnot make itour higheft aim as it is our Pelfgood, wemufflook to God above our (elves; but (till the fame thing that is our Pelf good,our owngood, may be made our higheft aim ofall, which is our living to God and his praife. Thus God hath connexedour good and his glorie together, that the fame thingwhich is thehigheft endofall I muff aim at to wit, Gods glorie and his praife, that is alto our higheft good; and fo we may aim at it in our chief aims. Secondly, Iffin make fo againft us, I (hall give you Three ufes ofit. Zfe i. That wefrom hencefee thedeffieratens;di- ciosufnefi' that is in fin. It follows thus : What for a Creature to fin againftthe bleffedGod, and to get no good to himfelf neither, yea, to do hurt to himfelf too; this is horrible mifchief and malice. We account it horrible malice a- gainft man, ifany man be fo notoriously malici- ous, that he Peeks todo mifchiefto anotherman though he get no good, yea, though he hurt himfelfby it, yet he will do another man a mif- chief: certainly if this be malicioofnefs againft man, then there is certainlymalice in fin againft God : for when thou finneft againft God, fup- pofe thou fhouldeft get never fo much good, fiuppofe thou by fin, one fin, couldeft get the the greateft good that ever any Creature had , yet thoumutt not commit. it ; it were wicked- nefs to do it : But what fayeft thou to this, that when thou finneft againft God, thou mifchiefeft thyfelf; not only getteft no good, but doeft that
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