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On
the Exeefleney
of
the
Soul.
per,
but upon the
choiceft
metals,. upon Gold
and
Silver:
So
when
God would
have
a
Creature
upon
which
hee
would
Ramp
his
Image,
hee
Both
not
chufe
a
mean Creature,
the
brute
beafts,,
or any
fenfirive
Creature,
but
hee
chufeththe
moil excellent
of
his
Creatures,
Angels,
and the
fpirits of
Men;
that are, one
as
Gold,
and the
other
as
Silver,
.
and
the
greatGod
Ramps his
Image uponthefe two, and
only
upon
thefe
two; thefe are the two Principal
Metals, Gold
and
Sil-
ver,
Angels and mens
fpirits, upon
which
God did 'lamp
his
Image in their
firft
Creation.
Secondly,
Not
onely
to
have
the Image
of God
upon
them,
but
they
are
able
to
work.
as
God
himfelf
work;
No
o-
ther Creature
is
able
to
do
fo,
but
Angels
and mens
fpirits
:
And
this
is
the principal thing that
(hews
the excellencyof
the
foul,
it
is
able to
underftand
the firft
beeing, God himfelf
,
and
to
make
God
to
bee
the
laic
end
of
all
things; what
is
Gods work,wherein the
very happinefs,as
I
may
fo
fay,of
God
himfelf
confifts,
but
in the
under
'landing
of
himfelf,
as
the
firft beeing, and the working
unto himfelf
as
the
1
aft
end,
and
the enjoyment of himfelf
?.
that
is
Gods
own happinefs
:
Now
of
fuch
excellency
is
the
foul
ofman (however
by fin it
is
de-
praved) that
it
is
capable
ofthe
under
'landing of
an
infinite
eternal
firft
beeing;
it
is
capable
of
'working towards
this
firft
beeing,
as
the
haft
good of
all,
which
is
the fame
way
and
kinde
of
working
as
God himfelf doth
work.
Thirdly ,
And
it
if
capable
of
injoyment
of
the
commu-
nion
with
God
himfelf;
What
is
Gods happinefs, but
to
enjoy
himfelf
as
the
onely
good
?
Now
the
foul
of man
is
capable
of
the enjoyment of
God, of
having communion with
the
in-
finite
firft
beeing
ofallthings,
and
fo
hee
is capable of
liv
ing the fame life that God himfelflives; for
fo
the
Scripture
Ephef.
4.
is.
faith, That
the Heathens
were
e:ffranged
from
the life of
God;
Colof.
i.
2
i.
fo
that it
appears
then, that
beleevers
are not
efiranged
from
the life
of
God,bat
do live the
life ofGod in the injoyment
of
communion with
himfelf
For
indeed there
could
bee
no
tom
-
mmoion,
except
there
were
living
the
fame
kjnde oflife;
as thus,
.Q
man and
a
beaít.cannot have
communion together,
why
?
becaufe