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On
the Excellency
of
the
Sot.
zia
God.
.fhines
in
the
world
y;
ands
mans foul
is
as
the glafs,
and
when
it
was
in
its
£firfl
pttritl
,
was
as
a
clear
chry(lat
glafs, and
received in
altthe
beams
of
Gods
glory,
all
the
glory
of
God
I
lay,
that
didThine
in
all
his
creatures,
was
received
into
mans,foul
,
as
the
beams
of
the
Sun
into
a
glafs,
and
now
man
was
able
ca.
reflea the
glory
of
thefe
beamsupon the
face
of
God
again,>
and
to
return
all again
to.God;
for
as
all things
that
are
good come from hire, fo
all good
friould
return
again
to
him
;
but
now,
how
come;
the
Lord
to
have an
injoymenc
as
it
were of
his
goodoefs
that
bee
lets out from himfelf
?
How comes
he:
to
have
it
return
back again
to himfeif
?
Why,
the
way
of
his
re-
turning,
it
is
by
the Angels in:heaven
,
and
thefpirits
of
men thefe
are the two
excellent creatures
that
God
cloth
make
ufe of
to
fetch in all the
glory
that
bee bath
from all
his
creatures
,
that
they
in
an a&ive way
fhould
reflex
it
all upon
the
face of
God
again;
certainly
the
foul of man
is
of
an
excellent
nature
then,
that
is
contigu-
ous
with
God hiinfelf
,
:next
unto
him
T
-It
-is
no
'matter
whether
a
man bee
rich or
poor,
learned
or
unlearned
,
yet
bee
bath
a
fout
that
is
capable
of
this.
'
Yet
further
, For
the
excellency
of
the
foul
,
as
it
is excel-
The
excellenc
lent
in
relation
to
God, fo
in
relation
to
the
I
l
An
es.
t
is
of
of
the foul
dil=
,
g
covered itt
it
the
faine
kinde
of
nature
that
they are
of,
they
are
fpirits,
relation
to
An-
and
fo
is
the
foul
of
man
, yea
it
bath
the
very faine
name
gels,
with God himfelf
,
God
is
a
Spirit ,
and
fo is
the
foul
of
man
;
it
is
of the very fame nature with the Angels,
and
fo
is
able
to
converfe
with
them
as
well
as
with
God
himfeif;
but
for
the
way
and manner
of
converfe with thofe fpirits,
that
is
little
revealed in the word and therefore
wee can
fay
litt'e
of it.
And
further,
The
excellency
of
mans
foul
, it
will
appear
3
The
excel.
In
the excellent endowments
of
it
:
Look, upon
the
foul
,
of
lency
of
the
than
in
his
fallen
eflate,
and
what admirable endowments
foul in
t
In-
fume
men have
,
ac in-
the
excellent knowledge
that
fome
dowments
c'f
men
have
of
Arts and
Sciences
, the
knowledge
of the
;
it
is a
very g
onions
thing
that
they are
able
ro
D
d
3
afcend