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Gn
the
Nature
of
God.
cellency
in
him,and there
is
n
)
darknefs
at
all in
him;
there
is
darknefs in every
creature, but
the Lord
is
light ,
and
in
him
there
is
no
darknefs
;
that
that
is
faid
concerning
light
he-e
,
may
bee
faid
concerning
any
thing
elfe
,
the
Lord
bath
fuch
and
fuch
Excellencies, and
in him
there
is
no
de-
fe
,
all
is
in
him
purely.
12
Next
,
All
'sin
God
or'ginally
that
is,
all
is
from
himfelf
:
Now
there
is
no excellency in God that
is
by
participation Hee bath it from himfelf , and
in himfelf.
Whatfoever the creature bath,
it
bath
it derivatively, not
originally,
it
receives
it
from another
:
but all
that
is
in
God
it
is
originally ,
it
is
in
himfelf
,
and
by
himfelf ,
and
from himfelf,
all
is
in
him
as
the
fpring
of all
kinde
of
ex-
cellency.
3
But
in
the
next
place
, As
all
is
in
him
originally,
that
is, hee
hash
all from himfelf,
So
God is the
fountain
of
all
exeellencie
to
all
creatures
whatfoever;
if
there
bee any
good in any
creature,
it
is,
but a
beam from this Sun, and a
drop
from
this
infinite
Ocean,it
all
flows
from
that infinite
Sea
of
all
good,which
lets out
it
felf to
this
creature,or
the
other
creature,
in
this or
the
other manner
:
So
God
is
the
fountain
of all good
to
all creatures
whatfoever,they
are
to
look upon him
as
having all
coming from him.
And
there
-
fo
e
hee
alone
is
excellent, and
his glory
is above
the
Heavens
and'Earth.
14 Further
, As
all things are from
him,
fo
they
depend
upon
him;
all
excellencies
that are
in
the
creature,
as
they
come from
God
fo
they have
their abfolute dependency
upon
God ,
fo
as
God need do nothing
to
deftroy
a
crea-
ture;
if
hee
doth
but
withdraw himfelf from
it
,
it
falls
ro
nothing prefently
;
take
the moll
glorious Angels, and
the
higheft Heavens, Sun, Moon,Stars, Sea, and
Earth, if
God'
lhould but
withdraw
his
hand from thefe creatures,
they
would
prefently fall
down
to
nothing.; they do depend
up-,
on
God,
as
the
light
upon
the
Sun
,
there
is
no more
light
if
the
beams
of the
Sun
bee withdrawn
;
fo
if
God with-
draw
his
influence
from
the
creature,
it
can
do nothingi'
and