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Ox

the

Moore

of

God,

there

are

not

feral

atis of Gods

will

,

but Gods

get is

himfelf.

Divers other things

might.

bee £hewed,

as

this,.

g

where God

hath

dose

my

work,

all

hi.r

works

adds

na-

thing

to

hitn.

The creature hath foinewhat

added

to

him

by

his

works

;

as

thus,

A

man

that

is

a

work

-man

hee can

make

a

houle,

and

fo

bee

hath

the

benefit-

of

it

to

dwell

in,

to

keep

off

the weather

,

and

fo

bee

makes cl

oath,

and

hath

the

benefit of

it

:

Bart

all

the

works

of God adde no-

thing

to

him.

A

man can do

fomaething

by the

work

that

hee bath

made

that

bee

could

not

do,

without

his

work

:

but

God

can

danothing

lay

any work

that

hee

hash

made,

bait

bee can

do

the

fame

without

that

work

;

when hee

hath

made

alt

his

works,

they

are not

helpful

to

him.

(but

this

was

a

branch

of

the. All

-fu

cieney

of

God.)

t

6

In the

next

place,.

God

aim

it

excel

-4-.4

in

the

m?nsseer

of

his communication

ofhimfelf

God

loth

fo communicate:

himfelf

to

his

creatures;,

ai one

creature cannot to.ano

Cher.

Firft, God

can

let

out

as much

of

hin.ellff

as-

hee

will

to

any

creature

;

now

one creature cannot

.let

out

as

much

as

hee pleafes

to

another

;.

for inilance

,

A

mart that bath

learning, hee

cannot make

another

as

learned

as

hee

will;

a

man:that,bath holinefs and goódnefs ,

cannotìnajç

anon

then

as

holy,

and

as

good,

as

bee

will

but

God can, this

is

Gods

propriety

,

hee can-let

our

of himfelf

as

much

as

bee

pleafes,

as much

holinefs,

as

much goodnefa,,

as>

much,

power

as

hee

pleafes

bee is able

to

let

out.

Secondly,

the creature

,

whemi,t

Both.

commrsniidtr

arty

excellency,the mare

it

lets out,

the

left

4

hash;

t.God,

hatirne--

ver

a.

whit

lefsby

that that

hee

doh

1cß

out to

hit-

creatores ,

as

thus ,

the

Sea

is,

full

of

water

, yet

if

you

take

out

but

a

little water,

the

Sea

bath

fo

muclthe

refs;

therefore

Tome_

of the Fathers

would

let

out

Eternity

by

this:,

that

if

a

Sparrow

fhöuld but

once

in a

thoufand years fetch

one

drop of

water

from,

the

Seai» the bill

of

it,

yet the

Spar-

row

empty

all

the

Se

,.

thau

the;

tOralea

t1

of.

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