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of

the

11tr4ure

of

trod.

thole

years

do

not

come

nearer

to

-

eternity than

a

minute,

and

all

the greatnefs

Both

not

come

nearer

to Immenfity

than

a

moat

in.

the Sun.;

God

is

beyond

all

comparifon

whatfoever,.

and

the

underftanding

that

God

is

an

infinite

beeing, will

help

us

to

underfland all

the

tell

that

I

have

named.

t

8

Ard

there

is

one

more,

and

that

is

this,. Hee

is the

lai

end

of

all

things

;

Hee

is

the

higheft

end,

for

which

all

Creatures

had

their beeing, and the more

any

Creature

is

fubfervient unto

God, the more

excellency

a

Creature

bath, For of him,

and

tlrroasgh

him, and

to

him are

all

things,

Rem

r,

3

to whom

be

glary

for

ever.

Ail things

mull

tend

to God

as

the

highefl

end;

curfed bee

that Creature

that

Ihall chal-

lenge to

bee the higheft

end of

angooithing

whatfoever;

this makes

it

to

bee

a

curfed

thing

for'any

man

to

make

himfelf

t:bee

his

lall end, to make

his

'name,

honour or

creditto

bee

the end

that

hee

aims

at

and

indeed,

this

is

the

very

thing

that

makes pride

to

bee

fo

great

a

fin

;

the

Scripture never

;fpealts

fo

of

other

things,

as

it

doth

cf

pride;

it

is Paid

of

other fins,that

God

hates

the

workers

of

iniquity, but

it

is

Paid

of

no

fin,

that God

doth

ref,¡t

it,

on-

ly the

fin

of

pride.;

why

?

becaufe

a

proud man doth

crofs

lames

4.6.

God

in

that

which is

indeed

his

excellency, and

that

is

I

Per.

S.

g,

this, That God

is

the

highefl

end

of

all

things, for

whom

all things were

made,

now

a

proud man

croffes

God in

this,

nay

faith hee,

I

will aim

at

my

felf

as

the

higheft

end;

wee may aim at

our

own

good

in

a

fubordinate

way,

but

wee

muff

bee.

fure

to

lift

up

God

as

the

higheft

end of

all,

becaufe hee is

excellent

above

all;

now

put

all

there

to-

gether..

Firfl, That

God

hee is,

and

there

is

none elfe; Hee

is

fuch-

a

-

beefing,

-as.

in

.comparifon

of

him

nothing elfe

h

ath a

beeing; Hee

is

that

beeing

that

hath no

fucceffion,

that

is

alivaies

the

fame; Hee

is

án excellency in all

places,

that

fills all places without

any

local motion.

at-

all;

Hee

is

a

beeing

that bath

all

fufficiency

in'himfelç,,;hee

hath all ex-

cellencies,

i°n

him

is

an univerfality

of

all excellencies,hee

E

bath