cro f thnot Gods attributes. 233 hirnfelfwhen eafilyhe might do it: Not fo in God. Under the name of virtues, when we afcribe them to God, a permanent pro- penfion or inclination unto good ations conformable to the perfeaionofthe Divine nature mutt be underíto®. I fay a propen- fion in aela primo. For if God had never wrought any outward workof mercy or ju- lice, he hadnotwithítanding been as virtu- ous asnow he is. He wanted neither mercy nor juttice before he created the world. Wemay fafely affirm that there is an ana- logical) conformity betwixt Divine and hu- mane virtues: but that there is an identityof nature, is not fo eafily to beproved. Pi- Ctures ofmen refemble thofe whole pitures theyare : but they are not the fame in na- ture with them. We may and muft imitate God in the aóionsoffuch virtues ashe hash commanded : but from hence it will not follow that the word -virtue applyed to God fignifieth the felf-fame thing which it doth when it is applyed to men. But tocome to particulars: we will not contend about words. Let this Authour onely look to it that he take his meafure right , which mull be refcatis omnibus ornnium virtutum partibus pax involvunt imperfecIionem infë- riarit4tis, &C. Treat f . k
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