rid. .14foti- nRi Enodat. QfZLa'f l. brQ ziflr P=2S P. TTV:/fe hie Yindíc. grétt.l. z. part.t.dìg.r. yag r?. edit. 2. SupraIapfärians Chdrgé God eternitie, and were made for the fervice of God alone updrr earth, and his bleffed and everlaftinggfociety inheaven. So that albeit there be ávery great diftance between God and Man, yet nothing fogreat as between God and Beafts. It fol_ lowethnot therefore, that if God may appoint beafts ro be killed of his own free pleafure for mans ufe, he may with like equitie and reafon' appoint menof his own will to de- ftrudion for his own ufe. We reade that God required of his people many thoufand beaffs for facrifices, but not one man : the firlt-born of other ,creatures he challenged for burnt-offerings ( except they were unclean beafis ) but the firft-bornof menwere to be redeemed : Which fhsweth that beput a widedifference between the bloud ofmen and beat's: Befides, in the ninth of Genefis hegiveth men power to kill and feedupon all living creatures, but he ffraitlÿ forbiddeth them to fhed mans bloud, and giveth this reafon of the pro.. hibition, Manis the imageofGod. So that we maywell con- elude that there is but final' proportion between the objects compared, Men and Beats, in refpeä of this ad of killing br flaughtering. z. There is farce Ieffe or rather no proportion at all be- tween thealts compared, Killing and eternal' Tormenting. Amin may kill, but he cannot without barbarous injultice and cruelty torment his beafl, and prolong the life of n that he may daily; vex and torture it; to thew what power and fo- vereignty he bath over it: So I doubt not ( though there be fome that will not grant it, but charge the Arminians with contumely againft God for affirming it) I doubt not (I fay ) but (I) God may kill a manof his own free pleafure., yea` and refolve him into nothing, without any cruelty or injus rice; becaufe in fo doing he doth but take awaywhat he had given him; but he cannot without both thefe antecedently decree tokeep him alive for ever in hell, that he may there torment himwithout end, to thew his fovereigntie. For this is to infíid an infinite evil upon a guiltlelf'e creature, to whom he had given but a finite gòod. And fo is the compa- rifon molt unequal' too in the as compared; and therefore proveth full nothing. But it is replyed by fame (who will rather(peak tmreafon= ably & againft common fence then lay dovvn the conclufions which they have undertaken to maintein) That (10) it is better and more eli^ible to be tortured in hell then towane or lofe a being r for he that wanteth a being, enjoyeth no good;;
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