Sys} Oftheioyer ofheauen. continually heatedwith the flamesofthis diuine lone ? how can he thirli,whohath this euer-fpringing fountaine which yeeldeth fireames ofthe water oflife? And in a word, how canhe want anygood who enioyeth thechiefe goodnes,in whom all vertue, knowledge, andwhatfoeuergoodnes can be named,or defied, are mofiabfolute,and inall fumes and Auguf.deTri- perfe6fion? For (as one faith) hisdiuine beautie the Angels plici habitac. wonder at, byhis power thedead are railed, ofhis wifdome cam. there is no number, or meafure, whole kingdome knoweth no end, whofe glory cannot change, whofelight fo obfcu- reth the Sunne, that in companion thereofit is butdarknes; who infweetnesfo far exceedethhonie, that being compa- red, it is as bitteras wormewood; wholeface ifthedamned foules could behold, they would feele no punifhment, no griefe or heaumes; wholeprefencewould change hell it felfe Augutt:deSpi: into a paradife ofpleafure anddelight.Wherby it appeareth, situ&Anima. not only that God is thechiefe and fupreame caufe andob- ,capáf, ieet ofal ourfelicity andbleffednesin thekingdome ofhea_ uen;but allo that he is al-fufficienttomake vs perfe&lyhap- pie, as being our fummt mhonum, infinit inall goodnes and perfeólion.Now further weare toknow, that the fruitionof thisGodal-fuffieient, andour chiefe and firpreamegood, is that which wecall bleffdnes, and our heauenlyhappines.Of which fruitionofGod, there are made threedegrees, or di- tiersmanners : Firfl when we enjoyGod in his creatures; in them feeing and vnderflanding hiswifedome, power, and goodnes, in his creating, preferuing, gouerningand difpo- fing ofall the creatures in heauen and earth moll wifely, mightily, and gratioufly. To which purpofe the Pfalmift Pfaltne ry:t. faith, that theheateens declaretheglorieofGod, and thefirma- ment Jheweth the work! orb", hands: and the Apoale Paul Rom t.rg more plainly affirmeth,that the inuiftble thingsofGod,thar ú, hù eternallpowerandGod-head, arefeene in the creation of the world, being conftderedin his worker. Secondly, we-are laid ro enjoy llirninour felues, and that diuerfly in refpcó of the diuersfaculties ofourIbules, as in our vnderfiandings,when theyarecnlightnedwith thcbeamesofhis wifdome,and di- uineknowledge, whereby we areenabled toknow.him,and our
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