Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

304. of the will of God, and the things which he willeth; delire the fearing of tilt; part but the health of his body. Oft(tethings The things willed are either God himfelf which God and thofe things which pertein to himfelf, as his willet$. glory, &c. or the creatures, and filch things as be- long unto them. Himfelf he willeth moil proper- ly : for ifbonum cognitum, known good, be the pro- per objeCt of will, then primum fupremum bonum, the firfl and fupreme good,which is himfelf, is moll properly the objeÌ thereof. His creatures he wil- leth and fuch things as concern them as means refer- red to this end, Rom. II. 36. Prov. 16.4. Himfelf he willeth by abfolute neceílity, not indeed of con- (}raint but of nature: for moll willingly he willeth. His creatures he willeth molt freely, having liberty either to will them or to null them. Howbeit things willed come to pafre by neceffity , not abfolute but ex hypothefi voluntatis Divine, on the condition of Gods will. Now God willeth the means,not there- by to perfet the end, which is himfelf, or to pur- chafe any good to himfelf: for he is suh sintns, molt perfect, and doth not (land in need of any of his crea- tures, Pfal. i 6.2. but he willeth them propter fe com- municandum, that they by the communication of himfelf unto them may be perfeEled. Omnia ordi- nantur in finem ut ()fine perfaciantur, All things are or- dained unto an end that from the end they may be perfeáed. So that he willeth and willeth well to his creatures for their good and not for his own : which commendeth the riches of his love towards us. But to proceed; Thofe things that God willeth con-