cordcerrlZ9tg G oD. yell. Shewi,Ig, that vponhis will dependeth.the will ofall his Creatures. As the Apoflle faith, In him e lime and mootse. So that he only is ávl.úrtos, onelyhath a moti ab- foliate freedome of will moaning the will ofall his Crea- tures,and his owne mowed of none, whole will no power or force canhinder : (forwho,faith the Apoflle, bath ref- fled his will?But contrariwife,he himfelfë doth.hindcr the will ofeueryCreature, as hee doth ofthe Angels andDe- uils,being otherwayes &nightie Creatures ; whereofmore (hall be fpoken, when we come vnto his Prouidence. Of the fecond fort are thofe two things,(wherein wee place the goodneffe and perfe&ion ofthe mofi excellent Creatures) Hnlineffc and Bleffedneffe. Flolineffe comprehend eth both the puritie ofhis whole Nature,and the rigliteoufneffeof 11 his wayes. gThocs art pure ofeyes,faith theProphet,fa as thoucanff not beholdini- quitie. And in h Efay,the glorious Seraphins cric,Hoy,ho- y,h01yIEHOVAHofHofiJ. Of the righteoufneffe of his wayes, louingHolineffe and righteou.fneffe and whatfoeuer good is, and contrari., wife hating finne and vnrighteoufiieffc , and whatfoeuer naught is,thePfalinifl ifpeaketh,coupling them together. Thou louefi righteosa f reA'e,and hatef$ iniquity. ofeach part he faith, kThe righteous God looteth righteouí effe: and againe, a Thou art not a God that taket h pleafuare in wickednefe, with theeno mill!hall dwell,Thout hatefl all the workers o f iniquitie. Both thefeparts our Sauiour feemeth to note inGod, when in one re Prayer hecaller him fira,Holy Father, and then Righteous Father. And as God is moil abfolutely goodSo this goodneffe in all the parts of it is proper vnto him, in that heebath it of himfeife, and is the Fountayne from whence it floweth intoother. Matth.19.i7.2T,onetit good but God onely. Therefore In the Law was written upon the high Priefls Bonnet, n Piolineffc sr I E H O V AH s, and it is the Yoyce. o of holy Angels ; yea , the long of C lofes, the felt- f Rott;.9:a9. are Holinefi'e. andBleficd-. neffe. Holines is the puritieo£ his Nature, g Habac r.r3. h Efay 6.3. from whence commeth a rigiteoufneffe in al his waics. i Pfal.4$.7,8. k Pfal ar.i7. f,Pjl.54,6. tn 1ohe17.I10.5 n xotl.39.30, o Reuel.a f>or.
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