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8445 Of the ioyei of beauen. earth, which is able to croffe and defeate the wil ofGod, his wilbeing moll wife and immutable,and his power omnipo- AueuR.de Spi- tent and vnrefillable. To which purpofethe fame Author (as rim & Anima. it is afcribed vnto him) faith, that becaufe our veils are one Lb, cap.64. and the fame withGods wil,therefore we fhaibe after a fort omnipot&, in bringing our veils to paffe, as God alto is om- nipotét: for as God can do whatfoeuer he wil do by himfelf, fo ihal we dowhatfoeuer we wil do by him, becaufewe fha! wil nothing elfe, butthat which he alfo willeth, and healfo willeth whatfoeuer we will and delire, and whatfoeuer be willeth that mull neceffarilycome to paffe; teeing he is mofi powerful and omnipotent to effeélhis wil. Now if worldly Princes and potentates account it a chicle part of their regal happineffe, that they may haue their veils; though in truth they are as often croffed herein as inferiour perlons, partly through the repugnancie and oppofition oftheir owne paf- fions and defires, and partly through the difcrepancie and contrarietie of their $ate affaites, and of the things them- felues which they defireto effe&: & though when they haue their wils they receiue thereby little conifort and content - ment,becaufe oftentimesbeing led by paillon, they are op- pofed tothe reuealed wil ofGod, reafon, and euen the light of nature, which worketh in them both afore and after their wits are accomplifhed, grieuous confliets betweene their wil and their confcience, terrors, feares, and many troubles -ofmind:how infinitly more happie Thal thepoorell Saint of Gods be in the kingdom ofheauen, when in al things which they can delre they Thal :have their wil, without any croffe or oppofition ; and it being wholly conformable to the wil ofGod,and to the ruse of holy reafon, Thal allo hauein ac- complifhing of it,ioy, peace and ful contentment, not only becaufe k is done, but alto becaufe God and their owne rea- fon and confcience approue the doing ofit? 4Sea,4. The like altomay be laid of our memories,for whereas in Mat ON memo_ this life we cannot imprint in them any good thing,but pre - ries,and ronfa- fently it wil;beblotted out, nor blot out any ill thing once ences fhali bane written, but that our corruption like aquaform. wil do out liturature r emno im- the andílaine,andfo renueit,that it wil againe be- c7ton or come .oi7uerruptio».