144 The fecond part of the anfwer is, th~tt yet not· withfianding, wee may and ought t1 fteke the ~ord in·oppofitionto our felves, that is, when God and our feives come i~rrto competition , the commande– ment comes in oppofition with our felves; the cafe being fuch as if wee obey .God , wee hurt our felves ·; then wee mull: preferre God and hiscom– mandements to our fel ves. J2.!!efl. But youwill aske, how-canthis·fl:and withthe former ; that aman fhould make his owne good the rife of his ael:ions, and yet in his actions oppofe ,himfelfe ~ . . ~ ...An[w. When once aman isperfwaded, thatt:ven to de- .firoy himfelfe -is the beft way to proyide for him– felfe,and that to lee- himf"lfe goe, and lti;scredit and life,and give up all to God,is that wherd)y be lliaU put aimfdfe into a better condition ; whe~a manis ' '\ perfwaded of this, then you fee both doe ftand to: gether. And wee never doe·exhort aman to fieke 01din oppofition to himfelfe, but when it is beft for him fo to doe, not to give himfelfe up to any thing that !hall bee an immediatehurt tobim ; but when otherwifeit would beeworfe for him,and whenlet· ting himfeHe 'goe is the next way to happineffe; and then a man maybee exhorted toit, when bee lhall bee-. perfwaded that his good 'is contained in God more than inhimfelfe ; as wee fay the being of an accident is more in the fubjea than it felfe ; {o as take away the fubjetl: ~ and thevery feparatiorris a deftrucHon to it : So it is with the creature which hath no bottome of i t felfe,fo as the feparation ofit from God.is the deftruction ofit,as on the contrary the - -- -~
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