L . 98 2 OfHimfdfe. Afis 17· :z.B. 2t_om. Uo3~: .. 3 . Everlafiing. 4 Without fuc· ceffion. G oos Name; I AM. you,as it is,they are leffe than that which yourec~ kon as nothing; as you doe a dufl: ofthe ballance: fo that in ref~ea of ~he largeneffe C?f his being, they are nothmg to hrm.There are dn·ers degrees ·and extents of being, and hee hath them all in him : as there is one being of .Angels, another of men, and fo of every creature ; for they are defi– ned : and you know, that definitions doe limit ~he being of a thing. The Angels have a-large and glorious being, men have a good and excel- . lent being;but they are nothing,in refpe& ofthe ·being of Go'?· --- - .It is-the beingnfhimfelfe, hee is a fpring of be– ing~ whereas all-the cre.ature~ are'bun-cifiernes of · bei!lg,~hich they havebut by ·parti~ipatior] from him, .Aft. IT· 2 8.•Inhi~ wee lh:e;move,and have our 'keing. Rom. I r.36. IN him, andfor him, and through him,are aUthings; h~ onelJ·is ofhimfelfe. !It is not only ofhimfelfe,bu"t.it,is aneverlaft ing being-:·/ am {heftlfi and the lafl; that iS',! am before any thing was,and I am the la fr;eve~y th ing hath dependante:Of me. · - ' . · It-is abeingwithore t fiicceJiion: thecrearures have not this ; there is fometh ing to them,which was not before;, and fomething {hall be,which is not fer the prefent:- This is trueofevery creature, of tnen and Angels; but wirh God there is no fuc– ceffi9n: and ther-efore it is., that .thefe words are .ufed,IAmbath(ent me untoyou: which lhewes,that there·is no rime pafr with him,ther~ isno·difl:in~ 6lion of time with him, alt diihgs are alike to him· butwith the creature there is flux of time: ' rhe
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