~ tmperfeaion andpcrfeaion \vhac. ' l Gt~before all thing&• ..tau1. z.r. Goo it perfect. 'The ftrft Attribute of Go o. F. Irft then, we will take this.out oftheText, I A M bathfmt me untoyoz1. . . · Th~t God is perfe8 ; hebathall the kinds, degrees, and exrems of being in him. There be divers kindes of b~ing in theworld; fomc nave more, fome letfe; fome have a more exc.ellent being, fomc havea le!fe excellent; fome havea larger being,f~mea leifer,and yet ap arc in him; and this is hisperfe8ion. Imperfection is awant of fome being; Perfettion is tohave aH the de– grees ofbe~g,thatbelong toa thing in hiskind, all which·is inGod. . NoWGod J.s fa id to beperfeCt.: · . Firft, becallfe he was beforeaU things, there– fore beemufl: needs bee full without them, and whatfoever they h~ve, they receive from him• You (hall fee this in Ails 17. z5. Neither is .hee worfbipped rvith ·menJ hflnds, as thoug-h heeneeded.any thing, fteing heegiveth to alLlifean4 bre~th, a~d a!J thin._~!· He proves there that;Go4is pc;rfeet; ·be– s~ufe be needs nothing, feeing heegiu_es to alllife, ~d~rutth; 4nda!lthing!. That whi~h is faid-of man, may be faid ofevery thing elfe ;· wh~t haft thou that thou haft not received?. Therefore it fol– iowes,be that gi~es it,mu.G: needs be full o.fit. It is faid, 'aadmade man afterhitowne ima.r,e; and fo hc_e makes every thing elfe,he is the life ofthem, · all. Nmv the fampler and the life bathmore in it J
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