Go. o .~ithsut all Caufe~· l43 that is .AlphaandOmega.,he that wa·s and that is to . come. · Now wec:ometoapplication.. . Ifthe Lord bee wir~out all caufe, wee may T'iod"ft hi. I' . h h b h .J l .I' h'" b G t ere[ore gat ert en,t ~t e-uOtlnOt·Wl.ranyt ·mg, .e-- wilsttotthings caufeit is jufr,' or.defire it) becaufeit is good, or bec~ufe they _ love any thing,becaufe it is pleafant; fouhere is a he J"~; ~ft no caufe without him, all perfeCl:ionis iri him o. · ~e~;:rcel-&Cwils rigiAa11y~Thecreatures indeed deft re things,bethem. ·. c;aufe theyare good;a11d love them,becaufe they are pJeafant;becalife they feek for perfection out of themfelves, becaufe thf!Y are eaufed by that · whichisout of themfelves: but this is not,fo in God, whois the.firfl ~aufe; becaufe, ofthe firfi caufe there:is no·caufe; and of the firfi reafon there is no reafon tobegiven. Looke w hatfoever -· is in the cre&ture, what jufrice or .excellencie, it ·• comes from G-od ·;and-ifhe {houldwill any thing . for this cauf€,becaufe it i~ good; there {hould be . a reciprocation) which is· irnpoffible. l fpeake this forthis end; that in-our judgingofthe waies-. . of5orl, w.ee {hould take heed of framing a rno- . dell-of·ourowne, as to thinke,.. becaufe fuch a , thing is jt:t!t, thereforetheLordwils it: the ma– fon ofthis.conceit is,beca-ufcwe thinke that God , muil- goe.by our rule; we forget this, that every thingis~jufi·be-caufc:-hewils it'~it-is not that God. · wils it, becaufeit is goodor juft. Bti~ we fhould · proceed aftt!ran0ther manner, we ·fhou-Id finde outwhittllewiJlofGodis; for that is the rule . ofjufl:iceand·equit(; foroth~rwife ·i\Waspoffi-· . ble thatthe:Urtl'aoulderre,th6ughhedidnever · erre: ' ...
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