The Eternity of q oo. ·.Continm!s-an infinite time, it is infinitely more evill)) bt:1t al{o in regard ofthat c0Ile<'l:ion into one,which is f9und in thole things.that comioue, to eternitie .: as when all j'oyes are collected into one heap,e, and,all griefe i.~~o qne centre; fo that ybu {hall joy as much in one infi:aot:,e,s ever here- , after; fo tha.t though the thing be fi:iU but the fame, yet the continuance makes it infinitely 161 more good. . __ . 1 S.~eing eternitie is a property of God; wee Yfo. I. . 1 fhould learne hence to minde I}lOfi: the things· Tomu'ld_mere . r ' · ' . thofe thtngs 1 that are eternall, for they are, ofaU otherthmgs, which are el of the. greatefr l!l~ment, becaufe theydoe moft tcmall• .participate 9fthi~ tranfcendent propertyof the alinighcie~ God i.s eternalJ, the fmtle is eternall, · heave~ and hell are eternall; therefor~ they are more to.be regarded ofus. You lhall fee this in ttoh.z.I7•asareafon_ why~~lhouldnotminde u 6 b 11 ,. 11 ; ~ the things of the world; becaufe the worltl vani(heth, it pajleth ARitJJ, and the lujiJ thereof (faith the ApoLlle; ) that is, looke upon all the things below, and both the things paife, and your affell:ions and de fires pa!fe,.that which you love to day, to morrow you will not love; therefore love them not, regard them not, for they are ofa flitting and paffirig n~ture, but he th~t doth the~ill .Df the L o R D abitle! for ever; and therefore wee are to minde fuch things moft: fuch as the King is, (uch are his fub~Cl:s,and fuch are the rewards · andpunitbm~nts tha 1 t he gives. NowGod, bee is eternall, I Tim. I. I 7~ To the ~ingeternal!, immor.. . ' tall, iniJiftble, 4nd lntlJA'ife GoD, bee honour and I7WI•.,. J7• · M glory
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