V pRIG HT N E s. ;had fayd before, not As if I were already perfta, and yet here he faith, Let m As matzy as 6eperftCf, be thus minded: fo you iliall find here thefe two properties ?fa perfect man, ofone whofe heart ~~:eh con. lS perfect WithGod. I.Inayming FirLt, he aymes at the highell: degree of h.o• atthe bighdt 1. ffi h 1 k h k · r1r. h degreeofho.. me e, ·e oo es at t e very mar e lt 1e re, e lineJfe. lookes at the toppe at the ftandard, at the utmoll: exaCt:·line of holir:1effe, and he labours to fquare himfelfe to it, though he cannot reach it, yet itis his endeavour, he propounds not to himfe1fe a f11orrer jou~neys end than he fhould · ·do, but his ayme is even at the very toppe of perfection, ara perfeCt conformity to the Image ofC H R .I s r; for that is it the Apofile here fpeakes of, that wee may 6ee conformable to the An unfound DeathandR.eforrelti6n oflefmCH R r s.r, this 1 he.maymes h · h h h .cd 1 not at perfetl: was 1s ayme: w ereas o~ t e ot er n e, ano- · holincfie. ther dothnot fo,but he fets a certaine eompalfe, acertaine limit to himfelfe, there he fi xerh his -· fiaffe, he cloth not intend to goe any further, he doth not intend.togrorrrupfu!lto ho!ineJ!e~ , as it is exprefled, 2 Corinth·.T· ~ ~ be cloth not in..; · ,. Cor:7~1~ tend to beHolyds the Lordis Holx;in ·allmttnner .· · ofconverfttion,this is not his intenr, this is not .the thing he aymes at.. So herein they differ · he that bath a perfect heart, he foilowes hard ' after the marke, ·he aymes .at the very toppe· of perfettion; and the ground of this difference fs, partly,hecaufe a man that is unfo~nd..:· 1 hearted .will ·not be at fo muchcoll: andpaines · He will not be for heaven,as to aymeat the toppeofperfection, at rheco!hnd , h pames. e.
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