:I ,d ,' il' ' I, ,I. ··- 10 a. Fromthena– tutc()ffiRJle.~ 3· From thena. tare offince.:. ritie•. s Secondly,_this will appeare from the nature of ftnne: the definition that the Scho~l- me"!giue of finne, (which' we may receiue) is this,thar.it is t.he converfion ofaman fronr God to the Crea– ture, from ihe immutah!e· God'to,the mutabH~ Creature: In exery ftnne the:t:e is fuch a turning ofthe foule fromGt~dto~ the Creatm:e. Now, it is certaine, ifa.mandid find an"All-foffcitncY' fn Gad, he would never turne from him, nor feeke , to the c ·reature; ev·en as the Bee, ifit did finde< ·mony enough'in one flower, w~:mldnot halrento ._ another, but becaufeitdoth not, it -goes from . flower to fiower.And fo is the natureofman( as .: Sa/omONexprcffethit, faying,that) He ha(lened tO:MJwardiliing.r,,that:is whenbe fell upon one he found not enough in ir,he m~de haft toano.· ther and to another' [o the nature of man, ifit . did finde[wectnes,and comft,rt,&contentment .. enough inGod, it would not turne from hirn to the creature; but becaufe,in·his tfnce, rheoo– jed is too nattrow; tliereisfomewhathe wo~ld haue more,he looks overthe Pale,as it were, he . feeth fomething that lie drfii·eth;.and that caut: eth him to fiep our, whereas ifhe had enoughat home, ifhe had enougn .in,the Lord, hee would · not goeout from him, to-turne inordinately to . the Creatur-e upon any occafion. Thirdly;thiswill'appe~relikewife from t he na· . tu reofjihctritie,andperfeEIwalkingwithGodfor · to walkeperfeB!ywith God, is nothing ·but this, when a man choofethGod, fo that he cleaues to him.alone,whereas-doubleneffe ofminde ftands . · · in~ i ~----------~------------------------~------~
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