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fayth there, that a Minifrer
wa.s
not
t?
be
a
yong
Scholler,le;tll:
he·he
p~./f(d!'l!1~n,c/
fall
tntQ
the·con–
demn~ttion
ofthe
Devili:Trhatis,.Ieafi:
he bepuf–
fed up,
&
fall into the fame finne,
for
which the
D~vilt.
was condemned, that
is,
to
be
puffed up,
that is, to haue the deftres
inlarged
beyond the
boun.ds which
Gft{
hath
~tthem,to
de
fire more
than they fuo·uJd
h~ue,
to be
exalted
abo~te
mea-
fo~e,tha~
meq(Ure,that
God
had appointed
them,
that is,rheydeftre more, they looked
after
more
· t4ey th<;>ught
th~re
was
~H~t
an
Al/-fofficiencie
in
Goj.fer-thern:
Tpis'was.the finn<: <:>(the
.An,gels
;:Kat
fell.
And as it was the
caufe.
oftheir firfr fal ,
:fo
it is the caufe of all the (tnnes that haue beene
· committed fince. And the
re,~fons-6fit
in·briefe
arethefe.
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F!rfr,itarifeth,from the defire ofhappines that
isi~plantcd i~· ~very ~ans
nature. Happineffe,
you.knqrvj is a compound which confifis ofall
gopd things,fo
th.ap
gone mu
fibe
tyan
ting;there
is no good thing
1
bUt
it mull:
be
an ingredient
in-·
to
it.
Now the natureof man is made.by
God
to
delire happinelfe, every man naturally defires
happines,
&
may- defir~
it,ifrqere
be any fcant-
nes in this,ifrhcre.:beany
evill ·that
lies
tl
p6 him
that is not -removed,or ifthere
be
any good that
.he ,defires and
wams,~hat
he doth not enjoy; (I
£1y)hjs heaq d inot refr,for
he defires happines;
:therefore
if
he find
no~
an
A
11-fofficielJcyin God,
x.Tim. 3·
6.
The
Devils
Gnne,what~
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From mans
de6reol bap•
pine!fe.
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fo that nothing
bee
wanting, -that his
heart
can
-defire or looke after, itis impoffible he
1l1ould
odeaue
dofe unto him,
but
bee
will
be
~eadie
to
:Hepoutfi·omhim.
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