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Secondly,_this will appeare from the nature of
ftnne: the definition that the
S
cho~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 from
Gt~dto~ the
Creatm:e. Now,
it
is certaine, ifa.
man
did 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~:mld
not
halrento ._
another, but becaufeitdoth
not,
it -goes
from
.
flower to fiower.And fo is the natureofman(
as .:
Sa/omON
exprcffethit, faying,that)
He
ha(lened
tO:MJwardiliing.r,,that:is
when
be
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 in
God,
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;this
will'appe~re
likewife from
t he na· .
tu
re
ofjihctritie,andperfeEI
walking
with
God
for ·
to walke
perfeB!y
with God,
is nothing ·but this,
when a man choofeth
God,
fo that he cleaues to
him.alone,whereas-doubleneffe ofminde ftands .
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