351 The Beatitie ofHolim e. .....r.."....... .....eaasol ...01111 ..mi --_, VE R S E 3 . his owne morepeculiar delight, company and commu- nion, one whomhee would enter intoa more Intimate M1.4.3. league and covenant withal!. The Lordbathfet apartthe Erai.43.2r. man that is god!yfor himfel fe Thu peoplehave Iformed for myfelfe,they (hallfhewfirth ti,ypntife, I will magnifie the beautie of myglorious venues in thole whom I have fan&cified for my felfe© Thus wee finde what perfect comelinefie the Lord bellowed upon his people, when he mitred into Covenant with them, and made them his (mine, one which was alwayes to leane on his bofome, and to fland in his owne pretence, Etek. id. 8,4. The a i Tim 3.1g. Church is the Lords some Ihale, a b Temple in the 5 a Cor.6.i6. which hee will dwell and walke it is his C Throne, in cler.3.17. which he fitteth as our Prince and Law-giver. And in this regard is mull needs bee exrraordinarie beautiful' d Erai 6o,r3. for the d Lordwillbeautifie the placeofhis Sarditoary,and will make the placeofhis feet glorious. Now thengby e r Cor.3,9. Holineffe weare made e God; building, and that not as the reit of the world is for his Creatures to inhabite, but fCant.7 %. asa Temple for himfelfe to dwell in, as a fgeerie for himfelle towalke andrefrefh himfelfe in, certainely Ho- lineffe which is the Ornament and engravingofthis tem- ple mutt needs bea glorious thing,for thereis much glo- ry and wifedome in all Gods workcs. Secondly, ifwe confider the Nature of Holineffe, it mutt needs bevery Teautifull. Ingenerall,it confdis in a Relationofconformitie,as all Goodneffe,fave that of God doth : for noCreature is foabfolute as to have its being from it ftlfe, and therefore its Goodneffe cannot confill in any thing which bath its original! in is fele. It is the Rule and End which denominateth the Goodnefle of any created thing, that therefore which ought not to worke for itsowne end,ought not to workeby its owne Rulefor he who is Lord ofan end, mull needs be Loa of themeanes and direaions which lead unto thatend: And this is indeed the ground of all finne, when men make
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