leVeautieofHoline e. W." 11 in ke thenfelves their oweewill,wit, rcafon,or refoluti- ons, tobee the fpring and fountaine ofall their aaions. Therefore fume is called our owne -wayet , and the lulls of our owne hearts and our °wile connfels, becaufc it is abfolutely fromour laves, and bath no conflituted rule to moderate or dire& it. Impoffibk it is for any Crea- ture, as it comes out of Gods hands, to bee without a Law, or tobean original! law unto it felfe : for as bee who hath noneover him cannot pollibly be fubje6un- toany Law, in as much as a Law is but the declaration of a Superiours will what ke requires to bee done, and what he threatneth on default thereofto inflia fo bee that is under the wiledorne and ends of another , mull needs likewife bee fulajea to the Lawes which his will prefcribes for advancing and eompafling his owne ends, Titialo ifhe bee in his owne nature and ends moil holy, muff needs be holy in the Lawes which he enaas.By all whichwe mayobferve that Holineffe confifleth in con- formity, fo that according to the excellencie of the pat- terne whereunto it referrer, fo is themeafureof its beau- tie to be conjeaured. And the patterne of our Holi- neife isGod himfelfe, Beyouboly,at yourfather which is in heaven is Holy; Other Creatures have Ionic prints and paths of God in them, and fo are all beautiful! in their time : but man had the image of God created in him, his will was let up in our heart as a Law of nature, moil pure, right,holy, good, wife andperfea, and that Law did beare the fame relation tomans life,as his foule loth tillt0 his members,to animate, forme, and organize every motion oftheheart,every word ofthemouth,eve- ry a1ionof the foule and bodie accordingunto the will ofGod. Whenafter this man threwaway this Image, andGodwas pleafed inmercyagain toreline Holineffe in him, he did it againe by another patterne, or rather the fameexhibitedinanother maner.He made him then con- k formable to the Imageofhis Son, the heavenlye/iderm, who 353 'VERSE 3. ,10ilMNIMMIRMINSIM Rcni.8.19 a cor.i 5 49.
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