Ì he Fanity of the creature. Ifrael, faith the Prophet. So infinitely unfatisfiabie is the flefhly heart of man either with mercies or miracles, that bring nothing but the Creatures to it. The ground whereof is the Yafl difprapertion which is between the Creature and the-foule of man , whereby it comes to pelt , that it is abfolutely impoflìblefor one to fill up the other. The Soule of man is a fubflance of unbounded defires : and that will eafily appeare if wee con lider him in any eflate, either Created or Co'rupted. In his !Created eflate hee was made with a Soule capable of more glory , than the whole earth or all the frame of nature, though'changed into one 'Paradife, could have afforded him : for lice was fitted unto fo much honour as an infinite and everlafling Communion with God could bring along with it. And now God never in the Creati- on gave unto any Creature a proper capacitie of a thing, unto which hee did not withal! implant fuck motions and delires in that Creature,as fhould bee fomewhat fut - able:to that capacitie, and which might (if they had beenepreferved intire) havebrought man to the fruition of that good which hee delired. For notwithflanding it bee true, That the-glory of God cannot:bee attained unto by the vertue of any adion which man either can, or ever would have performed : yet God was pleafed out of Mercy, for the magnifying of his name, for the Com- municating of his glory , for the advancement of his Creature, to enter into Covenantwithman, and for his ,naturall obedience to promife him a fupernaturall re- ward. And this , I fay , was even then out of mercie;' inasmuch as Adams legali obedience of workes could no more in any vertue of its -ovine, but onely in Gods mercifull contrail and acceptance, merit everlafling life, than our Evangelical l - Obedience of faith can now. On- ly the difference between the mercy of the firft and fe- condCovenant (and it is a great difference) is this, God ,did out of ,mercie.propofe Salvation unto Adams as 13 4 an
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