. . 336 Of the Importance and Difficulty way. \Ve have to do \vith rationar and imn1ortal fouls, thofe nloft noble and di– vine fubfianccs \vhich proceeded fron1 God, and are capable of being united to hin1 eternally, but withal in hazard of being eternal Iy feparated from hitn; thefc V..f'4Jui't;n-rn,t~O(, ..C(, -rov G•ov Y..C(,; ~C(,t;v..-ovm, as Sjnejitts calls then1, the/e flakes_bet1ueen God and the devil: and on us it doth in fo1ne Jnea– fure depend to whofc fhare they lhall fall whether they !hall be angels or fiends. We n1ay fay with reafon of our work, what the painter did vainly boafl: of, laboramtt.r tefer– nitati: The i1npre!fes we n1ake lhalllaft for ever. My beloved, the tnofl: ferious of our thoughts co1ne very far ihort of the inefiin1a.ble worth of the depofitum, that treafure ·which is con1mitted to our care. I-Ie who did create and redeen1 the fouls of n1en, doth befl: underfiand their value; and we fee ·what d1:ecm he puttetl1 upon them . by the pains he is pleafed to take about . then1. Their falvation was contrived be– fore the 1nountains were brought forth, before the foundation of the earth was laid; the deGgn \Vas forn1ed fro1n all eter– nity; and glorious are the n1ethods by \vhich it is accompliilied. I-Iuc magiflra lex teudit: hue, inter Chriflum & ie,gern iuterjefli,
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