CHAp.1.15. Cí3Conme,ntarievportthe. 286 fought to purge his floore by ftandry fannes of affil.éìions i 1y plague; and peRilence,famine, anddearth , violent and vn. fcafonable winds and. weathers, and by theangry diffemper of all the elements., which feeme hardly to containe themfelues from the reuenge ofthe Gnnes of the zeph.:a, Land. Againfl all which meanes, if we will rewaine fil,thieand vncleane hill, bcfpotted and polluted with our former finnes,whichby fuck pow- erfuil meanes cannot be driuen fromvs ; oh how iuf{ly ('nail we be led with the vncleane workes of iniquitie ? Let vs then fearch our felues, and fanne ourfeluer:let vs let our felucs often inCods prefence,who is a Hab.ra3. Godofpureeies;and our felues at his barre,beforehis tribunal! and lodg- ment feate;whichifwe be notremediles , will make vs urine in our fur. ther fandtification:and being once wated,letvs beware of fouling our felues anymore. Euerytbingby creationgood all n The fecondg aeer point howall things ureorim nre. e/In p , n: ,Q p p f. in itfetfe 4. All things may be faid to be pure two waies: a. in rhemfelues,& in their wa1Cs. owne nature,by an inherent purity put into them byGod before the fal. z. in their vfe veto vs by an acquifite, and purchafed puritie lince that i 2 time. For the former, euery creature by thecreation was good, Y. in refpeyt of it felfe, 2. in regard of others. In it felfe, T. in the effence and beeing: for whatfoeuer is,fo forte is good as it is,and bath a beeing, yeabe it now fence the fall in other refpeds neuer focull!. 2.In the fpe- cial kind andparts ofit,eueryparticular thing,&euery part of it,was free from all euill. 3. In the particular manner ofbooing : for it was good not 4 only becaufe it was, but in that it was as it was. 4. In all the qualities ofir : in reafonable creatures wereenlightned vnderflandings, rellfified wili,fanóifedaffe&ions : in vnreafonable was fubieóìon andferuicea- blenes veto the Creator, and the reafonable creature: in a word,all the ac1ions,paflìons,and motions of them all, could not bebut verygood as Euervcreeture good in rcfpcft rhemfelues were. 2. Euer creature was good in regard of ott,ers:whe. Y g g ofothers:as r. ther I. God, whole wifedcme, power, and glory, they were witneffes S. Man, 3. other crca of. Salomon faith, Godmade all thing for himfelfe : that is, firfl and di- redly : or z.man, for whofevfe, ccmmoditic, comfort, and honour, they fettled : Pfal. 8. 6. He Path put all things order his feete: or 3. rums. other creatures:for eueryparticular creature was good,for the common good : and therefore the Lord contentednot himfelfe to pronouncevp- on eueryparticular creature,the fpeciall approbation of it owne good. Gen.r neffe,as he did ofthe workes of euery particular day of the fixe: but viewing themaltogether, and delightinghimfelfe in the orderand har- mony ofhis creatures, he pronouncethof them ioyntly, that they were very good, Gen.z. 31. where both thegeneraltie of the propofition is to be obferued , God fawall that he hadmade ; as alfo the further vehe- mencie
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