CxA.Y:is 90 God hath grauen force part of his i. mage ripen all his creatures. All thehurt of man from the creature is grit fromhimfeltc. Rom.8.ao. Not refiored to 'our former right in the creatures,bc. foreour recon- ciliation with click Creator. cei Commentarie vponthe yoke both ofthe laweMoral! and ceremonial'; by whole appearance; death , and refurredlion, are obtained, r. a deliuerance from all mill of finne and punifhmcntwithin and without vs. 2. relîitution to all the good,yea a further good then that wasfrom which we fell. 3.freedome from allceremonial' pollution, and libertie in all chofe creatures which byceremony was vncleane. 3. In regard ofour right vfe,hehash gi- uenvs precepts and commandements in things neceffarie ; and rules of direelion in things indifferent. Now from this fecond point wee may note fundry worthy !efforts, which I will onely propound and not (land vpon them , becaufe I will haflento the thirdand principal! point ofall. r. Seeing all things were pure in their creation,we may herein as in a glatte behold the purity ofGod in all his creatures,admiring that good- nes ofhis which bewraied it felfeeuen in the meanell ofthem : yea pro- uokingour felues, to loue, reuerence,and fearebefore him,thc image of whole goodneffe fhineth out not onely inangels and men; but even in thefìlly worme and flie,yeain the nudes creatures themfelues.And fur_ eher,hence we may gather our own duck towards the creatures,namely r.reuerently meditate and fpeake of them. a. purely to vfe them. 3. Mercifully to deale with them:all which we (hall the caller doe,ifwe can fpie out fome part ofGods image in them. 2. Confider our mifery,and the wofitll fruitof our finne, which bath debarred vsfrom all comfort in hearten and earth , fromGod or any of his creatures : finne bath wrapped vs vnder condemnation,hach let God and his creatures as hoils and armies again(} vs,hathmade nothingours buthell and damnation; fo as ifwemeete with any multi from any ofthe creatures through the venome,poifó, or noyfomnes oftheparticular na- tureofit,or by any other accident,weare not fo much tocondemne the creature, but our owne finnes: for they wereeither not fo made , or had not been hurtful! at all to man,but by his owne fin , the poifon ofwhich bath poifoned their natures, fo that bythem mans finne is either iuflly punifhed,or himfelfe righteoufly exercifed. Now then feeing our owne flume bathfrnbiettedthe :creatures of God (otherwife fo comfortable and fweete helpesvnto our lines ) vntofuck vanitie, we haue great caufe td abhorre our fins for euer,yea,and our felues for them,rather then drinker in iniquitie as the fi(h doth water.The fweetefi finnes would carry a bit- ter tang,ifwe would but remember what fvveete comfort of the crea- tures wehaue forfeited for them. 3. The reflitutionofvs toour former right is onely from our Loud Iefus Chrifl,and our firft right is recoucred to vs on this manner.Firft,as we wereat oddeswith theCreator,and confequentlywith thecreature; euen
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