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4 The measure; they left their condition totally and wholly: they quite • soak God, his Image, heaven it self, and the office therein assigned them. I• 44. He abode not in the truth: by this Truth is meant the Image of God; which […] says,^d consists in righteousness, and the holiness of truth: It is called Truth. 1. Because ⟨p. 495⟩it never deceived any man, as unrighteousness doth; which promiseth pleasure, profit, content, and performs nothing but grief and shame. 2. There is no Hypocrisy in it, it makes no show of other than it is. This original condition the Angels voluntarily left, forsaking their place, as Saint Jude speaketh. God in the beginning appointed most excellent places for his several creatures; wherein they were •o perform their required homage and service. Heaven was the proper place assigned to the Angels: to man in his innocency, Paradise: after his fall, the families •f the Patriarchs: before and in Christs time, the Temple; now the congregrati•ns of the faithful. These were our appointed places to set forth the praises of our •aker. This place the Angels left, forsaking the presence of God, and their own office wherein they should have been for ever employed.

4 The measure; they left their condition totally and wholly: they quite • sooke God, his Image, heaven it selfe, and the office therein assigned them. I• 44. He abode not in the truth: by this Truth is meant the Image of God; which 〈…〉 saies,^d consists in righteousnesse, and the holinesse of truth: It is called Truth. 1. Because ⟨p. 495⟩it never deceived any man, as unrighteousnesse doth; which promiseth pleasure, profite, content, and performes nothing but griefe and shame. 2. There is no Hypocrisie in it, it makes no shew of other than it is. This originall condition the Angels voluntarily left, forsaking their place, as Saint Iude speaketh. God in the beinning appointed most excellent places for his severall creatures; wherein they were o performe their required homage and service. Heaven was the proper place assigned to the Angels: to man in his innocencie, Paradise: after his fall, the families f the Patriarchs: before and in Christs time, the Temple; now the congregratins of the faithfull. These were our appointed places to set forth the praises of our aker. This place the Angels left, forsaking the presence of God, and their owne ffice wherein they should have beene for ever employed.