The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

The Second Means by which our Redeemer restores us to Holiness, is by exhibiting a complete Pattern of it in his Life upon Earth. For the ⟨p. 362⟩discovery how influential this is upon us, we must consider, That in all the most noble works, the principal Cause is an exact Idea in the mind of the Agent; and Examples are the same. He that desires to excel in Painting, or Sculpture, must view the most accomplished Pieces of those Arts. Thus in Morality, the consideration of Eminent Actions performed by others, is of admirable efficacy to raise us to perfection. That Examples have a peculiar Power above the naked Precept to dispose us to the practice of Holiness, appears by considering;

THe Second Means by which our Redeemer restores us to Holiness, is by exhibiting a compleat Pattern of it in his Life upon Earth. For the ⟨p. 362⟩discovery how influential this is upon us, we must consider, That in all the most noble works, the principal Cause is an exact Idea in the mind of the Agent; and Examples are the same. He that desires to excel in Painting, or Sculpture, must view the most accomplisht Pieces of those Arts. Thus in Morality, the consideration of Eminent Actions performed by others, is of admirable efficacy to raise us to perfection. That Examples have a peculiar Power above the naked Precept to dispose us to the practice of Holiness, appears by considering;

1. That they most clearly express to us the Nature of our Duties in their Subjects and sensible Effects. General Precepts form abstract Idea's of Virtue, but in Examples Virtues are made visible in all their Circumstances.

1. That they most clearly express to us the Nature of our Duties in their Subjects and sensible Effects. General Precepts form abstract Idea's of Vertue, but in Examples Vertues are made visible in all their Circumstances.