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A. No, no, you must do it in earth, as it is done in heaven, not now to be some thing, and then to be nothing, now a Saint and then a Devil, but you must constantly obey God.

A. No, no, you must doe it in earth, as it is done in heaven, not now to bee some thing, and then to be nothing, now a Saint and then a Divell, but you must cōstantly obey God.

Q Can a man do the will of God on earth as the blessed Angels do it in heaven?

Q Can a man doe the will of God on earth as the blessed Angells doe it in heaven?

A. A man cannot do it in that measure the Angels do it, but we may do it as they do, and perform the same obedience with them, though not in quantity, yet in quality; a child follows the father though it cannot run so fast as the father; ⟨p. 76⟩a scholar may imitate the copy and write after it, though not write so fast and well. So the servants of the LORD cannot do the will of God here in that quantity that the Angels do it in heaven, but in quality like them: let their obedience be our pattern, not in the measure, but in the manner of it.

A. A man cannot doe it in that measure the Angells doe it, but wee may doe it as they doe, and performe the same obedience with them, though not in quantity, yet in quality; a child followes the father though it cannot runne so fast as the father; ⟨p. 76⟩a scholler may imitate the copy and write after it, though not write so fast and well. So the servants of the LORD cannot doe the will of God here in that quantity that the Angells doe it in heaven, but in quality like them: let their obedience be our patterne, not in the measure, but in the manner of it.