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The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present…
The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present mortal state by J. Howe ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Sa. Gellibrand, 1673
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. And Secondly, How congruous and agreeable would this supposition prove to the Goodness of God? As that other Attribute of Wisdom doth more especially respect His own interest; so doth this, the interest of his Creatures: That is, if it be understood, not in a Metaphysical, but in a Moral sense, as it imports a propensity and steady bent of will unto benefaction, according to that of the Psalmist, 1Thou art good, and dost good.
2. And Secondly, How congruous and agreeable would this supposition prove to the Goodness of God? As that other Attribute of Wisdom doth more especially respect His own interest; so doth this, the interest of his Creatures: That is, if it be understood, not in a Metaphysical, but in a Moral sense, as it imports a propensity and steddy bent of will unto benefaction, according to that of the Psalmist, 1Thou art good, and dost good.
And this free and generous Principle it is, which gives the first rise and beginning to all the designs any way respecting the wellbeing ⟨p. 64⟩and happiness of Creatures, which, then, infinite wisdom forms and manages to their full issues and accomplishment, guiding (as it were) the hand of Almighty Power in the execution of them.