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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
And partly also, because God is the end of every creature: now you know the perfection of every creature stands in obtaining its end. Whatsoever the end of any thing is, when it hath gotten that end, it is brought into a perfect condition. For there are certain rules that God hath given to every creature to walk by, to attain its end, that in attaining thereof it might attain perfection; so he hath given to the fire, and to the water, &c. when they kept close to that rule there is the perfection of them. So he hath given a rule to the reasonable creatures to walk by, that is to walk in his commands, now in keeping close to them that creature attains his happiness, he puts himself into a happy condition. Now God is not bound to this; because he is the utmost end, the utmost cause, there is nothing beyond him, and therefore he may do all for himself: but if the creature do all things for himself, he destroys himself, because there is a cause, an end beyond him. Now as there is this reason for the duty, why we should do it in regard of our selves,
And partly also, because God is the end of every creature: now you know the perfection of every creature stands in obtaining its end. Whatsoever the end of any thing is, when it hath gotten that end, it is brought into a perfect condition. For there are certain rules that God hath given to every creature to walk by, to attain its end, that in attaining thereof it might attain perfection; so he hath given to the fire, and to the water, &c. when they kept close to that rule there is the perfection of them. So he hath given a rule to the reasonable creatures to walk by, that is to walk in his commands, now in keeping close to them that creature attains his happiness, he puts himself into a happy condition. Now God is not bound to this; because he is the utmost end, the utmost cause, there is nothing beyond him, and therefore he may do all for himself: but if the creature do all things for himself, he destroyes himself, because there is a cause, an end beyond him. Now as there is this reason for the duty, why we should do it in regard of our selves,
So also in regard of Christ. Partly in respect of his 1