THE CONCLVSION. 



Aiid this it is, that every aftion of thine, bet it never (b flight, It 

 mainely mifchievou? ; or bee it never fo bedeckt, with thole fpcci- 

 eusconiiderations, which the wife men of the world judge impor- 

 tant, is foolifh, abfurd, and unworthy of a man ; and unworthy of 

 one that under {tandeth, and acknowledged thy dignity if in it 

 there be any fpeckej or it through it , there appeareany fparkeof 

 thofe meane and flu motives, which with afalle byas, draw any 

 way afide, from attaining that happinefle, we expcft in thee. That 

 happim-fie, ought to bee the end, and mar ke wee Jevdl at : that, the 

 rule and model of all our actions: that, the meafurc of every cir- 

 cumlhnce, of every atome, of whatfoever we beftow (o precious a 

 thing upon, as the employment of thee is. 



But we murt not 10 flightly pafle over the intenfentfle and vehe- 

 mence of that felicitie which thouf my foulejfhalt injoy,when thcu 

 art fevered from thy bcnumming compartner. 1 (ee evidently, that 

 thou doft not fqrvive, a firnple and dull eflcnce ; but art rcplenifhed 

 with a vaft and incomprehenfible extent of riches and delight with- 

 in thy felfe. I fte that golden chayne, which here by long difcour- 

 (es, filleth huge volumes of Bookes, and diveth into the hidden na- 

 tures of feverall bodies: in the relumed into one circle or Jinke, 

 which containeth in it felfe the large fcope of whatfoevei (brewing 

 difcourfe can reach unto. 1 fee it comprehend * and matter the 

 whole world of bodies. I fee every particular nature, as it we e ; m- 

 bofled out to the life, in thy ccleftiall garment. I fee eve- y (olitary 

 fubftancc ranked in its due place and order, not crufhed or thron- 

 ged by the multituic of its feliowes ; but each of thqm in its full 

 extent, in the full propriety of every part and effect of it; anddi- 

 ftinguiflicd into m< -re divisions, them ever nature fevered it into. Jn 

 thee I (ee an infinite multitude enjoy place enough. I fee, that nei- 

 ther night, nor profundity, nor longitude enough, nor latitude, are 

 able to exempt them ;e!ves from defused powers: they faddomeall ; 

 they comprehend all ; they matter all, they inrich ihce with the 

 fljckeofall; and thou thy felfe art alLand fome what more then all; 

 and yet, now hue one of all. I fee, that every one of this all, in thee 

 cncreafeththeuVength , by which thou knoweft any other of the 

 lame ail : and all, encreafeth the knowledge of all, by a multiply- 

 cation beyond the skill of Arithmeticke ; being (in its kindej io-| 

 folutely infinite; by having a nature, that is incapable of being ey- 

 ther infinite or finite, J fee againe, that thofe things which have 



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