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Show Of t~e J.duanctintnf ofi~ettrning.' mt:th to t;e· fnto t~e E x B M P L A a or P LA r F o aM 1 ofG ooD,and thcRs o 1MB N -r orC v LTv RR 0 , T 8 s M I N o;The one· defcribing the Mture of Good _ the b her prefcribing rules fi?w to fi1bdue, apply and. accomodate tHe will of n1an tlierevnto. The Doetritie tot1chin g the P LA T F o R M n or Nl· ~ y ~:E·o£ G o o o confidercth it either S r M P 1 B or Go Jrt P A ttE·o either the kin des of Good or the de .. tre~s~of Gobo: In tne later , .. ,fiereof thofc infinite dif. . p~tations. 'Y"Hich were toticlii~~ the fu~reme degi·ee :thereof; wl1tch they tenne Fehctty ,Beau tude, or the htgliefl: Good,tlle doCtrines concer.ning which were s tHe neathen Diuinity,are by the chrHHan faith dif· ~barged.:And as· Arijlotle faith,· That yorJg men may bee hAf/'J,hut not otherwift,'hllt bJ Hopt; So we tnufiall ac· ldlowlcdgeour Minority, and etnbrace the felicity, ·~liicbis by hope of' the future world. . Fteeo tlierefo~e, ana ~eli t ,. red fro 1n this do6trine of tile Pbllofopliers Heauen,wliereby they fayned an · . higher eleuation of Mans Nature, then was; For we ICe in what an height of {l:ile Se»ectt writeth,rere M4g· num,ha!Jtreft4gilit4tem hominil, fecuritatem Dei.) We may with· ni~re fobriety nd truerh receiue the reft of theit l!nquiries-;an~labbrs1 Wherein for the TX_4, ~-r~ of Gdo~ P_'ljiJiue,orjlnple, they haue fet itdowne -ex~cllendy;{ ·in· ~fe b~g the fourmes ofrer.tue.aod D IJ: wiffi tliei'f s and pofiures, ill d1fi~tbU· . ting .lh, iofdth\!i~4l &s,parts,Pro uinces,AChons, and 1\dminHtrations, and the like; Nay furder, ~h~y .kldecotnmendcdthcrii oMans Nature, andfptrlte ·· · - · with |