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The TENTH PROSE.
That there is some true happiness, and where it is to be found.
SITH therefore thou hast had a Descrip∣tion of Imperfect and also of Perfect Good: it is fit that I should now demonstrate where the Perfection of Felicity is Seated. And here we must first make Inquiry, if there Be any such Good, as that which thou didst even now Define, least we should be Deceiv'd with a vain Imagination, there Being indeed no such thing, as that which we make the Subject of our Discourse. But that it doth Exist, or is Actually in Being, and that it is the Fountain, from whence All good things do flow, this is certain, and unquestionable. For whatsoever is said to be Imperfect, by Diminution of that which is Perfect it is call'd Imperfect. So it comes to pass that if there be any thing Imperfect in it's Kind, in the same Kind there must needs be something Perfect. For if ye take away Perfection,