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Of the Beginning, and End of Man.
1. Meditation. Of the creation of the World.
1 COnsider how God, whereas he was of himself essentially Being, and ever most blessed, the Quintessence ofall good being reconcentred into his indivisible Essence, by the necessity of the first and highest contradicti∣on, pressed with an intimate weight and act of his bountie, flowed forth, and in a manner squeezed himself into whatsoever is besides.
2. Consider, how admirably and