8. But although in this
life there is contained as well to live happily as to live wel, yet , to live well, is more excellent then , to live happily; and that which ought cheifly and finally to be respected is not
blessednesse, which respects our profit, but
goodnesse, which is referred to Gods glory. Therefore Divinity is better defined by that
good life whereby we live to God, then by a
blessed life whereby we live to our selves; as it is called of the Apostle by a
Synecdoche.4 The doctrine according to God lives
, 1. Tim. 6. 3.