II. Man's absolutely highest and last end and good is given, and that eternal; Augustine on eternal beatitude
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II.But for man — the noblest creature and a citizen of God's kingdom — an absolutely highest and last end and good is given, by which he is perfected in every way, and that eternal, which embraces all things to be wished for, as Augustine teaches in book 4 of the City of God, chapter 21.
And in the same sense eternal beatitude, or the possession of the highest and most perfect good, is so called.
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II. Hominis vero, creaturae nobilissimae, & civis regni Dei, finis & bonum absolute summum & ultimum, quo omnimode perficitur, datur, idque aeternum, quod omnia optanda complectitur, ut docet Augustinus lib. 4. de civitate Dei cap. 21. eodemque sensu aeterna beatitudo seu possessio boni summi & perfectissimi dicitur.