-. i11 tbe Soul of Mm1. 9 guid, like the n1otion of a \veight forced npward: it is cold and fpiritlefs, like the uneafy cotnpliance of a wife married againfl: her will, who carries it dutifully toward the hu:fband whon1 ihe cloth not love, out of fome fenfe of virtue or honour. Hence alfo this religion is fcant and niggardly, efpecially in thofe duties which do greateft violence to mens carnal inclinations; and thofe flaviili fpirits. will be fure to do no more, than is ab!olutely required: it is a law that cotnpells then1, and they will be loth to go beyond what it fiints then1 to, nay, they will ever be putting fuch gloffes on it, as n1ay leave then1felves the greatefi: liberty: whereas the fj)irit of true religion is frank and liberal, far fron1 fuch peeviih and narro\v reckoning; and he who hath given hin1felf entirely unto God, will ne– ver think he cloth too tnuch for hin1. By this tin1e I hope it cloth appear, that religion is with a ~reat deal . of Religion a reafon tern-.~ed a lift, or vttal divine prin– principle; and that it is very cipfe. neceifary to difiinguifh betwixt it, and that obedience which is confhained, and de– pends O!l external caufes. I con1e next to give an accoqnt why I defigned it by the n~tne of divi11e life. And fo it n1ay be called, not only in regard of its fountain .) and
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