of Occafions of Sorrow. 243 multitude of parts admirably put together, S E R M. and difpofed with the clear evidence of a- X. mazing wifdom, fo as to ferve their feveral ufeful purpofes ; and a fpiritual fubfl:ance, the regent of the body, indued with powers of a very high nature, the fpring of thought and various operation, felf 'confcious and ca- pable of pleafure and pain in a great variety. Between thefe two, however diffèrent, there is fo intimate a relation (we know nothing parallel to it) as to conflitute one perfon, or one living intelligent agent, fuch is their mutual dependence, that the mind for the whole body, cares for all its mem- bers, and directs all their motions ; and, on the other hand, the corporeal organs convey to the mind the knowledge of ex- ternal objects, and are the fit inftruments of its attive powers. By this union the human life is related to, and interefted in, the affairs both of the intellectual and material world : It is capable of rational and moral, and alfo of fenfitive happinefs ; and it is capable of the contrary fufferings. But there is a fuhordination of its parts and of their affedions, exercifes, pleafures and pains ; thofe which are purely mental, are R 2 of ll
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