3 4. Prudence nec ffary in converting SE1 M. the excellency of the knowledge of .7efus HIV Chi-0 ; that is the pearl of great price, for which we are willing to fell all, according to our Saviour's parable ; when thefe are the ruling fentiments in the heart, and their ftrength íh11 increafing, virtue is, as it ought to be, in a healthful profperous Rate, But on the contrary, when fuch obje &s appear little to us, or indifferent ; when they lofe in our effteem their beauty, grandeur, and im- portance ; when the deformity of fin is lef fened, and the thoughts of indulgence in vi- cious pleafures fit eafy upon our minds ; thefe are the fymptoms of a diftempered condition, And we have real-on to be afraid of our going into that temper which our Saviour marks out as fo odious. And let us beware of grow- ing impatient of the reproofs of inftruäion, which Solomon calls the way of life. The mind which is eafily rued with admoni- Lions, and cannot bear the moil: affetionate rebukes of á friend, without falling into paf- iron, as if an injury were done, (hews itfelf too much interefted in its own errors, and unwilling to part with them. But let us re- member the words, and endeavour to imitate the excellent fpirit of the Pfalmift, * Let the PCälm. cxli, 5. rightem
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