234- self - government efential to lhldom. SE R M. tude, while as St. Peter obferveth, 2 epiff: IX. ii. 19. They are the fe-rvants of corruption, s --v- -' for of whom a man is overcome, of the fane is he brought into bondage. Befides, as man was not made wholly for the bufinefs and ends of the animal life, like the beafts which perifh, he hath force af- fetions which carry him to higher ends. Every man who is arrived to the exercife of underftanding, hath force fenfe of duty to the Deity, and benevolence to his fellow - creatures ; in thefe we cannot but approve ourfelves, and they yield the higheft fatis- fadion, though in many men filch fenti- ments and affections are weak and ineffec- tual; but, why ? Certainly, becaufe they are overborne by the excelles of other affections, becaufe the lulls of the flefh, the luft of the eyes, and the pride of life, are ftrong, there- fore the love of God and man is weak; the generous fentiments of piety and charity al- moft 'tided. Now, is it not a deplorable condition men are in, when the inferior, the brutal defires, are overgrown, tyranni- zing in the heart without controul, while the nobler affections, which are the glory of the human nature, and carry it to its higheft ends, are almoft extinguifhed. This íhould infpire us with refolution to reftore the
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