theprornifisofperfeve.rance,&c. 2$5 flirreup thegraces of the Spirit, tie up the thoughts to heavenly things,hbour againfl winde and tide, and walke before God in all wd-pleafing, though not withoutgreat weaknefle. Sixtly, It covetethencreafe ofgraceand fanetification; Heale mee, O Lord, and I (hall be healed: fave me, andl !hall befaved: for thou art mypraife. Lord be merc,ìftell unto mee, heals my foule, for Ihave finned againff thee, How are men affected in recoveringbodilyhealth, force- what better will not content or fatisfie ? W hen they can fit up, but not able to walke up and 'downe the cham- ber, oh that theyhad a little ílrength to flirre : when they dare walke within doores, oh that they could flirre abroad; then that their ftomackes were returned, and they could walke in their accuflomed llrength. Every living thing, the more it doth live, the more it coveteth perfection of life in it kinde. And fo is faith affected in receiving fpirituall flrength from the fickneffe of fin, till it feefe it felfe enlarged to walksconftantly and chear- fully before the Lord, yea, till it be perfectly recovered, which cannot be fo long as we carrie about us this bodie ofdeath, By reafon man excelleth the bealts, by holineffe he excellethhimfelfe, inferiour only to the Angels in de- gree, and made like unto the Lord, as farce as a creature may be tohis Creatour. Sin is the fickneffe of the foule, fomuch more lothfome and dangerous then diflempers of the body, as the foule is more excellent then the body : Holineffe is the health, ornament, and excellency ofthe foule, as farce furpafling it inworth, as man' Both theba- fefl creature in dignity andhonour. There is no trouble, shame, and forrow to fin : there is no honour andcom- fort toholineffe and fanctìfication. According to the na- ture of holineffe, fo is the fruit ; the merchandife there- of is better then the merchandife offilver, and thegaine `thereof then fine gold; It is more pretious then rubies, andwhatfoever can bee defired without it, is not to be corn- !pared unto it. The naturall mannegle teth to feeke after hall 6- Zer.i7.i4. Pfa14 t.4. Prov.3. t 4, i y.
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