'340 lieOarmottp of tieZíbfne Iftttibutez Chap. is. yours to imitate ; and Examples areof the fame nature. Thj He that delires to excel in Painting or Sculpture, muff view the moft accomplií t Pieces of thofe Arts. Thus in Morality, the confideration ofEminent Allions per- formedby others, isofadmirableefficacy to raife us to petfetion.That Examples have'apeculiar Power above thenaked Precept to difpofe us to thepradiceofHoli- nefs, appears by confidering : I . That they mofl clearly exprefs tous theNatureof our Duties in their Subjects andfenfible Effects. Ge- neral Precepts form abftraft : Idea's ofVertue, but in Examples Vertuesare made vifiblein all their Circutn fiances.- 2. Precepts inflru' us what things are our Duty,but Examples allure us that they are poffible. They re- femble a clear Stream whereinwe may not only , difco- ver ourSpots, but waíh them off. When we fee Men likeour (elves, who are united to frail flefh, and in the fame condition withus, to commandtheir Pallions, to overcoulethemolt glorious and glitteringTemptations, we are incouraged in our Spiritual Warfare. Cö=umacia re- 3. Examples by a fecretand lively incentive urge us dargui non po- to Imitation. The Romans kept in theirhòufes the te[} fine exer4s- plo. Nam ha- Pictures of their Progenitors to heighten their Spirits, Sere non pce- fun= quæ doce and provoke them ,to follow the Prefiderlts'fet,before as firmiratem, them. ` we are toucht in another matirter'by the vifible nìfi ea prìorte- praéice of Saints, whichr aches our defects and ob- cens Quia natura homy- liges, us to the fame rid. .Zeal, than by Laws uum prod is i holy and good. Example though ow the ofChrift is, an r?r a, vìuer vüit non modo moll proper to form us t0 Holinefs, it being abfolutely CUM enia, fed perfeEt, and accommodate to our .prefent (late, nm ep ea- . Tis abfolutely perfect. There is no°Exampleof Lté,dever.i a meer man, that is to be föllowed without -limitation.. gyp' Beye followersofme ztu I anofGhrif faith the grrat'A poile. -Nay, ifthe Excellenciesof allgood Menwere united
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