3 -5z 0e patntottpoftje IDtbftte 2fttauteg Chap..I8, view of men; but confuted with thofe whichwere, Le-v-\.) thoughmore fubtile, yet not lefs finful, and difcernible by the pure EyeofGod. 'Twas from one kind ofSin Adis peccatis; to another, fromfenfoalto fpiritual, Satancall out Sa- alia ecurta tang or from higher to lower degrees of Sin, butnot tetas cupidita- from Sin to Holinefs.: And although the fame good tes hujus uhius Works, as to the external fubftance,wereperformedby m) ingenti the Heathens as byChriflians, yet they vaftly.differ in cupiditareprel their Principle and End. ABruit performs all the as iss. de c g. ofSenfe that a Mandoth, but 'tis.meerlyfrom.thefenfi- Dei. tine Soul, that is ofalower order than that which ani- mates a Man. So in the Heathen 'twas only the hu- mane Spirit excited by Secular and Private Interefts, Self-love, fervile Fear, that performed Moral Anions. But the Holy Spirit (who infufes Grace, that is as it were afecondSoul, to elevate that whichbefore quicken- ed the Body) is the true PrincipleofChriflianVertues. This fanEtifying Spirit, who transforms us into the DivineNature,andmakes an entire and thorowChange in the Heart and Converfation, theydid not receive in the way ofNature. Of this we have a convincingproof in the Example ofthe belt Mailers ofMorality, who by their Difcourfes or Writings rais'd Ed, bx áv iwxpSír »s xos sror err =yivs v, it to the point ofits perfe6tion. So- xó' ä'v 8iagxv á.vAgmrrivs : rn crates the Father of Philo o h to ¡.,éy.8@ , móauJtívanaidlcT9ÑV,Simpli'.rfi fp y Epi£t. éell whomthis honour is afcribed among Nec novamferens Dßmonia,fedvete- ra depellens, necadolefcentiam vitians, the Grecians, that hefirfí made Wif- fed omni bono pudotis informans,Tert. dom defcend from Heaven to Earth, de An.ferenS}ianam fapiemiam Socrati_ becaufe he left the ftudyof 1Ífirono- eæ prefcrens. OfapientiæAttme ex- cmpium,Lenro eft Phi iofophus.Tertul. my, in which the Philofophers before polog. via. Xenoplgcn. .1Llemar. b. him were molt converfant, and appli- edhimfelfto that which was ufeful for the Governmentof Life, and Reformation ofMan- ners : He that ispropounded by the Gentiles asan un- parallel'd Patern,as one that difcovered to what degree of
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