in Contv.tbín !Ir an'> ebeatlption. 33 The infenfible Creation which at firft was altogether Ch beneficial to Man, is become hurtful. The Heavens \, fometimes are hardened as Brat; in a long and obfii- hate ferenity : Sometimes are difibived in a Deluge of rain : The earth is barren, and unfaithful to the sower, it brings forth Thorns and Thiflles inftead ofGer3.r7, t8. Bread. In fhort, Man is an enemy to Man. When there were but two Brothers todivide the World, the one ftain'dhis hands in the Blood of the other. And Ferarum ilk fence the Progeny of Adam is increaft into vaft Socie- coentUS eft, nu quod illæ ties, all the difafters of the world, as Famine, Pefti- inter re placi- lence, Deluges, the fury of Beafts have not been fo dæ funs, mor- fuquefimihum deftru&ive of Mankind, as the foie malignity of Man abfìinent, hi againft thofe that partakeof the humane Nature, mutua lacera- To conclude, Who can make a lift of the evils to curesenéade which the Body is liable by the difagreeing Elements rra. that compofe it ? The fatal Seeds of Corruption are bred in it felf. 'Tis a prey to all Difeafes from the torturing stone to the dying confumption. It feels the ftrokes of Death a thoufand times before it can die once. At laft, Life is (wallowed up of Death. And if Death were a deliverance from miferies it would lefï'en its terror, but 'tis the contaminationof all. The frfi Death tranfmits to the fecond. As the Body dies by the Souls forfaking it, fo the Soul by fiparation from God its true Life, dies to its Well -being and Happinefs for ever. F CHAP.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=