102 Spiritual PofeElion. only to fupeinatural Grace, but to natu- ral Confcience ; and turns a Man into a Fiend. This Vice is immediately at- tended with its Punifhrnent. Theenvi- ous Man is his own tormentor, and has the Vipers fate in th Fable, that in bi- ting the File, vvoun l it fell: Befides, this flops the defcent of Divine Bleífings, and turns the Petitions of the Envious into Imprecations againft themfelves. To finial this Head, 'tis obfervable, nothing more difcovets the neceíty of Renovation, than the defilements of the Spirit. As Birds by incubation hatch their brood ; fo from finful Thoughts and Deliires aaual Sins proceed. Our 15. 19. Saviour tells us, Out of the Heart proceed 111urders, adulteries, Fornication, Thefts, Falfe-nitnef, Blafphemies, which defile a .flan. 'Tis above all things necefl'ary, to keep the Heart ; for the ifJues of Death fom ¡Tong it. The deign, contrivance, and content to fin, are in the Heart ; the Body is only the Inftrument of Sin. To enforce this Counfel, there are many Motives. (ia) God is'- infinitely diíhonour'd and difpleas'd by the Sins of our Spirits : For the Soül is of near alliance with God , and of incomparable more value than the vile Body Therefore the defi- ling it is highly provoking. Thq Soul is the
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