Spiritual .Per.fe1ion. 105 Hearts, towards prefent and fenfible things , but whenGrace is in theThrone, it enables a Man freely and readily to re- filf thofe enticing ObjeEs that ravith the Carnal Affections. We have an admi- rable Inftance of this in 7ofepb, when tempted to Folly by his Miftrefs, he pre- fently and conftantly rejeaed her Impor- tunity, and repeated Sollicitations ; and as Paul eafily shook the Viper from his Rand into the Fire without hurt, fo he preferved his Purity untainted : This ar- gued the dominionGrace had over the fenfual Appetite. The more frequent our prevalency O- ver Temptations is, argues the ftrength of Sin is broken, and the firmer radica- Lion and vigour of the Divine Nature. As the houfè of Saul grew weaker every day, the`houfe of David grew .fironger. As the old Man decays, the new Man irn- creafes in ftrength. The more compleat the viaory is over Sin, the more clear indication we have of the power of Grace. The corripleat- nefs either implies the extent of the vi- aory over the whole body of Sin, all the Lulls of the defiring and angry Ap- petites, when noSin is indulged, trough pleafant and profitable, and though is may kern never fo fmall; for the Corn maid of God is ftri& and fe.vere againft X cver'y
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