yob Spiritual PerfeHion. Mindsand Wills, their Imaginations and Affeaions, their Difcourfes and Anions, are all pointed on the Earth ; their weak Eyes are dazzled with the falfe luftre of worldly things ; their Hearts are ra- vifh'd with them. With what an.accent and emphafis do they exprefs their de- fires, Who will ¡ben' u any good ? The World is the principal Objea of their Efteem and Love ; they labour conti- nually ; they fweat and freeze, and move in a circle of toilfome Employments ; their deliires are unceffant and unfatisfied without obtaining it ; and their acqui- ring one thing, kindles defires after ano- ther : But how flow and flack are their endeavours after eternal things? They ufe God to enjoy the World. But the Saints are fpiritual in their Principles, Objeas and Ends. God is pure Spirit, and the more we are fpiri- tualiz'd , the more we partake of the Divine Nature, and are pleating in his fight. This difcovers it felf by our E- fleem , Affeaions and Converfations When the Mind is purified fromCarnal Prejudices and Pallions, then the beauty and goodnefs of God, all his amiable excellencies, appear, and powerfully at- tra6c the Thoughts and Affeaions. The Chriftian that can fay with the Spirit of the
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