Spiritual Perfecfion. r 3 were all Flefh, and had not a fpirit of Heavenly original, to regulate and re. (train their lower Appetites within the limits of Purity and Honour. The Eaves of Senfe are like the bees that perifb. Pfa1.9, He that is a Beaft by Choice, is incom- parably more vile than a Beaft by Na- ture. It would infea the Air to fheak, and pollute the Paper to write, their fe- cret Abominations, wherein they lye and languifh ; and 'tis natural for Men todye in thofe Sins wherein they live ; they feal their own Damnation by Impeni- tence. How difficult the purging of there paillons is, Experience makes evident. The radicated habits of Uncleannefs and Intemperance are rarely cur'd. 'Tis the vain boaft of the Roman Philofopher, Nobis ad noitrum arbitrium nafci licet : but sm. de brevit we mull: firft die to our felves, before we qtr. can be born of our felves : the forfaking a finful Courfe is neceffary antecedently, to the ordering the Converfation accord- ing to the Rules of Vertue. How few inflances are there, of perfons recovered from the pra±ice and bondage of thofe Lulls, by the wife Counfels of Philofo- phers. 'Tis in vain to reprefent to them, that fenfual Lulls are prolifick of many Evils ; that Intemperance is pregnant with theSeeds of many Difeafes : it pre-
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