3 á Spiritual Per fec` ion. conveyance of his Grace, and obtaining his Favour by them. Only Spiritual Re- ligion, the inward reality, is of value in his efteem. When the Underftanding is fpiritually inlightened, it efleems the frm- plicity of Gofpelworfhip to be its true Beauty ; 'Tis like the nakednefs of Pa- raai& , the indication of the unifained Purity of our firff Parents in that Rate. 'Tis true, in the Worfhip of God, we are to glorifie him with our Bodies, to behave our felves in fuch a manner, as may-exprefs Reverence, and excite Affe- aion ; but the joining Humane Devices upon that pretence, is the fnare of Con- fcience, and has been fatal to the Peace of the 'Church. 3. The Mind, when fpiritually illu- Tlinated , fees the true worth of the Saints, though in an obfcure condition, and accordingly honours and loves them. 'Tis the charaaer of one that (ball dwell in the loo y hill of God, that in his Eyes a vile Ferien is contemned ; but he honours them that fear the Lord. Carnal Men are ffruck with outward Splendour, but inward Beauty is not within their pro- fpe&-t. They defpife the holy, Who are poor and mean in their outward cireum- flances. But the Spiritual Man looks iaporì thofe who are lofty and lawlefs, 'á' h Contempt, as beneath Men, in an igno-
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