314- Spiritual Per fec`lion. and fhaded by Poverty, and Affli&ions. Without an internal Light their value is not known. 3. To preferve an equal temper of Mind, and tenor of Converfation, in the various turns and changes of the prefent 'late argues an excellent degree of Ho- liners'. The condition of teen in this World, is like the Sea, the Theatre of Inconffancy. Their Affeaions are like the Wind, fome are Turbid, others Se- .rene and Chearful ; fome Warm and Comforting,others Cold and Sharp ; fome Placid and Gentle , others Stormy and Furious ; and 'tis as difficult to regulate the Affe&ions, as to order thofe difcor- dant Spirits in the Air. They are the moft depraved Faculties in Man : there are fome fparks of Light and Purity in the Natural Confcience, but the Pallions are the Fountains of Sin and Folly. By their unruly Infurreaion, theunderfland- ing is depos'd, and Men are brought in- to a brutifh Servitude. They are fome- times Jealous to Rage, Sad to Defpair, Dead with Fear, Drunk with Joy and fond Hopes of conceited Happinefs. To free us from their Vanity and Tyranny, is the molt Noble effea ofGrace. Now
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