NIMMEMMI.. Spiritual Perfaction. Now thefe dark Powers are never more unruly and turbulent, than in the Change of Conditions, whether Profpe- rous or Calamitous. The obfervation of Híp ecrates, that the change of Seafons breeds Difeafes in the Body, is equally true in the change of Mens Conditions with refile& to the diftempers of the Mind : efpecially if two Circumftances are joyn'd,, that the Changes be great and fudden : as 'tis an infiafl'erable vio- lence to Nature to pars immediately from one Extreme to another. 'Tis ar- gued on both fides whether fudden and great Calamities do more diforder the Mind by Defpair, or fudden and great Prof°erity, by vain Prefumption. This may be fail, that Affliaions are more apt to reftore Reafon that was loft in Profperity-, as is vifible by frequent Ex- perience : and in fudden Profperity ma- ny have loft the Underftanding they had in a lowCondition. 315 'Tis a point of high and holy Wifdor, little underftood and let's pratis'd, to manage Profperity with Humility and Difcretion, and bear Adverfrty with Pa- tience, to poffefs the Soul, and guide it by clear and iteddy Rules becoming eve- ry Condition. Sto Fad declares, I have rhir. 4.I1,12. ierrn'd
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