Spiritual Perfe ion. 347 equal Temper, that when provoked by Injuries, his Countenance was more pla- cid and ferene, his Voice more tempe- rate, his Words more kind and obliging. Plato, furprizedwith Pailïon for a great Fault of his Servant, took a Staff to beat him, and having lift up his Hand for a ítroke, flop'd fuddenly ; and a Friend Exigo rends coming in, and wondring to fee him in bowline iracnn- that pofture , faid , I chaftife an angry do.' ouitus Man; refleaing with fhame upon him -fern` quia a um quern potins li- Pelf Thus he difarm'd his Pafíìon. cafltgaret inve- When Alexander had conquer'd Darius, neratlib 3 de ira, and taken his Queen, a Woman of ex- quifite Beauty, he would not have her brought into his pretence, that his Ver- tue might not be violated by the fight of her. Scipio having taken a Town in Spain, and among them a Noble Virgin very beautiful , refign'd her untouch'd, with her Ranfom of great value, to the Prince to whom fhe was contraaed. If it be faid, that Vanity affiffed Vertue in thefe Perfons , and one Carnal Pail.îon vanquifh'd another, the Defire of Praife, the Pride of Life, the Luft of the Flefh But fhall not Divine Grace be more pow- erful than Humane Motives ? The im- potence of Carnal Chriftiaizs is not from the defer} of affifting Grace, but their culpable neglect of ufïng it. But for the intire Conviaiori of Carnalifts that are under
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