348 Spiritual Perfecclion. under the tyranny of the voluptuous Appetites, and pretend they cannot re- fill the attraaivenefs , and unbind the charms that fallen them to the Objeas of their impureDefires ; let it be confi- dered, that a little contempt, or coldnefs of the Perfon by whom they are charm- ed, a favourable afpea upona competi- tor, will turn their Lpvc into Difdain, and break all fociety between them. And fhall one Carnal Pailîon vanquifh another, and the Terrors of the Lord, the Torments of an Everlafting Hell , be ineffe&ual to ref}rain them ? The re- membrance of this will cover themwith Eternal Confufion in the next World. The Traveller complain'd of the rough- nefs of the way, when a Thorn in his Foot made it uneafie. Carnal Men com- plain, 'tis a fad task to obey the Gofpel, but their Lulls make it fo. 3. 'Tis alledged , that the firiving after perfel-t Holinef' is unneceffary ; by the Covenant of Grace a Man may be roved without it. Before I difcover the fälfenefs of this pretence, I (hall obfèrve that Carnal Men, that they may live eafily, endea- vour to make their Principles correfpon- dent with their Praaices, they bend the Rule to their depraved Appetites, and will not order their Life by the holy. Rule.
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