Spiritual Perfe ion. and dear, as when the Lover, and the Perron beloved are the fame. This is the Principle of the high Opinion, and fecret Sentiments Men entertain of their own fpecial worth. The Heart is deceit- fa above all things, and above all things deceitful to it felf. Men look into the inchanting glafs of their own Fancies; and are vainly enamour'd with the falte reflection of their excellencies. Self-love hinders the fight of thofe Imperfeaions, which difcovered, would leffen the libe- ral efteem of themfelves. The Soul is a more obfcure Obje& to its Eye, than the molt diftant Stars in the Heavens. Se- neca tells of fome that had a f}range Ina firmity in their Eyes ; that where-ever they turn'd, they encountered the vifible moving image of themfelves. Of which he gives this Reafon ; It proceeds from " the weaknefs of the vifive Faculty , that for want of Spirits derived from the Brain, cannot penetrate through " the diaphonous Air, to fëe Objets ; " but every part of the Air is a reflect= " ing glafs of themfelves. That which he conjeaured to be the caufe of the Natural Infirmity, is moil true of the Moral, the Subje& of our Difcoiirfe. 'Tis from the weaknefs of the Mind, that the judicative Faculty does not dir- cover the worthof others, but fees only a Man's 61 Infirmai* Oc, forum,, non po- teft ne proxi- mum aerem perrumpere,fed refiftit. Sen: lib. preternat quaff.
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