in Cmtriving Man's Redemption. 225 :~:;.v~1t ,f~~~: it:"~~~~; !;;~~P/r~~!;fi:Jin! f;~[,'t6:;~~r:!a~~,:~;o~~; ,~~n ~~~ ~8. which animates a Man. So in the Heathen 'twas only the humane Spi rit excited by See~t-~ lar and Private lnteref\s, Self-love, fervile Fear, that performed Moral ACtions. But the Holy Spirit (who infufes Grace, . that is as it :ve~e a fecond ~o~I, to elevate that which before quickened the Body) tS the true Prmctple of Chnf\un Vertues. Thts fantl:ifying Spiri t, who transfOrm us into the Divine Nature, and makeS' an entire and thorow Change in the Heart and Converfation, they did not receive in the way of Nature. Of this we have a convincing proof in the Example of the bef\ Maf\ers of lvfora- ~:!r~~~~Jnthe~o~~;~~~~:sF~;b~r~ti'1~%itJ.!~: ~b:0toth:~~~ntth~; .l'•~f:;:.;:;, ~;;;~;;:~;it: Honour is alcribed among the Grecian;, that he fir(\ made Wifdom d.efcend from Heaven to Earth, becaufe he left the f\udy of Ajlro11omy (k), in which the Philofophers before him were mof\ converfant, and applied himfelf to that which was ufeful for the Government of Life, and R.eformation of Manners: He that is propou nd - ed by the Gentiles as an unparallel'd Pattern, as one that difcovered to what degree of Excellency Venue might rai[e the lmnume ~f!;:~lt~ :.~seg~~~~~~~ftl;e;:ti~;;~~:iZ/~1s 1~fr~: t~~cuTe~o~~~·~~ impure Commerce . with Alcibindet (I). He betrayed the Chaflity of his _Wife, ?Y giving herto hi s Friend. g;v.:;::~;1· Plato and Xenophou, h1s Adnurers, declares h1s compliance w1th the common Idolarrv, c11r. 1. 1 2.vid. which is jufi:Jy agg ra vated by St. Auflin, being againfl: the Convi Cl: ions of his Confd- Plat. CM'I.iv. ence. for although in private Difcourfe with his Friends he acknowledged but one God, and con!Jdered rh~ Sun and Moon only as the Works and Infl:rumenrs of the Divine Power, and in the rank o f other Creatures; yet in his Apology before his Judges to prevent the fatal Sentence, he charged his Enemies to be guilty of impudent Fal fehood, who acculed him that he d id not believe the Gods, fince he believed, as all other Men, that the S11n and Moon were Gods. And during the time of his Imprifonment, he never addreffed one Prayer to God for the Pardon of his Sins; for be had fo hi gh an opinion of his own Vertues, that he was iofenfible of his Vices. And dying, be commanded a Cock to be offered to .&fe"lnpiut, that is, to the Devil, under the. di fgu ife of that famous PbJJician f. To Socratet I 01all add Sme.a: Never any, excepting the Sacred Writers, and thofe who are infiructed by them, bath wrii more excellently. He defcribes Vertue as i f' the living Original were in his Breaf\; but how dull a Copy was drawn in his Life I There is as great a difference between the expreffion of it by his Pen and by his ACl:ions, as be tween the Ji vely Piaore of a face by a rare ~ (mJ, P,.'.no u.: ;,,.'m"""''"' or<,u,~; .. il"lo>lPencil (m), and the rude draught of it with a Coal. What a vi!- •• ''">"· lainous part did he act in exciting Nero to rnu~der his Mother*; "'Via'. Xiphil. in Vita Neroni 5. and after in writing an Apology for it, employing the colours of his Rbetoricfzto cover one of the foulerfb!ots wh ich bath appeared in the Succe!lion of all Ages? His I'Wofopby was not a powerful Antidote againil the Contagion of the Court. ( Vid. T1cit. lib. 15.) What juf\ excufe can there be of his Cruelty to his Wife, in cutting her Veins that fhe might die with him; from a vain glorious defire to eternize their R.eputation ? And whereas among the whole Cborut of Vertues (n), be in a fpeciolman· (") p.,a,m ner exalrs Magnanimity in the contempt of earthly things, and determines that the ne- efi.~n. qli~ na~ ceffit ies of Natufe are the juft meafures of Riches and Delights, and all other rhings "i:ua~i~:. 1i:~:: ~~h~~~~~ec~~~~~~~;gt~/6,~t~~ ;;;(\~;nth~ r&,~;li0h~~~tt~n~e ~~~~~~hi~:,~~~ JFijl~r~~:: ;!ftt~]i~ of thofe times tax him for infatiable Avarice, that in a littl e time by unworthy Arts he tp.mlmr{Jifrake? up an incredible Sum ofMony. Suppofing it a Calumny that he forged many Wilis ~d':;~t~;:~JlS to fetze upon the Eilates belonging to others, what excufe can there be for his exce!live """·Lib. r. ~f~~~hhti~ ~~:~~n~r~~~d~~~aia:$\~~s ~::~\~~ ~~!i~~u~~ ~~~;c~~b~~l1o~ail~h~ofoi: ~~; n3f. qli~fl. fumptuous Palaces, and Gardens of Pleafure, exceeding the Luxury of Nero, And all thefe poffef\ by a Man who had no Son to inherit, a Philofoper, a Stoic/z, the great ~ommender of bleffed Poverty. All the Apology be makes, is, that a wife Man, that is htmfelf, Non dJJJat Divitias fed mttvttlt, non in anitmmt i/141 fed in domum inducit, iton re.lficit po!fcffiu fed co~tlimt. Agre<ing with Arijlripp1u a Philofopbizing A~tit;ud, who bemg reproved for his intanglement in br11tifh Love with a famous Harlot, replied, I pojfefs her, 1lot fbe me. The only difference is in the matter of their .AffeCtions, the one was Riches, the other P!eafure. By tbefe Inf\ances we may judge of t\te reil of the PhiG g lofophm:
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