______7_he_ fure 'Trial of Vprighwefi_s.______-_.:_3_6_7 I will begin with rhe .Confidcrari?n of .rhc __ diRerent Temperamc!1r.~ of M~ns Bodies, ~~:~~h ri1~~ r;;~i~~;lr ~Ft~:~~~: ~!i;~:~iliir~~t~~~~~~ha~TI r~~·~[~~~;:i.es J ~~~'b;fi~~o~a:~~i-- ndv~m~~·~. on, is an univerfal fi1premc Evil: 'Tis a Seminary of all co:rup_r pef1rcs, fr~m wh~ncerhe =.Sr. Plur. Iffi.1es of actual Sins are derived: and that foruc are lcfs 111chn d to noronous Sms than orhcrs, is not from naked Nature, bur from the fingular difl:ingui01ing Mercy of God. wh!1:~c~ci~~:;art~~~~t f~h~c2~~~f~ ~~dir~efi;~r:c~~lli~~~: S~~f~7~d;~, r~i~ '~~f~m~~a~~~{l~; and RcpretCnrari vc of Mankind. This Corruption of Nature cloth not cx~cnu~tc, bm aggravate our G~:ilr: As rhe Pfalmifl: with deep fOrrow acknowledges his nauvc mher~nt PoJiution ; In Sh1 was I conceived, and in Iniquity brought fort b. I. kno~v mat~y bold 1!1- ~~~~il:;rtl1t~ 1~~s ~~~!~~~;~f~~ :::~~:~~i~l~etl~e~~~i~l~fP~o0 v~J~~~ce~n~l~~gn t~l~ ;~~~~: ;S~~tb~~ • Qu~r is tu licve the Rcvclarion, than to difpurc agait~t~d::~m. Tu utiocinare, ego miror. .lrtz. Serm. 7· de verb. ~~~~k~ r;~ Bur al though the* corrupt NarurC' virtually includes all Sin, yet there is not an equal ·.s ru ~t?' om· ;~~P~i~~~t~h~~~ ·~!~~~~r~:·cfr~~~~~~~~~a~~~~~}v~~= ~~TI'~r~dfo~~~~':,~d; ~o~S~n~~~d~~~~ ~~~~~~ f~~~~~ "~~~ minant and_evidenr in the Lives of Man, according to their peculiar Difpofirions. :Jm~~:~~~ ~!: nibus furlt, fed non omnia in lingulis ei:tant. Omnia in omnibus infunt; fed in quibufd2m lingula eminent. Smu . de bencf. L + For the unfolding this, ' ''e are ro confidcf, That rhc Soul of Man in its ftatc of Union; has a con~inual dcp~ndance_ u~on the Body, both ~nits intelleCtual a_nd moral OpcratiO~lS. Confider 1t as a Spmt, and l!ll~S fCRarare State, '~ts capable of_ ~Ct111g _as freely and mp~ndently as rhotC 1~ure Inrelbgcnctes_rhat ar~ ddlam from alliai1ce_ w_~rh grofs Matte:: ln:rconfidcr the Spint as a Soul confooatcd Wtth a Body of Fl~fh, there is a firan&e ctrclmg Influence between the Soul and the Body : The Difpofinons of the Body fuitab!y incline the Soul, and the Inclinations of the Soul affeCt the Body. In the Intelleetual Operations as rh_e Animal Spirits are qualified, feme are ?f fubtil and quick _Wit,, others of fray'd and fohd Minds ; fome arc fit for Contemplanon, others for ACI:wn. And in moral ACtions the Soul works by the aCtive Power of the fenfitive Faculties, arid the Actions refCmbl c the Inflruments. ThcComplex.ion of our Minds as well as Manners iS \'lilially iuitable to our natural Temperature. I will more diftinCtly unfold this. In the Human Body there is the united Figure of rhc World, the heavy Earth, the liquid \~-2ter; thefitbt il Air and aCtive Fire enter into irs Compofltion: from the mixrureoft hefe Ingredients refi.1lts rh~ Temperature of rhe Bodies ; and as rhc Qualities proper to them are predominant, Men arc c_lcnomina_ted Sanguine ~r _Melancholy, Cholcrick or Flegmatick: Such as the Confti tutiOa is, fitch are the I nclinations, and fuch are the ACtions that Aow ftom them. 'Tis obfcrvablc, that brute Creatures are either fierce or tame, bold or fearfuls fl:upid or docile, as their Blood is hotter or colder, of a finer or thicker Contexture.' And Ht Children there is an early difclofurc of contrary Difpofitions according to their T emperaments: Thus fOmc arc iOfr and dud"ile, others fliff <1nd finbborri; fome are of a fwect pliable Temper, drawn by Counfel and the Cords of Love ; Orhei:s of a bafe:r caft, will not be led,bj ReafOn andKindnefs, but mufl: be cdnO:iain'd by Fear; fome are· of an ingenuous Difi>ofitiOii, Dhifl1ing at ;1ny thing that is indecent rind difparaging; others defie all Modefry, a~id )Vill flOt change Countenatice though fntptiz'd in a foul ACtion. As the Incl ination in .Animal;; tO ACtions proper eo their Kind, is difcovered byrhei[ Offers before they are fit fdr Adioti: Birds will attenipt to Ay before their Wings are ~~~1~,t~nf~it~;r~!;~~db~to~1~1~~~:t}~::fit~~cp;~~~~J=~ ~!c~~p~bfee~rf ~~~r~\~~~ ;~:.heir diffeM?re particu~~rly, thofe Pcrf~ns in \vhofe COniplexion Blood_is pi:edominant? areufually l~g~lt and vam, fcnfual and notous, ihfOl~nr and afpiring, bold and ptefumptuous : Tl_101e m \Vhom Phlegr:n is rhe principal Ingredtent, arc idle and flow, cold and catelefs iti thmg<; of Moment; the mofl: a~de1~t Exhortations ~re lOO: upqn tHem, :is Bags of Wool dead the force of Bulle~s, in ytelchng without Refifrance. Thofe who are timorous and deeply ti nd:ur'd with Melancholy, are fufpicious, fowtc, and iJlcxo·rablc. The dark Sh~d_o~vs of their Minds are bel ieved as vifible Tcfrimonies of pangers; and their ftlenr Su ~ptc Jons as real Proofs. . They ate jealous of all Pcrfons and Tliings : If _in Converfanon there be Speech of the Vcrrlies thev: are confcious to wanr, Or the Vices they are fecretly guilty of, they imagi ne 'tis direCted to their Reproach. They :1reintfaChblc, , apd often revengeful; for Mebmc\loly is a vifcous Huniourthar retains the Impret1io"ns of the Pailions. Thofc who arc Cholerick by Nature, are heady, various, violent, and Cc c Create!
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