'Ihe Jure Trial of Vprighwe(s. This worldly Wifoom, though a more folemn Folly, yet is as woful and pernicious as the fcnfua1 Wit<lom; for God 1s injunoufly robb'd of hts Rtght, our higldt E!lecm and ""lfcelion.s ; and Men deceiv'd .widl the poor Pageant of rhc \o\'orld, negleChhetr lafrand blcfTcd End, and jufl:ly perifl1 for ever. Old Age has its peculiar Vices. 'Tis true, it m_ortifies the Affcd_iorls _to fome V:i.J~irics.. Pejjajian the Roman Emperor wnS fo tir'd W1th the .Pompof h1 s Trtumph, tbat 111 the tnumphant way, he often rcproach'dhimfclf, that bcmg a_n·OJ? ~a n hc_\~ascngagcd in fuch an empty and tedious Show. And Charles the Ftfth,_ 111 h1 s dcdrnmg ~gc, prefcr'd the Shade of a Cloyller before the Splendor of the Emptrc. But :ris arrer.dcd with other vicwus Indinanons. Old Men arc ufilally querulous, impat ient, dtfcontcntcd, fufjJicious, vainly fearful of Contempt or Wam: and from thence, or iOme other iCcret Caufe, are covetous and ford id in !paring again!l: all the Rules of Rcafon a11d ... ~c;;~;~~; re~~~~,~~~~[~,is,~:~~~ ,?fe ~~~n~;~!ll~";v[?:t1R;~~tL~~v~s"~;;d ~~,~~,~~.e ~"f,: ~~~~~:"\~~= Old Age, the Wmrcr of L1fe; Coveroufi1efs preferves its VIgour when other V1ccs are defdc. fallen of[ ~fuaJJy the nearer Men approach ro the Earth, they are more .cartl_liy-minrl:::- ed, and wluch is firangc to Amazem~nt,_ at the Sun-lCt. f)f Life, arc provtdi,~g for ~ long Day. Briefly, every Age has tts fpecial Vices futrabk to the Con!lirutton of l~c n s Bodies 111 them, and we mut1 accordmgly make our enquiry to d1fcover our <nhi Sin. .. . 2. The Conncxion.of rhc Pallions duly obfcrv'd, will difcover the predominat lull. The PaOions are rhc ]\:forions of rhc fentirive Appetite, whereby the Soul approaches ro an Ol:ictt ~hat js rC.prcfentcd under the plcafant <?olours of Go.od, or flies. from an ~pprch.cn?ed Ev1l. Tl.1~y arc caU'd Paffions, becaufc Ill thofC Monons ~here IS a flowmg or cbbwg of the. Spmts and Humours, fr.om \~hep~c a ~cnfiblc c.hang.c IS cau~'d in the Body, and the Soul1s m unquiet Agitarions. 'T1S..very dtfJiculr to kno\y their, Original, · rho' the fcnfible Operations arc very evident: Confider rhe Soul as a Spirit~ '~is exempt from them ; the Spirit~ as a Soul, is liable to them. Whether they are dcrivc.d.fi:om the Soul ro 'rhe Body, or from rhc Body to rhe Soul, is hard to dererminc. They :ire of excellent ufe, when fubordinare to the Direction of the renewed Mind, and the Empire of the fanCtitied Will: When in Rife, Degrees, and Continuance, they arc ordered by rhe Rule of true }tidgmem. Whar rhe Winds are in Nature, rhey are in Man : If rhe A it be c.tiways calm: witli6ur agitation, ir becomes unhcalthfUI, and unufefu l for maihtaifl ing CommerCe berwCen the dHl:ant Parts of the \Vorld : Moderate Winds pilrife the Air; Ad ulteriora ~nd fcn'e for Navigatioli. And rhus our voluble Paffions arc of excellent ilfe~ and when nofcenda. fanctified ~ rranfport the Scitil to the Divlne \Vbrld, ro obtain Felicity above: Bur when they are exorbitant and rempcfl:uous, tl~ey caufC fearful Difotders in Men, and are the Caufes of aU the Sins and Miferics fn rhe World. Fro.m l~.t:nce it is r-h,at Si1.1 in rhe ScriplUre is ufually expre!l by Lu!l; The Lujl! of the Flejh are manifefl: t!Joflwho are Chrifl's , G•l. , , ~:~::.;;;j~ J::: ~:!/'I_,';jt" ~~//:~0.~s i~~d~;~~r:''~!::~or~~~b:,::"~'/~l::m~~~f: J•m '· when mflam'd, arc rhe Spnngs of its Actings, and llrongly engage the Mind and Will; and ail the aCtive POWers~ ro procure their Saris£1Ction. Now Silt being rhe Oliliquivy of rhe defiring Faculry, we may difctivd- ~~h at is the prcdommanr Sin, by c<?ntid~rin~ wh~r Affe.dwn IS mofl: ~rdeht <i1ld vwlenr, and.confequcnrly m of!: depraved and dtTordeid 1 ji1d this We may, by obferving the connexwn b.et\~ccn them? for they generate one another. As the Difeafes or rhc Body, th9utjli thd D1fordcr of Nature, yet have certain Caufes, and a rcgula.r Courfc. ·in rheif ~cceilion , InAamma~ion, and Revolution: As in the Changes of an Ague, a fl~~veting Cold is. ~rrended With a fiery Hear, and that with an overAowing Sweat; in hkc manner rhe trref;"i~~,isa~o~'~:fi~·cfo~;~~eh~~ ~~~.~~o~~~~~d };:~;sR~~~. r~i~~A,~~~~~d1;n~l1~r~~'~:J Its Dcfires : s~ Joy Ill the Fr~tition of a dear Qbjcct, is attended With Grief, that lies in An]bufl1, . and tmmcdiarcly fctzes upon rhe Sbul when rhe Object is wirhdrawn. And as ut ~he Vtbranon !) of a Pen?ul~m, the MOtion is always as. frrong in proportion one waj, as .It was the other : fo accordmg_r? rh~ excefs of Love, wtll be the cxccfs of Grief. Of th1s we have an eminent Infl:ance m Da-vid, whofc Sorrow for the Death of his rcl5ellf~ ous Son w~s as immoderate, as his Love the Caufc of itr: , 2. ~ Ot;ill now ·confider the moral C3tifcs of habitual Sins, the variCiuS Circuni(b:ulcc~ of mir Ln•es that are inAuenrial to give a Cullom to Nature, and Viciou li tcfs to Cufl:om: · :\srheSea has Rock,.nd Sands, Gu!phs and Currenrs, Tempe!ls and Ca lms, forhc prei:nr Ltfc has fymbol~.c al!y in xts .d~fferent States, rl_1at Cllcbnger us !n ~ur P~ffag~ tO the nex t World. The dtffercm Condmons of Life I wtl! confider under four Hdds. Ccc2 1.The'
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