The Jure Trial of Vprightnefs. Th_c mhcr is of :roung_ Scipio, rl_1e Roman General in. Spain, who .whcn a Virgin f 'cx'lm.Cite Beauty was · pr~iemcd to lum a?'long othe~ Capnves, religio~y abfiaiued fro~1 touclung h~ r, and reO:or d her eo the . Pnncc ~o wh~m fhc was efpous d. How do fuch Examples of the poor Pagans, who m the ghmmenngs of Nature exprell fuch Vcrrucs upbratd Chn(hans who are Serv~nts to rhcu CorruptiOns m the Light of Divine Rev : lation ? If by the. praCtice of Plulofophy they kept rhemfelves from the Dominion ~f i:hC!t Carnal Appemes, fl1all not Chnll1a'\s by a fupernatural A1d obtain a clearer Villa. ry o.ver them? In vain do Men. pretend want of fireng:rh to ~·anqui01 their frubborn Lufl:s. -~h~:fE~;~~yt~~;eJ~~~ ~~~i~ra ~t:#~d ?r~~d~ma~r~~~~~;~~~;:~lclrn~}lS~,~~ of Means proper t~ i· The fi.tbdui ng t~1c ruling L_ufl:~ will make the ViCt?ry over orher ?ins more cafJ' Our Commiffion agamfi Sin, .ts hke that of Saul agamfl: the Amale~Jtes, to dcflro); them all: if any onebe fpared, 1t wiU prove as fatal to us as the Amaleklfe that difpatch'd Saul, \Vho fuffer'd htm ro hve when rhe whole Lineage was doom' cl ro utter Excifion. ~ow amongfr the divers Lufts that war agai1~ft the Soul, fOme arc the Leaders th:ttgirc \'1gour to r_hc refl:,. that recall them when Withdrawn, rally them when fcattercd. and renew the F t~ht a&amfl: us. As the Vermes of the fanc:tificd Mind, fo the Paflions ~f tHe carnal :Appettt~ a(iifr one a not he~: therefore when the cornqJt Paffion tha~ was fo danger onfly mflucnt~al upon the refl:, ts fubdued by divine Grace, they ncceffanly decline, anJ areealily momfied. tlt;~;ar~~~~;~a:~n~~~~t~~~!stl:~v~~ot~l~ro~;r~:~l~~~~t~~aGr~t~l;r~5;;~n~~i:~~:r~~~i~~~ Th~ King of ~)'ria commanded his Captains nor to fight againfr Small o: Great, but only ag::w_1Il thc.~lllg of Jfrael.; and after he wa~ ilain, the yictory over l11s Army was\)!C· fently obtalll d. Let us direCt our Zeal agamll the lead111g Lull, for all. the ferl'ilc Lun; tnun~~i;hr_ i· mu!l fall and die with it. Wl:en Mithridates the King of· P.ontus, ~fierce implacable ~~r~e;" 1,~,·~~.: Enemy of the Romans was ktll'd, their Joy wa~ exuberant 111 Sacnfices and Feafis, rari. Flor. efi.eeming that an Army of Enemies were extingmfh'd in his Death. J3efidcs, one Victory infpires Courage ro atchieve another. When David was to en , Sam. 17.37• counter with Goliab, he derived Confidence from his Experience; The Lordtbat delivmd ~'~ o:ratt ~etl~;~;,;~~~~::ioihea;i~bi: fx;!e£sa~t{h~h~~~:~ ;~\:::li~e~~~~u~~n;~h{ Ifa. p . 9 . former Enenties of the Church, were the ~upport of their Faith: Awake, a~vake, 0 Arm of the Lord, and put onflrength; art thou not tt tbat ~JatiJ cut Rahab, and1~ounded the Drago11, Pharaoh o_nd the E?;Jtfian Arm!? In our Spinrual Warfare, cxpcncnce of the DiYine Ailifrance IS a Cordial that fomfies the Spirits: If the llrongcll and ficrcell of our Cor· niptions lie bleeding ready to expire, we !hall not fear the refi. The fame Grace rhat has fubdued the reigning Lull, will make an imptetlion of Obedience upon other Affcdi· ons that arc lefs powerful in us. 4 Confider how dearly our Sins coil: our Saviour, his Sacred Blood, to reconcile u> to God, and w [et us free from their Dominion. This is an Argument purely Evangelical, and moll worthy the Bteall of a Chriflian. He dearly purchas'd a Title ro out Love, and the fcrious contemplation of his Paffion, has an admirable efficacy to infpire the Fbme, and. confequcnt.ly to make ~in odious, that m~fr be expiated and purged away by filch btttcr Suffcnngs. Our Sms brought our SaviOur to the CrofS, and cart we entertain them in our Hearts with the Crimfon· Guilt that cleaves to them: Can we live in the praCtice of them, and crucify him afrcfh? He came to redeem us from aiJ !11iquity, mttl purify u: to himfelf, a peculiar People zealous of good Worl-s. How can we defeat the End and d1fparage the efficacy of his Death ? How can we violate fuch dear ~:liJ;~:~1tov~0,~t:ri~l:~ ~~riS~~~s:Oo~eu~ra~ci~~5n~~~ ~:~~~~s r~~~~~ r~V~~~ ~~~~ vifible by daily Experience, that many are fo prodigiouOy wicked, it would raifc our wonder how it is poffible, that any Chrifiian to whom the Love of the Son of God ut dying for our Sins is revealed, !hould indulge himfelf in any Sin. If we did freqoenrly ~n~ with folcmnity and ferioufnefs remember rhe Death of our Savtour, and h~s bletfcd Intention in it, we fhould find that change in our Hearts in regard of our Sins, as Am~to~ did in his AffeCtions ro his Si!ler 7amar: His inceO:uous Love to her at fidl: was a fecrec Fire that confum'd him; but after he had di!honout'd her, and polluted himfelf, hi' Ha· tred of her was more exrream than his Love before: Thus the Sins that ha Ye been as near to us as our Bofoms, as pleafant as our corrupt Inclinati_ons, as familiar and inti~atc as Cullom, that have deeply defil'd our Souls, we !hould With llronger dctefiarion rc;cil them, than ever with delight we committed them.. S· The
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