Baxter - BV649 B3 1670

5 5 ó Coles of diver f ty ofjudgenaeros; heareth one :thing, talkt of and maintain'd in his daily converfe, and another the contrary : When one bath a teacher of one opinion and ano- ther of another : Or one hlth a teacher that is cold, and another one that is fervent s one a ju- dicious one, and another a rath and intemperate, one ; what diverfity of apprehenfions may arife from any one of there ? And fo there may from variety of pffïons of the mind, through a diverfity of bodily tempe- ratures : One that is naturally fearful is apt to apprehend a thoufand thingsas terrible, and con- fequently tobe filled with fcruples, and to run away from dcElrines and prac`lifes as dangerous , where another Both apprehend no danger. And one that is dark, or incredulous, or rafh or flu- pid, or hardened by any fitful courfe , is apt to conceive that he is fafe in every dangerous way, and to fleep quietly at the brink ofdeath and hell, and to taught at them that tell him ofhis peril t As men fit under the fame inftruetions with va- riety of affetions , offear or hope, of Love or hatred, of joy or förrow, fo varioufly are they .difpofed to apprehend what they hear, feeing re cipitur ad raodumrecïpientis. And variety of Gods difpofing providencet mufr needs alto have force Inch eflfe&. While one isrich and another is poor one hath croffes ofdivers forts, and another path profperity ; one is full and another is hungry ; one is obferved admited andhonoured , and another is taken lit- tle notice of, or is vilified and defpifed ; One hath many friends and another many enemies: One bath friends that arc kind and confiant, and the

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