The Life of Faith. 41 s and afr¡tance , betides. the publick Teaching ; and moti Minitters by negle ing it, teach them to overlook it. S. Every man bathCome kerning Intereff in fome one Opi. nine, or Duty, or Way, abovc the reti; and felfithnefscaufeth him to reel that way that interett Icadethhim. 9. Education ufually poffeffcth men with a greater regard ofTome one opinion, duty, way or party, than of the rett. to. The reputation of tome good men doth fix others up- on fome particular waits or notions of theirs above others. t a. Protent occafions and necefties foanetime do urge us harder to fome means and ftudies, than toothers : efpecially for the avoiding of fome prefent evil, or eating offome prefent trouble; and then the tea are almott laid by. az. Some Do6trines deeplier affeli us in the hearing, than others; and then the thoughts run more on that,to the ncglet% of many thing as great. 13. Perhaps we have had fpecial experience of fomeTruths and Duties, or Sins, more thanothers; and then we let all our thoughtsabout tholeonly. aq. Ufually we live with fach as talk. moti of tome one duty, or againtl Come onefin, more than all the rett ; and this doth occafion our thoughts to run moti in one ¡tram, and confine them by bearing and cuftosn to a narrow channel. Iy. Some thingsin their own quality, are swore cafe and near to us, andmore within the reach offnfe. And therefore as corporal things, becaufe of their fenfibility and nearnefs, de poffefs the minds of carnal men, indead of things fpiritual and unfeen ; even fo Paul, and Apollo, and Cepbas ; this good Preacher, and that good Book, and this Opi lion, and that Church-fociety, and this or that Ordinance, do poffefs the minds of the more carnal narrow fort of Chrifiians,Einftead of the harmony of Chriftian truth, and holyduty. r6. Nature it (elf as corrupted, is much moreagainfi foie truths, and againti Dome duties, internal and external, than againti others. And then when thofe that it is lefs averle to, /arc received, men dwell. on there, and make a Religion of them,. wholly or toomuch, without thereti. As when fome veins are flopped, all the blood is turned into-the tell; or when one part ofthe mould is (lopped'up,the metal all rumasth into F ff a the
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