9 ,`Ihe L. I FE of the L I B. I. ` Sin was infufed, inflided upon the Soul ; and in this Change the Will fuffer- 'ed. But the Spontaniety was not loft; nor changed. But the Will doth freely ad ` according to thefe new ill Qualities, and freely choofes to Sin, as afore this ' Changeit freelyailedaccording co the good Qualities which it was endewed with- 'all. So likewife at Converion, and in Sanctification, the Will fuffereth the Power- ` ful Work of the Spirit to change thefe Qualities, to kill the old Habits of Sin, a and to create the newHabitsof Grace ; that it may freelyat according toGrace, ` as afore it freely ailed in Sin. d 2. Difference is, that God's Image are feparable Qualities of the Will, andthe a moral Gfound which makech our A&ions good, legal, regular, and virtuous : As a orignal Sin is the ground that maketh our A&ions illegal and info!. But Sponta- ` fiery is. the Formand Natureof the Will, which if itceale, we lhould ceafe to sbe Men, and to ad by Choice; and fo not capable to fin, or toadvirtuoufly. Sir, I pray pardon my Boldnefsand Weaknefs thus to talk ; but it is for rìt a Information in this Point. I obferve alfo in yours, athing which I have not fo ' much obferved in other Mens Writings ; viz. That you often inveigh againftthe ' Sinof Gluttony, as well as Drunkennels. Itappeareth to be a very great pointof Chriftian Prudence, Temperance and Mortification,to rule the Appetiteofeating as well as drinking, and were that Point more inculcated by Divines, it would much tend to the Sanctification of God's People, as well as to a better Prefervati- ` on of Health, and lengthening of the Life of Man on Earth. I lately met with an excellent Book of learned Dr. Charlatan's, about the Im- ` mortality of thehuman Soul, compofed in a gallant Dialogue, wherefpeaking of the admirable Advancement of Learning in thefe late Days, he, among other ` excellent matters, fpeaketh of that long talk'd of and defired Deign of a univer- fal Character and Language, and what Advance bath been made,towards ir, by ` fome of the learnedof there Times, and that by the way of Symbols. Of this ` he fpeaketh, p. 4f, 46. I doubt not, but that it is a divine Work of God, to put a into the Heart of any of his Servants, to promote this Defrgn, which fo ` great and eminent a Tendency, to advance the Kingdom of Jefus Chrilt, which !hall be extended overall the Kingdoms and Nations of theEarth, Rev: r r. If. ` Not by the perfonal Pretence ofChrift, but by putting Power andRule into the a Hands of the Godly, Learned in all Nations: Amongwhom, auniverfal Cha- ` ra,Ber and Language, will be both neceffary, and a ingular Promotion of that great Defrgn of Chrift : Now, whereas the Propofal ofit is byway of Symbols, I wouldmake bold to propote a way, which feemeth to be of more Hopes of Succefs, and that is by the Hebrew Language, which above all other Languages, is molt capable tobe thelnftrument of fo great a Deiign. If you pleafe to look ` into a Book called, Yordini Habrece radices, compofed by Dreads into I#eroick Ver, fes ; the Hebrew Radix, with the Significationin Latin, helping to fmooth it in- ` to a Verle ; a worthy Work, wherein bane memode Lingua Hebraica. This Au- ehor in his Preface, fpeakethmolt honourably of the Hebrew Tongue ; and fheweth that by the trigramicalFoundation, and divine Artifice of that Lan - `guage, it is capable of a regular Expatiation into Millions of Words, no Lars- ' guage like it.. And it had need be fo, for being the Language which (hall be fpo ` ken in Heaven, where knowledge will be fo enlarged, there will needa fpaci- ous Language ; and what Language fitter than this of God's own makingand compofare , And why may we not make ready for Heaven in this Point, by `making and fitting that Language, according to the Rules of the divine Artifice of it, to exprefs all imaginable Conceptions and Notions of the Mind of Man, in all Arts and Sciences ? Were this done, (which is to capableof being done, and it feemeth God path fitted Inftruments to fall to the Work) all Arts and Sci- ` entes in the whole Eucyclopxdie would foon be tranflatedinto it ; and all Pagan- ` ilia and prophane Tralh would be left out t It would be (as now it is) the pureft t Language:in the World : And it feemeth to me, that Zeph. ;. 9. with other Texts, doprophefieof fuch a univerfal and pure Language. Were this done, all Schools would teach this Language, and all the World, efpecially the Commonwealth of `Learning, would be of one, and that a divine and heavenlyLip. ` Moreover, This learned Dottor fpeaketh very honourably of that renowned a Society, the Celledge of Phyficians in London, and nowhit above their Deferts, as appeareth by the admirableEffects by the Welling of God, upon their Studies andLabours, which they have found out and produced for theBenefit of the Life of
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