Spiritual Peace and- Con °rt. 193 and dealing of his Iviinifters : They muft-not wound when (Thrift would heal nor make fad the heart that Chrift Would comfort, and would not have made fad, Ezek, a 3.22. Eut will this means ferve turn, or mutt the faire courfe be taken to remove the fon'ows of r.bewilful,! ly difobedient ? No, God takes another courfe hirnfelf, and prefcribes another courfe to his Mini fters. and requires another courfe form the firmer himfeif. But it-ill remember who it is that I fpeak of It is not the ordinary unavoidable infirmities of the Saints that I fpeak of; fuch as they cannot be rid of, though they fain -would ; fuch as Par41 fpeaks of, Rom. 7. 19. The good that Polvold do, 1 do'zot : and when I Would do good, evil is prefent 112:th : And Gal, 5.17. The fie lufleth a7ain.,1 the Spirit. &c. fo that we cannot do the things that we would. A true Chriflian would Love God more perfedly, and Delight in himmore abundantly, and bring every thought in fubjeetion to his Will, and fubdue the very remnants of carnal concupifcence, that there fhould be no ftirrings of luft or unitift anger, or worldly defires, or pride within him ; and that no vain word might pals his lips : all this he would do, but he cannot. Strivicg againft there url, avoidable infirmities, is conquering. But though we cannot keep under every motion of concupifcence, we can forbear the execution. Anger will ftir upon provocations ; but we may reftrain it in degree, that it let us not in a flame, and do not much diftemper or difcompofe Our minds and we can forbid our tongues all raging fu- tious or abulive words in our Anger; all curling, b- fvvaring: A
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