216 Heb.r I.l:of~ ~s~:a.6. , 'TheSaints looke I pray ybu into the Booke ofGod~ and wee ·£hall tract his Saints inmany holypaffages of this noolenefle offpirit, uriconqtlerablenetfe ofcou– rage, and height of refolution.againtl temptati– ons and oppofitions implanted in their fouJes, by the fpiriruall power,aild facred·infpirations ofaCa– ving faith. Ever-when their owne carnall contene– ments and'<temporall happineffe came intobaliance withGo<ilsglory, and agood confcience, they re– figned up themfelves,andlaid weight on the Lords fide : They did ·hold 'that their light affiifrioas whichwere but for a moment, were mofr unwor– thy to hold f<;ale with that more ·rhan moft excel– lent and'eternaUweight-of glory which was to be revealed: Ever~ when their-owne particular and :-private welfare came into quefrion with thecal'lfe of God, ,tJ~ publike go'?d -~f the Ch~reh, they were at a pomt ·to takepart WltbHeavenandhoh..: nelfe, againfr the temptations of flelh and bloud, .and ·all contrary infernall powers; againfr whatfo· ever fin ire and created adverfiry. As a man·in a rrance hl'th all the powers of the foule fo fafh:led .npon the prefenr ob.jeet; that bee is careletfe and unapprehenfive of all other occurrencs orevents·: So their fanfrified foules bya Caving-being potfefr . ,o£ the: earneft of immortality, fo fi:rongly and 'fiveetly repofed upon the favour and protection• · ofGod.:~ upmahecontemplation'· ofHeaven,- and : thofe endfeffe joyes that worldly croffes, difgraces, · Crowne$ .Kingdomes, pleafhres, vanities, hadno , power to poffetfe them, orcotinrerfway them·.- Mo~ ftJ w~s n:1ightily tempted with the power and · pleafur~
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