7Q6 The Evil of Evils , or the wilfulnefs ; but in fpirituals, thegreaterfhame is to fail through wilfulnefs. And the greater the Art, the greater thefhame tocome aloft of the Rule of that Art : As fuppofe a General ; it is a greater fhame for him to fail, and come lbw t of the Rules of Military Art, than fora Country-man to come fhort of his Rules of Husbandry, becaufe one is more noble than the other. NowBrethren, TheArt of Divinity to guide to eternal Life, is the moll Noble of any Art.; : and for any Creature to fail and come, fliort of this Art, is the greatefl; fhame that can be. Though men beafhamed of any thing ere, take a Painter, orany Workman ora Husband man, if he come fhort of the Rule, he is a- fhamed, but if men fail of the Ruleof eternal Life, they arenot afhamed then. I Remember Angufline hath this Exprefiion , faith he , A Scholler if he fail in pronouncing a word-and pronounceit =ifs, if he pronounce Omer for Homer (he inflanceth inthat) he is athamedof that; but men benot afhamed of breaking the RulesofDivinity : And there is morefailings in theBreachofthe RuleofDivinity and in failing there, than in anyArt whatfoever. Now fin is the greateft fhame, andtheReafon why finners be not afhamed, is, Becaufe they know not the Excellency of man; they know not wherein the excellency oftheRational Creatureconfifis, and therefore they are not afhamed of that which bringsthem under theexcellency of the Rational Creature. Betides, They know not Gods infinite Holinefs, thereforearenot afham- ed fi
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