a choiceanddprecious f irite comparably worfe. If bens boc+;es were fo putrifrecl that they bred vermin continually (as it is reported of maxi- minrj) how grievous would it bee to theme Their fpirits have thefe loath fome difeafes upon them , by which they are infinitely more miferable. If they had fuch a diffemper of body , as theiregcrementsCainefrom therrì,when they knew not of it 5 this would be ac- counted agrievous evill : but their fpi- rits fo corrupt , that much filth comes from them , and they know trot Of it Many are fo deeply putrified in their fpints,that theyufually f;vcar and fpe, k filthily, and knownot ofit, and thinke thisa fufficient excufe, that theydid no think of ir. It is a rule innirure, that the corrup. tion of the bell thing is alwayes the worff,as a ft,ain in fine Carnbrick wolf( then in a cou'fe cloath So by how much the fpirit of aman is moreexcel- lent natu ra ly,then thebody , which is the brutifhpart ; by fomuch thecor- ruptionófthe fp'irit is, a greater evil then any thebody is capableof. The reafon why the Devils are, Co ,vile arid mifer- FI' 99
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