204 .Beatavita eaufa 6, fir- mameatatum eftfibifdere; turpe eft .Dec: fatigari. uid votis epics eft? ft- cite fielicemr bonara men- tens ftultusn eft optare,cuor potsate im- etrare: ca- tio ret s ejus ftemmata fir- mitatem ámpkvit, Agracious Ipirlt, man, that is railed no higher thentheft, bleífeth it feif rather then God in the exercife ofthem ; it is farre from draw- ingany vertue from God, in a way of covenant of grace, or from denyi>'g it felf, and returningall thepraifeand ho- nor toGod. Seneca was a manof as brave a fpirit ofMorality, almoff as ever lived, and yet feehow far he was from working from God , and for God ; obferve a ítrange exprcffion of his in one of his Epiftles : The caufe and foundation of a bluffedlift is to trufi ones felf tobeconfi- dent inones f if ; it is a fhaneftill thing to weary God, faithhe, inprayerfor it. What needsprayer ? Make thy Ofhappy. Itsa f iolifh thing to defire a good minde, when thou mayeft have itfrog thyfelfe : right reafon is enough tofill up thehappineffeofa men 3 Where true, fpirituall excellency is , there is a connexion of all fpirituall excellencies, ofall graces, Ephef, 5.9 Thefruit ofthefpirit is in allgoodnefr and righteoufaneffe, and truth; and the reafon ib, becaufeall are united in one root, namely in love to God and holiotfe : The
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