74 .3712'6.! j o th ,Szgn PART M. judgment óbferves in it's Deolfions Unlefs we chute to -fay, that cc good 7afleis as it were a firfl Motion, ior a K:iRd of Militia of " right Reafon, which hurries on with Rapidity, and eondudts more cc fecurely, than all the Reafonings the could make : 'Tis a fìrft ". Glance of the Eye, which difcovers to us the Nature and Rela.- FG tions of Things in a Moment. " Now as there is fuch.a Kind of Taj?e of the Mind R as this, which Philofophers fpeak of, whereby Perfor,s are guided in their judgment of the natural Beauty, Gracefulnefs, Propriety, IN-oblenefs and subli- mity of Speeches and A&ions, whereby they judge as it ,-ere by the Glance of the Eye, or by inward Senlation, and the tirfl lt? prepion of the Ohjea ; fo there is likewife fuch a Thing as a divine c,ile, gi- ven and maintained by the Spirit of God, in the Hearts of the Saints, wherebythey are in like Manner led and guided in difcerning and diftinguifhing the true fpiritual and holy Beauty of Actions ; and that more eafily, readily and accurately, as they have more or lets of the Spirit of God dwelling in them. And thus the Sans of God are led by the Spirit of God, in their Behaviour in the World. A.. holy Difpofition and fpiritual Tafle, where Grace is flrong and lively, will enable a Soul to determine what ACions are right and becoming Chriftians, not only more fpeedily, but far more exaCdy, than the greateff Abilities without it. This may be illuflrated by the Manner in which fome Habits of Mind, and Difpofrtions of Heart, of a Nature inferiour to true Grace, will teach and guide a Man in his ACions. As for Inflance, if a Man be a very good na- 'tur'd Man, his good Nature will teach him better how to 261 bene- volently amongft Mankind, and will diret him, on every Occafion, to thole Speeches and Ations, which are agreeable toRules ofGood- nefs, than the flrongefl Reafon will a Man of a morofe Temper. Sa if a Man's Heart be under the Influence of an entire Friendfhip, and moll endeared AffeCion to another ; tho' he be a rvlan of an indiffe- rent Capacity, yet this Habit of his Mind will direC him, far more readily and exaCly, to a Speech and Deportment, or Manner of Be- haviour, which (hall in all RefpeCs be fweet and Kind, and agree- able to a benevolent Difpofition of Heart, . than the greatefl Capacity without it. He has as it were a Spirit within him, that guides him : The Habit of his Mind is attended with a Tafte, by which he immediately relilies thatAir and Mien which is benevolent, and difrelifhes the contrary, and caufes him to diflinguifh between one and the other in a Moment, more precifely, than the moll accu rate Reafonings can find out in many Hours. As the Nature and in- ward Tendency of a Stone, or other heavy Body, that is let fall from a Loft, (hews the Way to the Centre of the Earth, more exactly in an Inflant, than the abiefl Mathematician, without it, could deter- mine, by his moll accurate Obfervations, in a whole Day. Thus it is
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