12S l Ofturni-fzgfrom our e'Vill wayes. ------~----~~--------~~------- J like it, but rhey will reafonit out wirh many argu· ments, and they are not able onely to give a voice againfl: what is good, but likewife to doe fo~ething what is active. They dampe, and clogge . and pruhibite tht; fpirit, when it is about any \ good ; and therefore it is · c~lled fldh, becaufe the · nlture of ic is to dampethe fpirit ; asinthedo. ings and proceedings of men, there often comes a prohibition fro:n Chauncery to fl:ay the pro– ceedings at the Common law; fo from the lawof the memberscomesa prohibi cion often hindring · us when we would pray and conferre, &c. As ,ic is our part inwane to llop paffages, · to rakeup the b;idges; to hinderthe enenw from gmng whi- · ther theY, would, fo do they fight againfi us in · our endeavours to do,goo<k · So GalAtitms 5.• I 7• the ffefh fo lulls againfi the fpi rit, that yee cannot doe yvhat you would; and it not onely 'ltoppes fro~ good, hl1t impdls to what i$ evill 5 ir -not onely makes deftnfive :warre to hold its owne, bur labours to gaine ground and fighr, as fire fights wirh warer, labour– ing to ovt:rfomc grace, where it is.begun, and to af. fimilate it t.o it fdfe ., ,, · . y , • ', And lafily, · they are able alwayes to 111ake w.arre j th~ugh the viCtory bee gotten to day, _· yet lufis areready to fet on us tomorrow. A-lufi which: you rhoughr y.ou fhc~mld· never, haveheard ofmore, -fets on you afreth -: and' though y·ou_ fiay all the motions anu affaulcs the flelh puts upon you<thisday ; yet there is fuch abrood, fuch ·a -· -. ,: . . , '
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