Thai Gon u. fpirits are weary; the body weares, as doth a garment, till it be whollyworneout: now, any thirtg that is not weary, it cannot perifh; and, in th~ very aCt:ions of the foule it felfe there is no wearineffe, but whatfoever comes into the fob le perfe&s ir,witha perfe6tion naturall to it,& it is the il:roriger for it; therefore it cannot be fub jett ' todecay,it cannot weare our,at other thingsdoe, but the more notions it hath,the inore perfect it is: the body, indeed, is weary with labour, and the fpirits are wcarie,but the foule is not weary, for in the immediate a6ls thereof, it workes fiill,cven when thebooy fleepeth : Looke upOt! the a&ions of the foule, and they are indepen– dent, andas .their independ~ncie growes, fo the foule growes younger and younger,and fl:ronger · and il:ronger, JenefcenJ juvenefcit, and is not fub– jeCl todecay,ormortality: as you fee ina Chic– ken, it growes fl:ill, and fo the &ell breakes, and falls off: fo is it with the foule, the body hangs on it but as a fqell,and when the foUle is growne to perfe&ion,it falls away,and the foule retNrnes to the Maker. 1.9 The next thing. that I {h.ould come to,is to tbew Tbe fecond youhow'this is made evident by faith. Whena way to p~o~e» manbath fome rude thoughts ofa thing and thatG_odu, 15 · ' by f:uth. hath fome reafon for it, bee then begins to have · fome perfwafiO'n ofit; but when (befides) a man wifeand true,fball come and tell him it is fo,this addes mu£h il:rength to his confidenc'e:forwhen youcome to difcerne this God-head,and to know l i t by reafons from the creatures) t-his may give _ __ C 1 . y'--o_u_, _....___
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