~s~ The T'rial 11nd SER.' ~~ gether Pieces· of Sackcloth, and old rotten Rags ? ~hat better, I pray you, is the findl: of the Web -. ' ]n the whole Syfteme of Creation ? Certainly the Heavens mufl: be a Thread of better Wool than the Clay- Earth ; yet if you fhould break your ivnmortal Spirit, and bend all the Acts to the bigheft Extt'nt o'f your Affections, to cor.quer tho•.. .1fands ofAcres ofGround in the Hea·vc12s, and entitle your Soul to that Inheritance, as to your only Patrimony without Chrift; Faith's Davlight· fhould diicover to you, that this fineft Pa'rt of that Web of Creation, with which you defire to clothe . your precious Soul, is but bafe \Vool, arid rotten threa'd, ,and tho~gh beautiful and well dyed to tbe' Eye ; yet Pfa/. cii. 26. 'I he heavem, t"Jen aU of them jball wax otd Zike a Garment: And the Wifdom of Faith knoweth a Shop where there's a more excellent · fuit of Clothes for the f<ml, 2 Cor. v. 1, !.. and a. more precious Piece of the Heaven to dwell in, even a Houfe which h· jrotiJ Heaven, :-o.vith which you jhatt be clotbed: When Life jbalt eat up Veatb and .ltfortality. . . . 2..The Creatures are below the Affeatons cf the Believer, and his AifeB:ions conquer them, as having the Vantage of the Mount above all the Creatures. So Paul maketh an elegant Contrariety~ Phi!. iii.I 9, 20. bet_ween t~ofe whofe Heart, Senfes, :rvlmd, findeth neaher imell, Tafte,. n~'t "\¥iiaorn, but in earthlyThings; (for oi ta eptgeta phronorentes to mind Things on the Ear_th, tmporteth ·all thefe) and thoie who by Fa1th look to Heaven, and dwell there : And the Temporaries Heart is below the World, and the Crea-r tures are up in the J.Y1ount above him. So fl1q!.· . xm.
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