f 126 The fopertor Excellency. ·man is rxverco;ne, if the fame is he brougl5t hz. bo11dage. . But the l1oly and religious perfon hath ~roken thefe fetters, cafl:: off the yoke of fin, and become the freeman of the Lord. It is religion that refl:ores freedon1 to the· foul, which philofophy did pretend to: it is that which doth fway and moderate aU thofe blind paffions and impetuous affec– tions, which elfc would hinder a man from the ~polfcffion and cnjoyn1ei1t of himfelf;. and 1nakes hin1 n1after of his own thoughts, motions, anci defi~es that he 1nay do with freedom what he judgeth moft hondt and convenient~ And thus ihe righteous man, excellcth his 11eighbour, as n1uch as the free– man cloth the hifeft fiave. Another particular wbereih the noble– :nefs and excellencyof religion cloth appear,, is in a charitable and benign temper. rrhere is no gt eater evidenc_e 0f a bafe aad nar– row foul, than for a n1an to have all his thoughts taken up about private and felfifu interefl:; and fo, if they be well, not to care what becon1eth of the refl: of the world. On the other hand, an extenfive charity and kindnefs, as it is the one half of our· religion, fo i't is an en1inent point of gene.- . rofity..
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