·342 Of tht lmporta1fc~ and Difficulty fouls, and doth fo re.adily infinuate itfelf into all our affeCtions and defign~~ to fet divine love and univerfal charity upon the throne, that the honour of God, and the , ~-elfare of others, may be as dear unto men as their own concerns; to have religion be... cotne another nature unto them, and they, as it were a living law unto then1felvcs: this, this' is fo great and wonderful a change, that, as only omnipotence is able to pro– duce it, fo certainly they have a n1ighty tafk who are en1ployed as ini1ruments 'in it. ' Again, Let n1e appeal to the confcience and ext'erience of e~·ery one, what diffi– culty they find in dealing with thtir own , fouls, in regulating their own paffions, and in 1110rtifying their own corrupt affections. Yet here we have the advantage ofa nearer application: we can carry home our rea- . fons with more force upon ourfelves than others; our thoughts and meditations mufl be n1ore clear 'and Evely than our ,vords and expreffions are. If it ·be hard then ro perfuade ourfelves to be good, it _is fure n1uch harder to perfuade others to Be fo. Confider, in the next place, the enemies we h:tve to encounter with, which oppofe the defign ofour employn1ents. Wewreflle not againfl flejh and blood, but againjl prh:- . cipalities
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