·"' 32 The Lift of GOD temper the vigorous and heahhful confii– tution of the fi)ul. Its f~culties had been formerly enfeebled and difordcred, fo that they could not excrcite thdr natural fm~crions ; it had wearied itfdf with end– lcfs toflings and rollings, and was never able to find any reft: now, thar diltemper being removed, it feds itk h . well; there is a due harmony in irs faculties, ~nd a fprighdy vigour poifeffeth every part. The und \.rfianding eau difcerli what is good, and tfy will can cleave unto it: the· af– feCtions are ·not tied to the motions of fenfe, and the -influence of external ob– jeers; but they are ftirred by more divine' impreffions, are touched by a ft.:nfe of irtvifible things. · Let us defcend, if you pleafe, into a The excel- nearer and more particular view iency- of di- of religion, in thofe fcveral Tine love. branches of it ·whi eh were nanled before. Let us confider that love and affcCl:ion wherewith holy fouls are united to 'God, that we may fee what ex– cellency and felicity is involved in it. Love is that powerful and prevalent pafficm, by which all the faculties and inclinations of the foul are determin(d, and on which both its perfeCl:ion and happintfs depend. The worth and excellency of a foul is to - '· be ;
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