' r 3S6 A Sermon at the Fzmeral :fingly propoie to ourfelves the glory ofGod, and the doing hhn fervice? 'Vhat inflances are there in our converfation that fcem to flow from anunfeigned humili'ty, and truly n1ean thoughts ofourfelves? Alas! it would :puzzle us, I fear, to ,inftance the acrion or period of our life that flowed purely from fuch principles. We are creatures of fenfe, .and guided by other n1eafurcs; the love of· reputation among men; aconcern for the conveniencies and pleafures of this life, ·;1nd an averiion to the troubles of it; a de– .fire of tranfcending .others in power, wealth, and knowledge; a natural fl.oth of fpit·it, and incon!i.deration of n1ind: and, which is the root of all, pride, and a blind ·and inordinate felf-love. Thefe are the fprings that put all in n1otion; by thefe principles we are guided in our defigns, they mingle themfelves with our betl peformances: and an impartial .confideration may make us fenfible, that there are few acrions where– in fon1e one or other of thefe have not al- '-':ays a.great ftroke and intereft. . But it ·is far otherwife with St. P attl; . who however before his converfion he ·was aCted by a blind zeal, yet no fooner had that glorious 'light which dazzled the eyes of his·body; enlighteDed thofe of his nJind, · · but
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