48 Th~ Lift of G-OD Dwn lufis; nor any viCtory fo glorious, as that which is obtained over them. Ne– ver can that perfon be capable of any thing that is noble and worthy, who is funk in , the grofs and feculent pleafures of fenfe, · or bewitched with the light and airy gra– .tifications of fancy. But the religious foul is of a more fublime and divine temper; it knows it was made for higher things, and fcorns to fl:ep afide one foot out of the ways of holinefs for the obtaining 2ny of thefc. And this purity is accompanied with a great deal of pleafure. What– !b~ ddelight foever defiles the foul, difturbs 1t auor s. • • 1t too. All tmpure delights have a fling in them, and leave fi11art and trouble behind them. Excefs and intenl– perance, and all inordinate lufl:s, are fo 1nuch enemies to the health of the body, and the interefl:s of this prefent life, that a little ~onfideration might oblige any ra– tional man to forbear then1 on that very fcore. And if the religious perfon go h.ighcr, and do not only abfl:ain fron1 noxious pleafures, but negleCt: thofe that are innocent; this is not to be looked ~ upon as any violent and uneafy rcfhaint, but as the effeCt: of better choice; that their minds are tak~n up in the purfuit of more
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