56 Tht Life of G-OD " ly things; there is fiill fome wordly de- " fires lurking in n1y heart; and thofe ' " vanities that I have fhut out of the doors, " are always getting in ~y the windows. " I an1 many times convinced of my own " n1eannefs, of the weaknefs of n1y body, " and the far greater weaknefs of n1y foul: " but this cloth rather beget indignation " and difcontent, than true humility in " my fpirit: and tho~gh I ihould come to· " think n1eanly of myfelf, yet I cannot " endure that others ihould think fo too. " In_ a word, when I refleCt on n1y highefr " an2t n1ofr fpecious attainmects, .I have· " reafon to fufpeet, that they are all but " the effeCts· of nature, the iffues of felf- '' love aCting under fevcral difguifes :, and " this principle is.fo powerful ,and fo deep- " ly rooted in me, that I can never hope ·' to be delivered fron1 the dominion of it. " I may tofs and turn as a door upon the " hinges; but can never get clear off, . or " be quite unhinged of jeif, which is -fiiU ·'~ the center of all n1y n1otions. So that " all the advantage I can draw from the " difcovery of religion,. is but to fee at a. " huge difl:ance that felicity which I am. " not able to reach:: like a n1an in a !hip– " wreck,. who. difcerns. the land·,. and ~n~ ~' v1es the happinefs of thofe who are there) · · "' but:
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