i12 the Sc·nl of lvlan. 5 . neceffity ()f doing fon1ething for the fal– vation of thcir fouls, \V hieh may pu1h thein forward fome ficps v: ith a great deal of feeming haftc. But anon they 'flag and give over: they were in a hot n1ood, but now they arc cooled: they did .!hoot forth freih and high, but are qr:ickly withered, becaufe thev had no root in themfelves-. "' Thefe fudden fits n1ay be con1pared to the violent and convulfive n1otions of bodies newly beheaded, ·caufed by the agitations of the anin1al fpirits, after the foul is de– parted; which however violent and impe– tuous, can be E>f no long continuance: whcl'eas trye motions of holy fouls are confiant and regular, proceeding fro1n a permanent and lively principle. It is true, this divine life con tin ueth not· ahvays in that fame firength and vigour, but n1any tin1es fuffers fad decays; and holy n1en find greater difficulty in refifiing ten1pta– tions, and lt{s abcrity in the performance of their duties; yet it is_not quite extin– guifhed, nor are they abandoned to the power of thofc corrupt affeCtions . whi eh fway and over-rule the reft of the world. Again, religion n1ay be deIt f d · · s ree om figned by the nameof lift, be- and uncon· caufe it is an inward free and ftrainednds. ' ' fdf-1uoving principle; and thofe who have _ A 3 111ade~
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=