86 · I Jleep.' . _j S 2 a. III.. 'ewicked.Elia~,thoughzealotu, yet after flies fi' j The Rea{on. - his life., Solob,Peter,fometimes refolate and t~ali~ 1 . awt,oth~rwhilejinksforfit~re. . ! The ground is by reafon ofvariety of out· i ward occurrences working upon the diverfity of ! principies in us,nature and grace,borh nature and ~ 1 , grace are alwaies active in us in fome degree, when corruption gets firength, then we finde a I ficke fl:ate creeping upon us, and lofe our former 1 frame. It's with the fouleas with thebody, in a certaine period of time it garhereth ill humours which breake out into aguiih difl:empers at lengrh: fo thereliques ofa fpirituall difeaie not carriedaway, will ripen and gather to ahead. This fhould teach us when we are well to fiudy to keep an even courfe, and to watch over the 1 ! firfl: fiirrings ; and likewife if we fee fome une· venneffe in our wayes, not to cenfure our felves or others over-haribly. Exact evenndfe is to be firiven afcer here, but to be enjoyed in another world. ·o1Jjirv. 2 • 2. Wee fee by comparing the ftate of the Church here with the fiate of it in rh~ third Chapter,that where corruption is not throughly purged,and ac:uefull watch keptoverthefoule, there after a recoverywill fo~low a more dange– rousdifiemper, corruptionwill notondy firiv~ for life,but for rule.- Ifthere had been a through reformation in the Church after h~rformertrou– ble,andathrough doling with Chrifi,fuewould j .~. .......... - I n?~ thus have fallen in~o_a ~oredangerous con– dition. We fee D ttvtdmhts latter times fats to 1 . I - · · · m~m- t J
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