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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           March
           the
           13
           th
           .
           1691
           /
           2.
           
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           GOD
           ,
           EDWARD
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Worcester
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           Her
           Majesty's
           Special
           Command
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             H.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Phoenix
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               Romans
               VIII
               .
               6.
               
            
             
               For
               ,
               to
               be
               carnally
               minded
               is
               Death
               ;
               but
               to
               be
               spiritually
               minded
               is
               Life
               and
               Peace
               .
            
          
        
         
           IN
           these
           Words
           is
           imply'd
           a
           Distribution
           of
           Mankind
           into
           those
           who
           are
           carnally
           and
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           ;
           which
           Distinction
           is
           so
           Large
           and
           Comprehensive
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           in
           all
           sorts
           and
           conditions
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           great
           Moment
           and
           Importance
           ,
           that
           their
           Life
           or
           
             Death
             ,
             Happiness
          
           or
           
             Misery
             depend
          
           upon
           it
           .
           But
           ,
           considering
           the
           Mixture
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           in
           Mankind
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           set
           the
           Bounds
           of
           the
           
             carnal
             and
             spiritual
             Mind
          
           ;
           and
           considering
           the
           frequent
           Impunity
           and
           Security
           of
           bad
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           Fears
           and
           Troubles
           ,
           which
           the
           best
           are
           not
           exempted
           from
           ,
           it
           seems
           next
           to
           impossible
           to
           make
           out
           (
           at
           least
           as
           to
           this
           Life
           )
           that
           
             to
             be
             carnally
             minded
             is
             Death
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             spiritually
             minded
             is
             Life
             and
             Peace
             .
          
           Yet
           ,
           our
           Apostle
           doth
           not
           seem
           to
           confine
           the
           Consequences
           here
           
           mention'd
           to
           another
           World
           ,
           (
           although
           the
           full
           Accomplishment
           of
           them
           be
           only
           there
           to
           be
           expected
           ;
           )
           but
           if
           we
           attend
           to
           his
           Scope
           and
           Design
           in
           the
           end
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           the
           Beginning
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           even
           in
           this
           Life
           the
           Result
           of
           a
           
             carnal
             Mind
          
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           Spiritual
           Death
           ;
           and
           of
           a
           Spiritual
           Mind
           is
           
             Life
             and
             Peace
          
           :
           For
           ,
           when
           S.
           Paul
           in
           the
           7th
           Chapter
           had
           Represented
           himself
           as
           
             Carnal
             and
             sold
             under
             Sin
          
           ,
           
           although
           there
           were
           great
           Strugglings
           between
           the
           Convictions
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           Carnal
           Inclinations
           ;
           yet
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           latter
           prevailed
           so
           that
           
             he
             could
             not
             do
             the
             things
          
           that
           his
           Mind
           and
           Reason
           told
           him
           he
           ought
           to
           do
           ;
           
           but
           
             did
             those
             things
             which
             he
          
           was
           convinced
           
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             done
             :
          
           The
           more
           he
           Reflected
           upon
           himself
           ,
           the
           more
           Sad
           and
           Miserable
           he
           found
           his
           Condition
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           that
           Emphatical
           Expression
           which
           follow'd
           upon
           it
           ,
           
             O
             wretched
             man
             that
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
           
             who
             shall
             deliver
             me
             from
             the
             Body
             of
             this
             Death
             ?
          
           But
           he
           no
           sooner
           finds
           hopes
           of
           Delivery
           and
           Escape
           out
           of
           that
           Estate
           ,
           but
           he
           breaks
           forth
           into
           a
           Transport
           of
           Joy
           and
           inward
           Satisfaction
           .
           
           
             Thanks
             be
             to
             God
             who
             hath
             given
             us
             the
             Victory
             through
             
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
          
           Not
           meerly
           a
           Victory
           over
           Death
           ,
           but
           over
           Sin
           too
           :
           And
           so
           he
           begins
           this
           Chapter
           after
           a
           triumphant
           manner
           ;
           
             There
             is
             therefore
             no
             Condemnation
             to
             them
             which
             are
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           ;
           
           
             who
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             .
             For
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             which
             was
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             hath
             made
             me
             free
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             Sin
             and
             Death
             :
          
           
           He
           that
           groaned
           under
           his
           Captivity
           before
           to
           
             the
             Law
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           doth
           now
           rejoyce
           in
           his
           Deliverance
           from
           it
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           could
           not
           be
           done
           by
           Natural
           Freedom
           ,
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Force
           of
           Reason
           ,
           is
           brought
           to
           pass
           by
           the
           Assistance
           of
           Divine
           Grace
           given
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           by
           
             Jesus
             Christ.
             For
             what
             the
             Law
             could
             not
             do
             in
             that
             it
             was
             weak
             through
             the
             Flesh
             :
          
           
           What
           was
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           could
           not
           do
           ?
           It
           could
           Awaken
           ,
           Convince
           ,
           Terrifie
           and
           Confound
           the
           Consciences
           of
           Sinners
           under
           the
           Sense
           and
           Apprehension
           of
           their
           Sins
           ;
           but
           it
           could
           neither
           Satisfie
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ;
           it
           could
           not
           Remove
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           nor
           take
           away
           the
           Force
           and
           Power
           of
           Sin.
           But
           
             God
             sending
             his
             own
             Son
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             sinfull
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             for
             sin
             condemned
             sin
             in
             the
             
             Flesh
          
           ;
           i.
           e.
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           becoming
           an
           Expiatory
           Sacrifice
           for
           Sin
           ,
           took
           off
           the
           damning
           Power
           of
           Sin
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           prevailing
           Efficacy
           of
           his
           Grace
           subdued
           the
           Strength
           and
           Force
           of
           it
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             might
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             us
             ,
          
           
           
             who
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           How
           could
           this
           be
           ,
           if
           S.
           Paul
           still
           considered
           himself
           in
           the
           same
           Condition
           he
           did
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Chapter
           ?
           For
           if
           he
           were
           still
           
             in
             Captivity
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Sin
             in
             his
             Members
             ,
          
           how
           was
           it
           possible
           that
           
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             should
             be
             fulfilled
             in
             him
             ?
          
           How
           could
           he
           
             walk
             not
             after
             the
             Flesh
             but
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             if
             the
             Good
             which
             he
             would
             he
             did
             not
             ,
             and
             the
             Evil
             which
             he
             would
             not
             that
             he
             did
             ?
          
           For
           these
           things
           are
           so
           repugnant
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           are
           spoken
           of
           the
           same
           Person
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           under
           different
           Considerations
           ;
           the
           one
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           meerly
           under
           
             the
             Power
          
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           under
           the
           
             Grace
             and
             Influence
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           The
           one
           was
           like
           Rough
           and
           a
           Churlish
           sort
           of
           Physick
           ,
           which
           searches
           into
           every
           Part
           ,
           and
           puts
           all
           the
           ill
           Humours
           of
           the
           Body
           into
           Motion
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           general
           Disturbance
           and
           Uneasiness
           within
           ,
           but
           yet
           lets
           them
           remain
           where
           they
           
           were
           ;
           the
           other
           is
           like
           a
           gentle
           but
           more
           Effectual
           Remedy
           ,
           which
           carries
           off
           the
           Strength
           and
           Power
           of
           inward
           Corruptions
           ,
           and
           alters
           the
           Habit
           and
           Temper
           ,
           and
           puts
           quite
           another
           Disposition
           into
           us
           ,
           which
           produces
           very
           different
           Effects
           upon
           us
           .
           For
           ,
           instead
           of
           Horrour
           and
           Despair
           ,
           and
           inward
           Anguish
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           there
           will
           follow
           a
           New
           Life
           of
           Joy
           and
           Peace
           here
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           Happiness
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           what
           the
           Apostle
           means
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Text
           ;
           
             To
             be
             carnally
             minded
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Wherein
           are
           two
           things
           ,
           which
           very
           much
           deserve
           our
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           different
           Tempers
           of
           Mens
           Minds
           ;
           some
           are
           Carnally
           and
           others
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           different
           Consequences
           which
           follow
           them
           :
           
             To
             be
             carnally
             minded
             is
             Death
             ;
             but
             to
             be
             spiritually
             minded
             is
             Life
             and
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           The
           different
           Tempers
           of
           Mens
           Minds
           .
           The
           different
           Denominations
           are
           taken
           from
           
             the
             Flesh
          
           and
           
             the
             Spirit
          
           ;
           which
           are
           here
           represented
           as
           two
           Principles
           so
           different
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Person
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           acted
           by
           both
           of
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Words
           ,
           
           
             They
             that
             are
             after
             the
             Flesh
             do
             mind
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Flesh
          
           ;
           
           
             but
             they
             that
             are
             after
             the
             Spirit
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           Where
           
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Moral
           Sense
           ,
           takes
           in
           all
           our
           Sensual
           Inclinations
           which
           are
           Sinfull
           either
           in
           their
           Nature
           or
           Degree
           .
           
             The
             Spirit
          
           is
           that
           Divine
           Principle
           ,
           which
           possesses
           the
           Mind
           with
           the
           Love
           and
           Esteem
           of
           Spiritual
           things
           ,
           and
           keeps
           our
           Natural
           Inclinations
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           God's
           Law.
           To
           be
           
             carnally
             minded
          
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           under
           the
           Influence
           of
           
             Carnal
             things
          
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           the
           Pursuit
           of
           them
           our
           Chief
           Design
           :
           To
           be
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           is
           to
           have
           so
           deep
           and
           just
           a
           Sense
           of
           God
           and
           his
           Law
           upon
           our
           Minds
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           it
           our
           business
           to
           Please
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           Subdue
           all
           such
           Inclinations
           which
           are
           repugnant
           to
           his
           Will.
           
        
         
           But
           here
           lies
           the
           main
           Difficulty
           ;
           how
           to
           Judge
           concerning
           this
           matter
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           Determine
           whether
           we
           our selves
           be
           carnally
           or
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           .
           Which
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           great
           Consequence
           for
           us
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Peace
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           the
           true
           Comfort
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           our
           due
           Preparation
           for
           Death
           ,
           and
           a
           Happy
           Eternity
           ,
           do
           all
           depend
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           that
           this
           is
           a
           real
           Difficulty
           will
           appear
           from
           these
           Considerations
           .
        
         
         
           (
           1.
           )
           It
           requires
           a
           greater
           Knowledge
           of
           our Selves
           (
           as
           to
           our
           Spiritual
           Condition
           )
           than
           most
           Persons
           in
           the
           World
           can
           pretend
           to
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           a
           slight
           and
           superficial
           View
           of
           our Selves
           ,
           not
           a
           transient
           ,
           sudden
           Reflection
           ,
           nor
           a
           partial
           Inquiry
           into
           our
           inward
           Passions
           ,
           and
           the
           Course
           of
           our
           Actions
           ,
           which
           can
           make
           us
           capable
           of
           passing
           a
           true
           Judgment
           upon
           the
           Temper
           of
           our
           Minds
           ;
           but
           there
           must
           be
           a
           true
           Light
           ,
           a
           serious
           and
           diligent
           Search
           ,
           frequent
           Recollection
           ,
           free
           and
           deliberate
           Thoughts
           ,
           long
           Observation
           and
           due
           Comparison
           of
           our Selves
           with
           our Selves
           and
           with
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           form
           a
           just
           Opinion
           as
           to
           the
           prevailing
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           of
           our
           Minds
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           necessary
           in
           all
           Persons
           ;
           for
           some
           (
           and
           I
           am
           afraid
           too
           many
           )
           are
           so
           
             carnally
             minded
          
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           Reflection
           or
           Consideration
           would
           make
           them
           see
           how
           bad
           their
           condition
           is
           .
           For
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           true
           Sense
           of
           God
           or
           Religion
           at
           all
           ;
           they
           have
           no
           serious
           thoughts
           or
           apprehensions
           of
           Divine
           and
           Spiritual
           Things
           ;
           this
           World
           they
           pretend
           to
           know
           something
           of
           ,
           and
           have
           too
           great
           an
           Esteem
           of
           the
           Vanities
           and
           Pleasures
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           these
           wholly
           take
           
           up
           their
           Hearts
           and
           Time
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           a
           savour
           and
           relish
           for
           any
           thing
           that
           tends
           to
           their
           Greatness
           or
           Honour
           or
           Entertainment
           of
           their
           Appetites
           or
           Fancies
           here
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           speak
           to
           them
           of
           another
           World
           ,
           of
           God
           and
           Heaven
           and
           a
           Spiritual
           Disposition
           of
           Soul
           ;
           either
           they
           look
           on
           us
           with
           Amazement
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           Insensible
           of
           such
           things
           ;
           or
           else
           with
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           went
           about
           to
           Deceive
           them
           .
           Alas
           !
           They
           are
           too
           Wise
           to
           be
           imposed
           upon
           by
           us
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           other
           things
           to
           mind
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           not
           greater
           or
           weightier
           )
           which
           take
           up
           all
           their
           Time
           ;
           and
           so
           what
           through
           the
           Business
           and
           the
           Impertinencies
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           their
           
             Time
             passeth
             away
             as
             a
             Tale
             that
             is
             told
          
           ;
           and
           as
           though
           it
           were
           a
           very
           pleasant
           Tale
           ,
           they
           are
           troubled
           only
           to
           think
           it
           will
           be
           so
           soon
           at
           an
           End.
           But
           these
           are
           not
           the
           Persons
           ,
           who
           require
           any
           such
           Care
           to
           pass
           a
           right
           Judgment
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           can
           pretend
           to
           nothing
           that
           is
           Spiritual
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Tempers
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           their
           Minds
           ;
           and
           therefore
           such
           as
           these
           must
           be
           set
           aside
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           too
           apparent
           that
           they
           are
           only
           sensual
           and
           
             carnally
             minded
          
           .
        
         
         
           But
           as
           the
           Papists
           distinguish
           of
           
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           so
           may
           we
           of
           the
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           gross
           and
           Capernaitical
           Sense
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           a
           more
           refined
           and
           (
           if
           I
           may
           use
           the
           Expression
           )
           a
           more
           Spiritual
           Sense
           of
           it
           .
           For
           although
           it
           be
           a
           great
           Absurdity
           in
           them
           to
           suppose
           that
           a
           meer
           Body
           can
           be
           after
           
             the
             Manner
             of
             a
             Spirit
          
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           so
           to
           suppose
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           to
           have
           a
           Mixture
           of
           some
           Spiritual
           Qualities
           and
           Dispositions
           in
           it
           .
           And
           this
           makes
           the
           difference
           so
           much
           harder
           to
           be
           perceived
           between
           the
           carnally
           and
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           ;
           since
           there
           are
           the
           same
           Faculties
           of
           Perception
           ,
           Reasoning
           ,
           and
           Application
           in
           both
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           common
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           may
           be
           owned
           by
           both
           ;
           which
           may
           in
           Reason
           be
           supposed
           to
           make
           some
           Impression
           on
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           more
           Ingenuous
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           given
           over
           to
           such
           a
           
             Reprobate
             Sense
          
           as
           the
           former
           were
           .
           Now
           ,
           how
           to
           distinguish
           between
           frequent
           good
           Impressions
           on
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           an
           Habitual
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           easie
           to
           all
           who
           are
           concerned
           to
           distinguish
           them
           .
           And
           yet
           a
           Person
           may
           be
           throughly
           convinced
           of
           his
           Sins
           ,
           and
           Tremble
           at
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           the
           
           Justice
           and
           Severity
           of
           God
           against
           them
           ,
           he
           may
           have
           many
           Checks
           and
           Reluctancies
           of
           Conscience
           while
           he
           goes
           on
           to
           commit
           them
           ;
           he
           may
           Sigh
           and
           Groan
           and
           Lament
           under
           the
           wretchedness
           of
           his
           Condition
           by
           his
           Love
           of
           Sin
           ;
           and
           yet
           may
           love
           his
           Sins
           all
           the
           while
           more
           than
           God
           or
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           in
           Competition
           with
           them
           .
           The
           difference
           doth
           not
           lie
           in
           the
           Nature
           or
           Number
           of
           the
           Impressions
           from
           without
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           inward
           Principle
           of
           Action
           .
           A
           Cistern
           may
           be
           full
           of
           Water
           falling
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           may
           run
           as
           long
           as
           that
           holds
           which
           fell
           into
           it
           ;
           but
           a
           Spring
           hath
           it
           rising
           up
           within
           ,
           and
           so
           continues
           running
           when
           the
           other
           is
           spent
           .
           A
           
             carnal
             Mind
          
           may
           have
           many
           Spiritual
           Convictions
           ,
           and
           good
           Motions
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           but
           after
           a
           time
           they
           wear
           off
           and
           leave
           no
           lasting
           Effect
           behind
           them
           ;
           but
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Spring
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           fresh
           and
           continual
           Supply
           of
           such
           Inclinations
           ,
           as
           keep
           up
           a
           constant
           Course
           of
           a
           Spiritual
           Life
           ;
           which
           our
           Saviour
           calls
           
             Rivers
             of
             living
             Water
          
           .
           
        
         
           I
           confess
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           determine
           what
           a
           Habit
           or
           Principle
           abiding
           in
           our
           minds
           is
           ;
           
           yet
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           evidently
           suppose
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           when
           it
           speaks
           of
           the
           
             New
             Birth
          
           ,
           
           and
           the
           
             New
             Life
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             New
             Creature
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             the
             Children
             of
             God
          
           ;
           all
           which
           are
           very
           insignificant
           Terms
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           under
           them
           something
           answerable
           to
           the
           
             First
             Principles
          
           of
           Life
           ;
           
           and
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           Divine
           Spirit
           dwelling
           and
           acting
           in
           the
           Souls
           of
           Good
           Men
           ,
           and
           raising
           them
           up
           above
           Carnal
           and
           Sensual
           Objects
           to
           things
           Divine
           and
           Spiritual
           ,
           and
           carrying
           them
           through
           the
           Passage
           of
           this
           World
           so
           as
           to
           prepare
           them
           for
           a
           better
           .
           But
           yet
           there
           may
           be
           many
           things
           which
           carry
           some
           Resemblance
           to
           this
           Principle
           within
           ,
           which
           come
           not
           up
           to
           it
           .
           There
           may
           be
           such
           Principles
           of
           Education
           and
           good
           Manners
           ,
           such
           Awakenings
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           such
           a
           Strength
           of
           Natural
           Reason
           and
           Common
           Ingenuity
           ,
           as
           may
           carry
           one
           on
           to
           do
           some
           very
           Good
           things
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           may
           fall
           short
           of
           having
           a
           true
           Principle
           of
           Spiritual
           Life
           in
           him
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           another
           Principle
           within
           ,
           which
           contradicts
           this
           ,
           and
           prevails
           over
           it
           ,
           and
           carries
           him
           on
           to
           the
           Love
           of
           Sin
           ,
           which
           proves
           too
           strong
           for
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           the
           due
           Regard
           to
           Spiritual
           things
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Result
           of
           this
           Discourse
           is
           ,
           since
           the
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           is
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           meerly
           for
           such
           a
           one
           which
           stands
           out
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           nor
           for
           such
           a
           one
           which
           is
           Insensible
           of
           Spiritual
           things
           ;
           but
           such
           as
           may
           consist
           with
           a
           Common
           Profession
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           same
           Convictions
           and
           good
           Impressions
           which
           others
           have
           ;
           it
           doth
           require
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Acquaintance
           with
           our Selves
           to
           be
           able
           to
           judge
           aright
           ,
           whether
           the
           Temper
           of
           our
           Minds
           be
           Carnal
           or
           Spiritual
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ;
           for
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           so
           great
           a
           Mixture
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           in
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           there
           is
           required
           not
           barely
           Knowledge
           of
           our Selves
           ,
           but
           a
           good
           Judgment
           too
           to
           adjust
           the
           Proportions
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           in
           Particular
           Persons
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           judge
           whether
           we
           are
           Carnally
           or
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           are
           Carnal
           ,
           while
           they
           follow
           their
           Carnal
           Inclinations
           ,
           may
           have
           many
           inward
           Strugglings
           by
           Spiritual
           Convictions
           ;
           so
           those
           who
           are
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           may
           meet
           with
           many
           Combats
           from
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           Troublesome
           ,
           where
           it
           cannot
           prevail
           .
           But
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           between
           
           the
           Spirit
           struggling
           against
           the
           Flesh
           in
           the
           
             Carnally
             minded
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Flesh
           struggling
           against
           the
           Spirit
           in
           those
           who
           are
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           .
           For
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           perfect
           Victory
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           some
           Opposition
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           have
           so
           many
           Failings
           to
           complain
           of
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           so
           many
           Infirmities
           and
           Defects
           in
           their
           good
           Actions
           ;
           so
           many
           Passions
           not
           brought
           into
           their
           due
           Order
           ;
           so
           many
           Omissions
           of
           Personal
           and
           Relative
           Duties
           ;
           such
           variety
           of
           Tempers
           and
           Weakness
           of
           Resolution
           ;
           such
           Coldness
           in
           Devotion
           and
           Unreasonable
           Dejections
           of
           Mind
           ;
           so
           many
           unaccountable
           Fears
           and
           such
           dreadfull
           Apprehensions
           of
           Death
           and
           the
           Consequences
           of
           it
           ;
           that
           these
           things
           must
           make
           great
           Abatements
           as
           to
           such
           as
           are
           truly
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           all
           these
           things
           the
           Difficulty
           still
           increaseth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           time
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Resolution
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           will
           be
           by
           shewing
           that
           the
           Difference
           between
           the
           Carnal
           and
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           lies
           in
           these
           three
           Things
           :
           
             
             
               1.
               
               In
               the
               Deliberate
               Judgment
               and
               Choice
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               In
               the
               Prevailing
               Interest
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               In
               the
               Constant
               Rule
               and
               Measure
               of
               Actions
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           the
           deliberate
           Judgment
           and
           Choice
           .
           For
           the
           main
           difference
           as
           to
           the
           Carnal
           and
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           ,
           lies
           in
           the
           different
           End
           which
           is
           aimed
           at
           by
           them
           .
           Where
           the
           Chief
           End
           is
           the
           Pleasing
           our Selves
           ,
           and
           the
           enjoying
           of
           any
           thing
           as
           our
           Happiness
           under
           the
           
             Supream
             Good
          
           ,
           whatever
           Thoughts
           and
           Intentions
           we
           may
           at
           some
           times
           have
           ,
           to
           Repent
           of
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           turn
           our
           Souls
           from
           the
           Love
           of
           Sin
           to
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           continue
           pursuing
           a
           wrong
           End
           ,
           we
           have
           too
           great
           Reason
           to
           conclude
           our
           Minds
           to
           be
           yet
           
             carnal
             and
             sold
             under
             sin
          
           .
           For
           while
           the
           Apostle
           represents
           himself
           so
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           he
           had
           his
           Conscience
           throughly
           awakened
           with
           the
           Sense
           of
           his
           sins
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           which
           the
           World
           is
           least
           apt
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           ,
           
           inward
           and
           
             secret
             Sins
          
           ;
           he
           was
           not
           only
           convinced
           of
           the
           Excellency
           and
           Purity
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           but
           had
           some
           Pleasure
           and
           Satisfaction
           in
           it
           ;
           he
           had
           some
           hearty
           desires
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           his
           beloved
           Sins
           ;
           but
           yet
           they
           
           were
           too
           hard
           for
           him
           ,
           he
           sighed
           and
           lamented
           under
           his
           deplorable
           Condition
           ;
           but
           'till
           the
           
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           came
           to
           set
           him
           free
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           a
           miserable
           and
           hopeless
           State.
           
        
         
           But
           how
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           thus
           refines
           and
           purifies
           the
           minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           so
           as
           of
           Carnal
           to
           make
           them
           Spiritual
           ,
           when
           the
           same
           Passions
           and
           Inclinations
           remain
           ?
           A
           Change
           there
           must
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           real
           and
           spiritual
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           our
           best
           Faculties
           ,
           viz.
           our
           Understandings
           and
           our
           Wills
           ;
           not
           by
           a
           Revelation
           of
           New
           Objects
           to
           the
           Mind
           ,
           nor
           by
           offering
           any
           Force
           upon
           the
           Will
           ;
           but
           by
           fixing
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Mind
           and
           the
           Choice
           of
           the
           Will
           upon
           the
           best
           and
           most
           desirable
           Object
           ,
           which
           is
           God
           himself
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Supreme
             Good.
          
           The
           Turn
           of
           the
           Soul
           which
           makes
           one
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           only
           from
           gross
           and
           sensual
           Inclinations
           ,
           but
           from
           every
           other
           kind
           of
           Good
           ,
           which
           stands
           in
           Competition
           with
           the
           Supreme
           .
           A
           truly
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           is
           one
           that
           is
           possessed
           with
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           above
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           values
           other
           things
           ,
           as
           they
           tend
           to
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           Him.
           God
           must
           be
           the
           only
           Center
           of
           his
           Hopes
           
           and
           Designs
           ;
           for
           in
           him
           alone
           his
           true
           Happiness
           consists
           :
           As
           the
           Psalmist
           expresses
           it
           ;
           
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             Heaven
             but
             thee
             ?
          
           
           
             and
             there
             is
             none
             upon
             Earth
             I
             desire
             besides
             thee
             .
          
           Whatever
           falls
           short
           of
           this
           ,
           may
           agree
           to
           a
           
             carnal
             Mind
          
           ;
           but
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           can
           never
           love
           God
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           loved
           ;
           not
           with
           a
           Supreme
           transcendent
           Degree
           of
           Love
           ,
           which
           is
           alone
           proper
           and
           suitable
           to
           him
           .
           All
           other
           kind
           of
           Love
           is
           beneath
           his
           Infinite
           Goodness
           and
           Perfections
           ;
           and
           to
           love
           him
           as
           we
           do
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           is
           to
           do
           him
           the
           greatest
           Dishonour
           ,
           for
           it
           levels
           their
           Perfections
           ,
           and
           supposes
           them
           to
           deserve
           the
           same
           Degree
           of
           Affection
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           may
           be
           many
           
             Spiritual
             Notions
          
           in
           Mens
           minds
           about
           God
           and
           Religion
           ;
           about
           Mystical
           Unions
           ,
           and
           the
           Participations
           of
           Divine
           Love
           ;
           man
           seeming
           Spiritual
           Raptures
           and
           Ecstasies
           ,
           and
           yet
           there
           may
           not
           be
           this
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           .
           For
           the
           Heats
           of
           Enthusiasm
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           very
           Spiritual
           ,
           but
           are
           of
           another
           kind
           ;
           they
           are
           Spiritual
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           the
           Effects
           of
           a
           great
           heating
           of
           the
           Spirits
           by
           the
           Force
           of
           a
           vehement
           Imagination
           ;
           which
           hath
           been
           often
           accompanied
           with
           as
           vehement
           an
           Inclination
           to
           Sensual
           
           Pleasures
           ;
           which
           shews
           the
           plain
           Difference
           between
           an
           
             Exalted
             Fancy
          
           and
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           is
           such
           a
           one
           as
           is
           not
           only
           throughly
           convinced
           of
           the
           Reality
           of
           Spiritual
           things
           ;
           but
           of
           their
           Excellency
           and
           Desirableness
           ,
           above
           any
           others
           that
           can
           be
           offer'd
           to
           our
           Choice
           .
           It
           sees
           through
           all
           the
           Glittering
           Vanities
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           and
           soars
           above
           the
           most
           tempting
           and
           bewitching
           Follies
           of
           Mankind
           here
           :
           It
           frequently
           retires
           from
           the
           Noise
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           the
           Hurry
           and
           Vexation
           of
           Worldly
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           converse
           more
           freely
           with
           Invisible
           Objects
           ;
           not
           meerly
           by
           way
           of
           Contemplation
           ,
           but
           by
           raising
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           Soul
           towards
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           things
           which
           it
           hath
           chosen
           for
           its
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           makes
           a
           ●onderfull
           Alteration
           in
           the
           thoughts
           that
           these
           Different
           Tempers
           have
           concerning
           the
           same
           things
           .
           I
           do
           not
           deny
           but
           those
           who
           have
           carnal
           Minds
           may
           have
           some
           raised
           and
           spiritual
           Thoughts
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           too
           cold
           and
           speculative
           ;
           they
           may
           have
           noble
           and
           refined
           Speculations
           about
           the
           Invisible
           World
           ;
           may
           be
           fully
           convinced
           
           that
           the
           things
           
             which
             are
             seen
          
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           things
           which
           
             are
             not
             seen
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           things
           which
           
             are
             not
             seen
          
           ,
           are
           of
           incomparably
           greater
           value
           than
           those
           which
           are
           so
           much
           more
           admired
           ,
           because
           
             they
             are
             seen
          
           .
           But
           we
           must
           not
           conclude
           ,
           that
           because
           men
           do
           really
           believe
           Spiritual
           things
           ,
           therefore
           they
           are
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           were
           to
           suppose
           all
           to
           be
           Saints
           who
           are
           not
           Atheists
           ;
           )
           but
           there
           must
           be
           such
           a
           due
           Preference
           in
           our
           Minds
           ,
           of
           that
           Invisible
           and
           Eternal
           State
           ,
           above
           all
           that
           is
           accounted
           Great
           and
           Desirable
           here
           ,
           as
           gives
           a
           just
           Denomination
           to
           one
           that
           he
           is
           
             Spiritually
             minded
          
           ;
           i.
           e.
           that
           his
           Mind
           and
           Soul
           is
           fixed
           upon
           another
           World
           as
           his
           proper
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           are
           regarded
           and
           valued
           in
           Subserviency
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           Spiritual
           Mind
           is
           discerned
           by
           the
           
             Prevailing
             Interest
          
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           are
           made
           up
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           there
           will
           and
           must
           be
           a
           Combat
           between
           them
           :
           
           
             For
             the
             Flesh
             lusteth
             against
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             against
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             contrary
             the
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             so
             that
             ye
             cannot
             do
             the
             things
             that
             ye
             would
             :
          
           And
           yet
           the
           same
           Apostle
           
           soon
           after
           adds
           ,
           
             They
             that
             are
             Christ's
             have
             crucified
             the
             Flesh
             with
             the
             Affections
             and
             Lusts
          
           ;
           
           the
           Meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           some
           particular
           Instances
           and
           less
           remarkable
           Cases
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           may
           sometimes
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           but
           in
           all
           Notorious
           Instances
           of
           the
           
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           which
           he
           reckons
           up
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           main
           Issue
           of
           all
           lesser
           Combats
           the
           Spirit
           will
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Flesh
           in
           those
           who
           are
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           ;
           as
           the
           Flesh
           will
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Spirit
           at
           last
           in
           those
           who
           are
           
             carnally
             minded
          
           .
           If
           we
           look
           on
           them
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Combat
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           hard
           to
           judge
           which
           is
           most
           likely
           to
           prevail
           ;
           but
           those
           may
           have
           the
           better
           in
           some
           particular
           Skirmishes
           ,
           who
           may
           lose
           very
           much
           in
           the
           State
           of
           the
           War
           ;
           a
           Good
           Man
           may
           be
           foiled
           by
           Surprise
           or
           under
           some
           disadvantage
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           recover
           himself
           ,
           and
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           gain
           Ground
           by
           his
           Falls
           ;
           and
           a
           bad
           Man
           may
           in
           some
           fits
           of
           Devotion
           seem
           so
           
             spiritually
             minded
          
           ,
           that
           one
           might
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           he
           were
           quite
           changed
           ,
           'till
           he
           returns
           to
           his
           former
           Practices
           .
           If
           we
           had
           been
           to
           judge
           of
           Ahab
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Humiliation
           ;
           and
           of
           David
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Impenitency
           after
           his
           Sins
           of
           Adultery
           
           and
           Murther
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           thought
           in
           common
           Justice
           and
           Charity
           ,
           the
           latter
           had
           been
           the
           carnal
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           the
           spiritual-minded
           man.
           But
           it
           was
           quite
           otherwise
           ;
           which
           shews
           that
           we
           are
           not
           to
           judge
           of
           Mens
           Spiritual
           Condition
           by
           sudden
           and
           violent
           Motions
           whether
           good
           or
           bad
           ;
           but
           by
           that
           Interest
           which
           prevails
           with
           them
           in
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
           To
           give
           a
           general
           Character
           of
           a
           Man
           from
           some
           Violent
           Passion
           against
           the
           Tenour
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           would
           be
           like
           drawing
           the
           Picture
           of
           a
           Man
           in
           a
           Fit
           of
           an
           Epilepsy
           ,
           or
           a
           Convulsive
           Motion
           of
           his
           Face
           .
           And
           to
           believe
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           a
           Good
           Man
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           some
           good
           Moods
           and
           Passionate
           Fits
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           is
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           should
           take
           a
           piece
           of
           rotten
           Wood
           for
           a
           true
           Phosphorus
           ,
           because
           it
           shines
           sometimes
           ;
           or
           suppose
           Judas
           to
           be
           a
           Saint
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           so
           much
           in
           our
           Saviour's
           Company
           .
           The
           inward
           Habits
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           Mens
           minds
           may
           be
           cover'd
           over
           and
           disguised
           a
           great
           While
           ;
           but
           a
           Tempting
           Occasion
           lays
           them
           open
           ;
           as
           no
           doubt
           Judas
           did
           not
           get
           his
           habit
           of
           Covetousness
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           still
           growing
           and
           ripening
           under
           a
           fair
           appearance
           ;
           
           and
           when
           the
           proper
           Season
           came
           ,
           the
           Secret
           Malignity
           brake
           forth
           ;
           and
           the
           Temptation
           of
           
             Thirty
             Pieces
             of
             Silver
          
           discover'd
           the
           Baseness
           and
           Hypocrisy
           of
           his
           Heart
           .
           Sometimes
           the
           Vein
           of
           Hypocrisy
           lies
           deep
           ,
           and
           is
           cover'd
           over
           with
           such
           a
           fair
           outside
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           can
           have
           Reason
           to
           mistrust
           it
           ,
           'till
           it
           discovers
           it self
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Corruption
           is
           found
           to
           loathsome
           ,
           as
           to
           render
           ordinary
           Sincerity
           suspicious
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           common
           Fault
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           too
           easily
           deceived
           ,
           or
           too
           unreasonably
           mistrustfull
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           certainty
           in
           a
           Deduction
           from
           particulars
           ,
           but
           where
           the
           Causes
           are
           Equal
           and
           Necessary
           .
           It
           is
           as
           absurd
           an
           Inference
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           ,
           because
           some
           who
           have
           pretended
           to
           it
           have
           been
           found
           Carnal
           ;
           as
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Common
           Honesty
           among
           men
           ,
           because
           some
           who
           have
           long
           born
           the
           name
           of
           Honest
           men
           have
           been
           found
           great
           Cheats
           and
           Impostors
           .
           But
           when
           a
           Predominant
           Habit
           doth
           discover
           it self
           ,
           the
           Person
           must
           bear
           that
           Title
           and
           Denomination
           which
           it
           gives
           him
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           is
           known
           by
           the
           general
           Conformity
           of
           Actions
           to
           a
           Divine
           and
           
           
             Spiritual
             Rule
          
           ;
           and
           so
           a
           Carnal
           Mind
           by
           following
           the
           Bent
           and
           Inclinations
           of
           the
           Flesh.
           And
           there
           lies
           a
           great
           Part
           of
           the
           Difference
           ;
           for
           such
           who
           lay
           no
           Restraint
           upon
           their
           Natural
           Inclinations
           must
           needs
           be
           
             carnally
             minded
          
           ;
           because
           
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           as
           S.
           Chrysostom
           observes
           ,
           
           
             is
             not
             taken
             ,
             by
             S.
          
           Paul
           ,
           
             meerly
             for
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             corrupt
             Part
             of
             our Selves
             ,
             as
             consisting
             of
             Soul
             and
             Body
             .
          
           
           It
           is
           observed
           by
           Cicero
           3.
           
             de
             Rep.
             That
             Mankind
             come
             into
             the
             World
             in
             a
             very
             ill
             Condition
             ,
             with
             a
             Body
             naked
             ,
             frail
             and
             infirm
             ,
             with
             a
             Mind
             subject
             to
             Troubles
             ,
             dejected
             with
             Fears
             ,
             impatient
             of
             Labour
             ,
             prone
             to
             Lust
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             certain
             Divine
             Flame
             of
             Wit
             and
             Vnderstanding
             ,
             which
             lies
             as
             it
             were
             busied
             and
             overwhelmed
             ;
             but
             with
             great
             Care
             and
             Industry
             may
             be
             so
             preserved
             and
             improved
             ,
             as
             to
             Command
             our
             Appetites
             and
             Govern
             our
             Passions
             .
          
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           How
           little
           doth
           the
           Reason
           of
           Mankind
           signifie
           to
           the
           greatest
           Part
           of
           them
           ?
           It
           helps
           them
           to
           see
           their
           Folly
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Sea-Light
           to
           a
           sinking
           Ship
           in
           a
           dark
           Night
           ,
           makes
           those
           who
           are
           aboard
           ,
           to
           behold
           their
           Misery
           ,
           without
           helping
           them
           out
           of
           it
           .
           If
           the
           Frame
           of
           human
           Nature
           be
           considered
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           by
           way
           of
           Speculation
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           Cause
           to
           complain
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           
           as
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           Inferiour
           Faculties
           suitable
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           so
           he
           hath
           likewise
           Superiour
           ,
           which
           are
           capable
           of
           Controlling
           and
           Governing
           them
           .
           But
           when
           Habit
           and
           Custom
           is
           joyned
           with
           a
           Vicious
           Inclination
           ,
           how
           little
           doth
           human
           Reason
           signifie
           ?
           All
           the
           Considerations
           of
           Natural
           Order
           ,
           and
           Decency
           ,
           and
           Regularity
           ,
           and
           Good
           Example
           ,
           are
           easily
           over-born
           by
           the
           strong
           Propensities
           of
           a
           Corrupt
           Inclination
           ;
           which
           hurries
           men
           on
           to
           satisfie
           first
           their
           Brutal
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           leaves
           Consideration
           'till
           afterwards
           .
           So
           that
           Reason
           seems
           by
           such
           an
           After-game
           ,
           rather
           given
           to
           Torment
           ,
           than
           to
           Reform
           them
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           Wise
           God
           hath
           superadded
           his
           own
           Law
           to
           inforce
           that
           of
           Reason
           by
           a
           greater
           Authority
           ;
           that
           Men
           may
           think
           themselves
           more
           concerned
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           their
           Actions
           ,
           when
           they
           must
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           them
           to
           one
           Infinitely
           above
           them
           .
           But
           what
           can
           Mankind
           do
           in
           such
           a
           Wretched
           Condition
           ?
           For
           the
           Law
           of
           it self
           is
           but
           like
           a
           Toyle
           to
           a
           wild
           Beast
           ;
           the
           more
           he
           struggles
           ,
           the
           more
           he
           is
           Intangled
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           sees
           his
           Misery
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           not
           his
           Remedy
           .
        
         
           But
           such
           is
           the
           Goodness
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           towards
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           never
           
           refused
           to
           accept
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           sincerely
           endeavour'd
           to
           do
           his
           Will
           according
           to
           the
           Measure
           of
           that
           Assistance
           which
           he
           hath
           given
           them
           .
           Thus
           we
           find
           Characters
           of
           Men
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           
           who
           were
           said
           to
           be
           
             Righteous
             before
             God
             ,
             just
             and
             upright
             and
             perfect
             Men
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           some
           of
           the
           most
           eminent
           of
           these
           had
           remarkable
           failings
           ,
           
           as
           
             Noah
             ,
             Abraham
          
           and
           Job
           ;
           yet
           they
           had
           extraordinary
           Testimonies
           of
           God's
           Approving
           their
           Integrity
           and
           passing
           by
           those
           Faults
           which
           were
           contrary
           to
           the
           general
           Design
           and
           Tenour
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           we
           meet
           with
           two
           Instances
           to
           the
           contrary
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           deserve
           our
           Consideration
           ;
           and
           those
           were
           of
           Extraordinary
           Persons
           too
           ,
           eminent
           for
           their
           long
           and
           faithfull
           Service
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           yet
           upon
           single
           Faults
           committed
           by
           them
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           severe
           with
           them
           .
           Which
           may
           seem
           to
           take
           much
           off
           from
           this
           Lenity
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           towards
           such
           who
           have
           a
           general
           Sincerity
           of
           Mind
           towards
           him
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           we
           more
           strictly
           consider
           these
           two
           Cases
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           there
           was
           something
           very
           provoking
           in
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           made
           God
           so
           much
           more
           displeased
           with
           the
           Committing
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           they
           were
           Sins
           committed
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           their
           Publick
           Capacities
           ,
           and
           about
           
           such
           things
           wherein
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           was
           more
           particularly
           concerned
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           is
           the
           Case
           of
           Moses
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           great
           Pattern
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Meekness
           and
           Faithfulness
           ,
           for
           forty
           years
           together
           ,
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           very
           froward
           People
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ;
           yet
           at
           last
           he
           happen'd
           to
           fail
           in
           some
           Part
           of
           his
           Duty
           ,
           and
           God
           was
           so
           angry
           with
           him
           ,
           
           that
           
             he
             would
             not
             hear
             his
             Prayer
             for
             going
             into
             Canaan
             ,
          
           but
           he
           cut
           him
           off
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           at
           last
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           People
           for
           their
           Unbelief
           .
           But
           what
           was
           this
           Sin
           of
           Moses
           which
           made
           God
           so
           highly
           displeased
           with
           him
           ?
           If
           we
           read
           the
           passage
           as
           it
           is
           related
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           so
           easie
           to
           find
           it
           out
           .
           The
           People
           murmured
           for
           want
           of
           Water
           ,
           
           God
           upon
           Moses
           his
           Prayer
           commands
           him
           ,
           to
           take
           his
           Rod
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           
           
           
             to
             speak
             to
             the
             Rock
          
           and
           the
           Water
           should
           issue
           out
           .
           Moses
           assembles
           the
           People
           ,
           expostulates
           the
           matter
           with
           them
           ,
           
             strikes
             the
             Rock
             twice
          
           and
           the
           Waters
           came
           .
           
           Where
           is
           the
           great
           Sin
           of
           Moses
           all
           this
           while
           ?
           Yet
           ,
           he
           often
           repeats
           it
           ,
           
           that
           
             God
             was
             angry
             with
             him
          
           for
           something
           done
           at
           that
           time
           .
           God
           himself
           saith
           ,
           
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             rebelled
             against
             him
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           
             they
             did
             not
             sanctifie
             him
          
           before
           the
           People
           :
           the
           Psalmist
           saith
           ,
           
           
           
             they
             provoked
             
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             spake
             unadvisedly
             with
             his
             Lips.
          
           After
           all
           ,
           the
           sin
           of
           Moses
           was
           a
           Mixture
           of
           Anger
           and
           some
           kind
           of
           Infidelity
           :
           For
           ,
           the
           Psalmist
           saith
           ,
           
             he
             was
             highly
             provoked
          
           ;
           and
           God
           himself
           saith
           ,
           
           
             they
             believed
             him
             not
             ,
             to
             sanctifie
             him
             in
             the
             Eye
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           The
           Fault
           then
           seems
           to
           lie
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           more
           concerned
           for
           their
           own
           Honour
           than
           God's
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           so
           clearly
           Attribute
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Miracle
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           People
           might
           think
           they
           Assumed
           it
           to
           themselves
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           Words
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           
           
             Hear
             now
             ,
             ye
             Rebels
             ,
             must
             we
             fetch
             you
             Water
             out
             of
             the
             Rock
             ?
          
           Which
           Expression
           doth
           not
           give
           God
           the
           Glory
           he
           expected
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           so
           tender
           in
           Matters
           of
           his
           own
           Honour
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           suffer
           none
           to
           encroach
           upon
           it
           ,
           no
           not
           his
           faithfull
           Servants
           ,
           but
           he
           made
           them
           smart
           for
           attempting
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           case
           is
           that
           of
           
             David's
             Numbering
             the
             People
          
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           
             a
             Man
             after
             God's
             own
             Heart
             ,
          
           of
           great
           Sincerity
           and
           Courage
           and
           Constancy
           in
           his
           Service
           .
           Yet
           of
           a
           sudden
           he
           took
           up
           a
           Resolution
           that
           he
           would
           have
           
             all
             the
             People
             number'd
          
           ,
           without
           any
           Apparent
           Reason
           for
           it
           .
           And
           although
           he
           was
           discouraged
           from
           the
           Attempt
           by
           those
           about
           
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           be
           obey'd
           .
           And
           what
           came
           of
           it
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           before
           the
           thing
           was
           compleated
           he
           grew
           very
           uneasie
           at
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           
             His
             heart
             smote
             him
             after
             that
             he
             had
             numbred
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             David
             said
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             sinned
             greatly
             in
             what
             I
             have
             done
             .
          
           And
           yet
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           Chronicles
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             he
             finished
             it
             not
          
           ,
           
           
             because
             Wrath
             fell
             for
             it
             against
             Israel
             .
          
           What
           was
           the
           Cause
           of
           all
           this
           Severity
           against
           David
           ?
           Was
           it
           such
           an
           unpardonable
           Sin
           for
           a
           King
           to
           understand
           the
           Number
           of
           his
           People
           ?
           Suppose
           it
           a
           Failing
           ,
           yet
           why
           should
           God
           be
           so
           angry
           for
           one
           such
           Failing
           in
           him
           that
           had
           served
           God
           so
           sincerely
           as
           David
           had
           done
           ?
           There
           must
           be
           something
           Extraordinary
           in
           this
           Case
           ;
           for
           ,
           
           God
           sometimes
           supposes
           
             the
             People
             to
             be
             Number'd
          
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           Cases
           he
           requires
           or
           allows
           it
           ;
           
           why
           then
           is
           he
           so
           displeased
           now
           at
           the
           doing
           it
           ?
           
           The
           best
           Account
           I
           know
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
           It
           was
           not
           a
           meer
           piece
           of
           Vanity
           and
           Ostentation
           in
           David
           ,
           (
           altho'
           that
           be
           Displeasing
           to
           God
           ,
           )
           but
           it
           was
           a
           thing
           (
           as
           designed
           by
           him
           )
           which
           was
           generally
           look'd
           on
           as
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Fundamental
           Promise
           made
           to
           Abraham
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           mention'd
           in
           the
           Chronicles
           ,
           why
           the
           Numbering
           was
           not
           exactly
           taken
           ,
           because
           the
           Lord
           had
           said
           
             He
             would
             increase
             Israel
             like
             
             the
             Stars
             of
             the
             Heavens
             .
          
           
           Which
           seems
           to
           imply
           that
           there
           was
           a
           general
           Notion
           received
           among
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           since
           God
           promised
           to
           increase
           them
           
             beyond
             Number
          
           ,
           no
           one
           ought
           to
           go
           about
           to
           take
           the
           Exact
           Number
           of
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           this
           must
           seem
           to
           savour
           of
           Infidelity
           ,
           and
           a
           Contempt
           or
           Mistrust
           of
           God's
           Fundamental
           Promise
           .
           But
           however
           upon
           such
           Occasions
           God
           might
           use
           two
           of
           his
           most
           faithfull
           Servants
           thus
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           no
           Reason
           to
           question
           his
           Readiness
           to
           pardon
           these
           and
           other
           their
           Failings
           upon
           a
           Sincere
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           to
           accept
           of
           their
           general
           Care
           and
           Endeavour
           to
           Please
           him
           instead
           of
           a
           Perfect
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           something
           farther
           to
           offer
           ,
           for
           the
           clearing
           these
           two
           difficult
           Cases
           ,
           viz.
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Difference
           to
           be
           observed
           between
           the
           Rule
           of
           God's
           Proceedings
           with
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           general
           Sincerity
           of
           their
           Actings
           ;
           and
           the
           Measure
           of
           God's
           Political
           Justice
           as
           to
           Persons
           in
           Publick
           Capacities
           The
           Reason
           is
           ,
           because
           in
           the
           latter
           Cases
           ,
           God
           may
           justly
           have
           a
           Regard
           ,
           not
           meerly
           to
           the
           Actions
           themselves
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           People
           they
           are
           related
           to
           .
           Thus
           Moses
           ,
           mentions
           it
           three
           several
           times
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             was
             angry
             with
             me
             for
             your
             sakes
          
           ;
           
           and
           
           again
           ,
           
           
             the
             Lord
             was
             wroth
             with
             me
             for
             your
             sakes
             and
             would
             not
             hear
             me
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             said
             unto
             me
             ,
             Let
             it
             suffice
             thee
             ,
             speak
             no
             more
             to
             me
             of
             this
             matter
             .
          
           It
           seems
           he
           was
           so
           much
           concerned
           as
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           earnestly
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           conduct
           the
           People
           into
           Canaan
           :
           but
           God
           would
           not
           grant
           his
           Request
           .
           But
           he
           tells
           the
           People
           that
           it
           was
           
             for
             their
             sakes
          
           that
           he
           was
           denied
           .
           
           
             Furthermore
             the
             Lord
             was
             angry
             with
             me
             for
             your
             sakes
             ,
             and
             sware
             that
             I
             should
             not
             go
             over
             Jordan
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           the
           Blow
           which
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Head
           was
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           remarkable
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           David
           ,
           that
           before
           he
           fell
           into
           the
           Sin
           of
           Numbering
           the
           People
           ,
           
           
             The
             Anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             was
             kindled
             against
             Israel
             ;
             and
             he
             moved
             David
             against
             them
             to
             say
             ,
             Go
             Number
             Israel
             and
             Judah
             .
          
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           Sins
           of
           a
           People
           may
           provoke
           God
           to
           let
           Princes
           fall
           into
           such
           Sins
           ,
           which
           may
           give
           just
           Occasion
           to
           God
           to
           punish
           both
           together
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           very
           different
           Case
           from
           the
           Method
           of
           God's
           dealings
           with
           particular
           Persons
           with
           Regard
           to
           their
           Integrity
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
           Which
           is
           established
           on
           such
           Foundations
           ,
           that
           we
           need
           not
           give
           way
           to
           Despondencies
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           such
           particular
           Acts
           of
           Severity
           .
        
         
         
           II.
           I
           am
           now
           to
           consider
           the
           different
           Consequences
           of
           these
           two
           ,
           
             To
             be
             carnally
             minded
             is
             Death
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             spiritually
             minded
             is
             Life
             and
             Peace
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Advantage
           is
           far
           greater
           which
           comes
           to
           Mankind
           by
           one
           than
           by
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           will
           appear
           by
           comparing
           them
           together
           ,
           
             
               (
               1.
               )
               As
               under
               Equal
               Circumstances
               .
            
             
               (
               2.
               )
               As
               under
               unequal
               Circumstances
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           under
           Equal
           Circumstances
           .
           And
           here
           we
           have
           two
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Those
           who
           have
           Convictions
           of
           Conscience
           going
           along
           with
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           .
           Such
           who
           look
           on
           the
           Conditions
           of
           Men
           in
           this
           World
           at
           a
           Distance
           ,
           and
           judge
           only
           by
           Appearance
           ,
           would
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           those
           who
           do
           allow
           themselves
           all
           the
           Liberties
           which
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           doth
           incline
           them
           to
           ,
           have
           very
           much
           the
           Advantage
           of
           those
           who
           are
           under
           the
           Restraints
           of
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           severe
           Rules
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Mortification
           ,
           
             to
             deny
             all
             Vngodliness
             and
             Worldly
             lusts
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             soberly
             and
             righteously
             and
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             World
          
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           thought
           to
           be
           very
           hard
           things
           ;
           whereas
           such
           who
           are
           not
           under
           these
           Difficulties
           ,
           seem
           to
           lead
           the
           most
           pleasant
           and
           easie
           Lives
           ,
           enjoying
           
           themselves
           and
           being
           full
           of
           Noise
           and
           Confidence
           and
           appear
           to
           be
           all
           Mirth
           and
           Good
           Humour
           .
           But
           there
           is
           another
           Account
           to
           be
           taken
           of
           these
           things
           :
           If
           Men
           could
           look
           within
           and
           see
           all
           the
           secret
           Misgivings
           ,
           the
           inward
           Horrours
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           the
           Impatience
           and
           Dissatisfaction
           they
           have
           ,
           when
           they
           seriously
           Reflect
           on
           their
           evil
           Courses
           ,
           it
           would
           quite
           alter
           their
           Apprehensions
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           conclude
           with
           the
           Roman
           Orator
           ,
           
           
             That
             one
             Day
             spent
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Vertue
             were
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             before
             everlasting
             Debaucheries
             .
          
           And
           he
           was
           no
           Fool
           ,
           no
           Pedant
           ,
           no
           mean
           and
           contemptible
           Person
           ,
           who
           said
           this
           ,
           but
           a
           Man
           of
           Wit
           and
           Sense
           ,
           of
           Quality
           and
           Experience
           ,
           who
           had
           Opportunities
           and
           Means
           enough
           to
           have
           pursued
           the
           most
           Sensual
           and
           Voluptuous
           Course
           of
           Life
           ;
           which
           yet
           we
           see
           out
           of
           Judgment
           and
           Choice
           he
           despised
           ,
           and
           preferr'd
           a
           far
           shorter
           life
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           before
           a
           Vicious
           Immortality
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           how
           short
           were
           the
           Incouragements
           to
           a
           Good
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Dissuasives
           from
           Sin
           among
           the
           best
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           Comparison
           of
           what
           we
           all
           know
           now
           by
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ?
           They
           went
           no
           farther
           than
           meer
           Natural
           Reason
           and
           the
           Common
           Sense
           of
           Mankind
           carried
           them
           ;
           but
           
           we
           profess
           to
           believe
           
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             revealed
             from
             Heaven
             against
             all
             unrighteousness
             and
             ungodliness
             of
             Men
          
           ;
           
           
           
           and
           that
           there
           will
           be
           
             a
             great
             and
             terrible
             day
          
           ,
           
           
             wherein
             men
             must
             receive
             according
             to
             their
             Works
             ,
          
           
           
             whether
             they
             be
             Good
             or
             Evil.
          
           
           And
           will
           not
           this
           dreadfull
           Consideration
           awaken
           the
           Drowsie
           and
           Secure
           Sinner
           and
           make
           him
           look
           about
           him
           betimes
           ,
           while
           there
           is
           yet
           any
           hopes
           of
           Mercy
           ?
           Will
           he
           not
           become
           so
           wise
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Consideration
           of
           his
           Ways
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           back
           on
           the
           former
           Course
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           to
           examin
           and
           compare
           that
           with
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           by
           which
           he
           must
           be
           judged
           ?
           And
           if
           we
           have
           but
           Patience
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           he
           will
           have
           no
           farther
           Patience
           with
           himself
           ,
           for
           being
           guilty
           of
           such
           unspeakable
           Folly.
           He
           will
           abhorr
           himself
           for
           all
           his
           sensual
           and
           sinfull
           Delights
           ;
           which
           will
           turn
           into
           the
           greatest
           Bitterness
           and
           Anguish
           to
           his
           Soul
           ;
           He
           will
           lament
           his
           Folly
           and
           Wickedness
           with
           the
           deepest
           sorrow
           ;
           and
           take
           up
           sincere
           and
           firm
           Resolutions
           to
           return
           no
           more
           to
           the
           Practise
           of
           them
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           the
           Result
           ,
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           distinguishing
           sinfull
           Pleasures
           of
           a
           
             carnal
             Mind
          
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           most
           impartial
           Mind
           to
           Resolve
           whether
           there
           will
           be
           the
           least
           Advantage
           by
           pursuing
           them
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           But
           we
           have
           too
           great
           Reason
           to
           suppose
           that
           Men
           may
           harden
           themselves
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           Wickedness
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           Insensible
           of
           the
           Folly
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           mock
           at
           those
           who
           go
           about
           to
           reprove
           them
           for
           it
           .
           Such
           as
           these
           are
           at
           Ease
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           Sense
           of
           their
           Condition
           ;
           but
           so
           are
           those
           in
           a
           Lethargy
           :
           Is
           their
           Case
           therefore
           to
           be
           envied
           ;
           or
           compared
           with
           those
           in
           Health
           ,
           although
           more
           sensible
           of
           Pain
           and
           Danger
           ?
           Who
           seem
           to
           be
           better
           pleased
           at
           sometimes
           ,
           and
           transported
           with
           their
           own
           Imaginations
           than
           Men
           in
           a
           Frenzy
           ?
           and
           yet
           no
           Man
           thinks
           their
           Condition
           happier
           for
           it
           .
           There
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           
             Moral
             Frenzy
          
           which
           possesses
           some
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           who
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           Extravagant
           in
           their
           Actions
           ,
           but
           Assume
           such
           a
           Degree
           of
           Confidence
           in
           Committing
           them
           ,
           as
           though
           the
           Wise
           Men
           of
           all
           Ages
           had
           been
           the
           only
           remarkable
           Fools
           in
           it
           .
           But
           it
           is
           no
           such
           easie
           matter
           to
           Run
           down
           the
           Principles
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           ,
           they
           have
           stood
           the
           Shock
           of
           all
           the
           Sarcasms
           and
           Reproaches
           of
           former
           Times
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           still
           nothing
           at
           the
           Bottom
           of
           all
           the
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           that
           is
           cast
           upon
           them
           :
           but
           a
           Carnal
           and
           
             Profane
             Temper
             of
             Mind
          
           ;
           which
           may
           bear
           them
           up
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           End
           in
           Everlasting
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           will
           find
           what
           they
           were
           so
           unwilling
           to
           believe
           ,
           
             That
             to
             be
             Carnally
             minded
             is
             Death
             .
          
           Not
           a
           meer
           State
           of
           Insensibility
           ,
           but
           the
           
           worst
           kind
           of
           Death
           ;
           A
           Death
           of
           perpetual
           Horrour
           and
           Torment
           ;
           A
           Death
           without
           the
           Power
           of
           Dying
           ,
           and
           yet
           with
           a
           perpetual
           Desire
           of
           it
           ;
           A
           Death
           whose
           Sting
           can
           never
           be
           taken
           out
           ;
           and
           whose
           Terror
           is
           said
           to
           be
           as
           everlasting
           as
           the
           Joys
           of
           Heaven
           .
           And
           shall
           not
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           such
           a
           Death
           ,
           as
           this
           ,
           so
           dreadfull
           ,
           so
           unavoidable
           ,
           so
           insupportable
           ,
           make
           the
           greatest
           Sinners
           to
           Tremble
           ,
           and
           be
           Confounded
           at
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           it
           ?
           And
           ,
           if
           once
           such
           Thoughts
           break
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           farewell
           then
           to
           all
           the
           Imaginary
           Pleasure
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           a
           Carnal
           Mind
           ;
           for
           it
           must
           sink
           it
           into
           the
           Confusion
           if
           not
           the
           Despair
           of
           Hell.
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           But
           I
           have
           hitherto
           represented
           the
           Disadvantages
           ,
           of
           one
           side
           ;
           but
           are
           there
           not
           such
           on
           the
           other
           too
           ?
           Some
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           think
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           to
           be
           nothing
           but
           a
           disorder'd
           Fancy
           ,
           and
           Melancholy
           Imaginations
           of
           invisible
           things
           .
           If
           this
           were
           all
           ,
           it
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           
             Life
             and
             Peace
          
           ,
           that
           there
           could
           be
           no
           real
           Satisfaction
           about
           it
           .
           But
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           is
           truly
           the
           most
           desirable
           thing
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           in
           this
           World.
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           best
           Improvement
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           which
           are
           Spiritual
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           the
           purging
           and
           refining
           them
           from
           the
           Dross
           and
           Corruption
           which
           debased
           them
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           the
           Advancing
           them
           towards
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           by
           a
           gradual
           Participation
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           the
           Raising
           them
           above
           the
           Carnal
           Delights
           ,
           and
           
           the
           sollicitous
           Cares
           and
           Perplexing
           Fears
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           and
           fitting
           them
           for
           a
           perpetual
           Conversation
           with
           Divine
           and
           Spiritual
           Objects
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           then
           can
           be
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           best
           Part
           of
           our Selves
           here
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           a
           Mind
           so
           disengaged
           from
           this
           World
           and
           so
           fit
           for
           a
           better
           ?
           So
           that
           we
           may
           be
           content
           to
           take
           a
           View
           of
           the
           Worst
           which
           can
           be
           supposed
           as
           to
           Disadvantage
           here
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           Good
           Men
           may
           be
           under
           
             Unequal
             Circumstances
          
           as
           to
           their
           Condition
           in
           this
           Life
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           Regarding
           another
           World
           more
           than
           this
           ,
           may
           make
           their
           outward
           Condition
           more
           uneasie
           here
           ,
           than
           it
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           follow'd
           only
           the
           Dictates
           of
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           Troubles
           we
           are
           to
           Expect
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           (
           1.
           )
           Such
           as
           we
           bring
           upon
           our Selves
           by
           our
           own
           Acts
           :
           (
           2.
           )
           Such
           as
           are
           common
           to
           all
           Mankind
           :
           In
           both
           these
           the
           Spiritual
           Mind
           hath
           the
           Advantage
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           As
           to
           such
           which
           men
           bring
           upon
           themselves
           .
           Let
           this
           be
           supposed
           ;
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           God
           pleases
           among
           Christians
           ,
           
             who
             are
             to
             follow
             Christ
             in
             taking
             up
             his
             Cross
             :
          
           Is
           there
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           ,
           which
           overthrows
           the
           Advantage
           of
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           above
           a
           Carnal
           ?
           Can
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           secure
           Men
           from
           Pains
           and
           Diseases
           ,
           from
           Losses
           and
           Disappointments
           ?
           Nay
           doth
           not
           the
           Pursuit
           of
           Carnal
           Pleasures
           bring
           more
           Troubles
           upon
           Men
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           than
           the
           Case
           
           of
           Persecution
           doth
           upon
           the
           best
           Christians
           ?
           If
           the
           Loathsome
           Diseases
           ,
           the
           Reproachfull
           and
           Untimely
           Deaths
           ,
           which
           of
           all
           things
           ought
           to
           be
           most
           avoided
           ,
           by
           such
           who
           believe
           no
           Life
           after
           this
           ,
           be
           compared
           with
           the
           Pains
           and
           Martyrdoms
           of
           those
           who
           have
           suffer'd
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           these
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           far
           more
           Eligible
           than
           the
           other
           ,
           because
           the
           Mind
           hath
           far
           greater
           Satisfaction
           under
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           Expectation
           of
           an
           Infinite
           Reward
           to
           follow
           upon
           them
           .
           Whereas
           the
           others
           can
           have
           no
           Comfort
           in
           looking
           back
           on
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           or
           forward
           in
           what
           they
           are
           to
           Expect
           .
           For
           they
           have
           destroy'd
           their
           own
           Happiness
           and
           hasten'd
           that
           upon
           themselves
           which
           they
           account
           their
           only
           Misery
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           As
           to
           the
           Common
           Calamities
           of
           Life
           ,
           which
           none
           can
           prevent
           or
           avoid
           ,
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           hath
           very
           much
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Carnal
           ;
           For
           the
           one
           fills
           them
           with
           inward
           Peace
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           Mind
           ,
           which
           of
           all
           things
           carry
           men
           best
           through
           the
           Troubles
           of
           Life
           ;
           being
           joyned
           with
           Patience
           ,
           Humility
           ,
           Self-Denial
           ,
           and
           Submission
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           are
           all
           the
           genuine
           Effects
           of
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           ;
           but
           a
           
             Carnal
             Mind
          
           is
           froward
           and
           impatient
           ,
           uneasie
           to
           it self
           and
           to
           all
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           this
           makes
           every
           Pain
           and
           Trouble
           to
           be
           much
           greater
           than
           it
           would
           have
           been
           ;
           like
           the
           Ass
           in
           the
           Fable
           :
           which
           lay
           down
           in
           the
           Water
           with
           his
           burthen
           of
           Wool
           and
           so
           made
           it
           heavier
           than
           before
           .
        
         
         
           There
           were
           two
           things
           the
           Philosophical
           Men
           of
           Pleasure
           sought
           to
           comfort
           themselves
           by
           ,
           under
           the
           unavoidable
           Troubles
           of
           Life
           ;
           which
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           hath
           far
           greater
           Advantages
           than
           any
           of
           them
           had
           ,
           as
           to
           both
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           Reflection
           and
           Expectation
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Reflection
           .
           When
           Epicurus
           was
           in
           his
           last
           Agonies
           under
           the
           Stone
           ,
           
           what
           a
           miserable
           way
           was
           it
           for
           him
           to
           go
           about
           to
           comfort
           himself
           ,
           by
           Reflecting
           upon
           his
           Atoms
           and
           his
           Maxims
           ,
           his
           Imaginary
           Notion
           of
           the
           Happiness
           of
           Life
           consisting
           in
           Pleasure
           ,
           when
           his
           Life
           was
           so
           near
           being
           ended
           by
           Excessive
           Pain
           ?
           But
           a
           Good
           Man
           that
           hath
           sincerely
           endeavour'd
           
             to
             serve
             God
             in
             his
             Generation
             ,
          
           
           and
           to
           do
           all
           the
           Good
           he
           could
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           the
           Interests
           of
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           may
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           many
           Failings
           and
           Infirmities
           ,
           look
           back
           with
           Comfort
           on
           the
           Course
           of
           his
           former
           Life
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Peace
           of
           a
           Good
           Conscience
           may
           injoy
           inward
           Satisfaction
           ,
           under
           such
           Pains
           and
           Distempers
           ,
           which
           make
           Life
           uneasie
           and
           Death
           more
           welcome
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Passage
           to
           a
           far
           better
           State.
           And
           that
           is
           the
           next
           thing
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Expectation
           .
           It
           was
           a
           sorrowfull
           Expectation
           which
           Epicurus
           supported
           himself
           with
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Prospect
           of
           Death
           ;
           which
           was
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Subtle
           Atoms
           which
           made
           up
           his
           Soul
           ,
           would
           soon
           be
           scatter'd
           and
           dispersed
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           where
           ,
           
           and
           then
           he
           should
           be
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           never
           been
           .
           But
           what
           Comfort
           is
           there
           in
           such
           a
           Dissolution
           ?
           Men
           that
           have
           deserved
           it
           ,
           may
           heartily
           wish
           it
           ;
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           deserved
           something
           worse
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           must
           Expect
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           just
           and
           holy
           God
           ,
           will
           certainly
           call
           them
           to
           an
           Account
           for
           all
           their
           Vices
           and
           Follies
           ;
           
           and
           
             it
             is
             a
             fearful
             thing
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Living
             God
          
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           miserable
           Case
           are
           those
           in
           ,
           
           who
           have
           nothing
           to
           
             look
             for
             but
             Judgment
             and
             Fiery
             Indignation
             ,
             which
             shall
             consume
             the
             Adversaries
          
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ?
        
         
           But
           O
           the
           Blessed
           Hope
           and
           Joyfull
           Expectation
           that
           attends
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Mind
          
           !
           Especially
           when
           it
           is
           Enliven'd
           and
           Assisted
           by
           the
           Powerfull
           Influences
           of
           Divine
           Grace
           .
           For
           without
           that
           ,
           even
           Good
           Men
           may
           be
           liable
           to
           some
           Dejections
           and
           Fears
           as
           to
           another
           World
           ,
           from
           the
           vastness
           of
           the
           Change
           ,
           the
           Sense
           of
           their
           Failings
           ,
           the
           Weakness
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           Mistrust
           of
           their
           own
           Fitness
           for
           Heaven
           ;
           but
           so
           great
           is
           the
           Goodness
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           towards
           them
           that
           sincerely
           love
           and
           fear
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           always
           makes
           their
           Passage
           safe
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           so
           Triumphant
           .
           And
           although
           
             the
             Valley
             of
             the
             Shadow
             of
             Death
          
           may
           seem
           gloomy
           and
           uncomfortable
           at
           a
           Distance
           ;
           yet
           when
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           Conduct
           his
           Servants
           through
           it
           ,
           he
           makes
           it
           a
           happy
           Passage
           into
           a
           State
           of
           a
           Glorious
           Immortality
           and
           Everlasting
           
             Life
             and
             Peace
          
           .
           To
           which
           God
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61624-e150
           
             Rom.
             7.14
             .
          
           
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             7.24
             .
          
           
             25.
             
          
           
             8.1
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             7.38
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             3.3
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             1.13
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.8
             ,
             9.
             2
             
             Cor.
             5.17
             .
             1
             Joh.
             3.9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             12.14.22
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             73.25
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.17
             .
          
           
             24.
             
          
           
             Chrysost.
             in
             Gal.
             5.17
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             c.
             Julian
             .
             l.
             4.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.9.17.1
             .
          
           
             Job
             1.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Psal.
             37.37
             
          
           
             Deut.
             3.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             20.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             6.
             
          
           
             8.
             
          
           
             10.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             1.37
             .
          
           
             4.21
             .
          
           
             Num.
             27.14
             
          
           
             Psal.
             106.33
             .
          
           
             Num.
             20.12
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam
             24.9
             .
          
           
             1
             Chr.
             27.24
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             30.11.38.25
             .
          
           
             Num.
             1.2
             ,
             19
             26.4
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             11.8
             .
             2
             Sam.
             18.1
             .
          
           
             1
             Chr.
             27.23
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             1.37
             .
          
           
             3.26
             .
          
           
             4.21
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             24.1
             .
          
           
             
               Est
               autem
               unus
               dies
               benè
               &
               ex
               praeceptis
               tuis
               actus
               peccanti
               immortalitati
               anteferendus
               .
            
             Cicer.
             
               Tuss
               .
               Qu.
               l.
            
             5.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.18
             .
          
           
             2.5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             16.
             
          
           
             14.10
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             15.
             
          
           
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Epicurus
             Hermacho
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             Ciceron
             .
             
               de
               Finibus
               ,
               l.
            
             2.
             c.
             30.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.31
             .
          
           
             27.