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           THE
           SPIRIT
           OF
           MAN
           :
           OR
           ,
           Some
           Meditations
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Essay
           )
           on
           the
           Sense
           of
           that
           Scripture
           .
           
             
               1
               Thes.
               5.
               23.
               
            
             And
             the
             very
             God
             of
             Peace
             Sanctifie
             you
             wholly
             ,
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             ,
             your
             whole
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Soul
             ,
             and
             Body
             ,
             be
             Preserved
             Blameless
             unto
             the
             Coming
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ.
             
          
           By
           
             Charles
             Morton
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           Charlstown
           in
           New-England
           .
        
         
           
             Mal.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           Take
           heed
           to
           your
           Spirit
        
         
           
             Luke
             19.
             55.
             
          
           Ye
           know
           not
           what
           manner
           of
           Spirit
           you
           are
           of
           .
        
         
           Boston
           
             Printed
             by
          
           B.
           Harris
           ,
           for
           Duncan
           Campbell
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Dock-Head
           ,
           
             over-against
             the
          
           Conduit
           .
           1692.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           23.
           line
           19.
           for
           Casual
           r.
           Equally
           .
           p.
           26.
           l.
           2.
           after
           That
           r.
           Tho'
           p.
           50.
           l.
           30.
           for
           To.
           read
           in
           .
           p.
           77.
           l.
           29.
           for
           The
           r.
           They
           p.
           78.
           l.
           24.
           for
           Clears
           r.
           cleaves
           .
           p.
           85.
           l.
           21.
           for
           whence
           r.
           where
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           AS
           we
           have
           all
           manner
           of
           Demonstrations
           ,
           to
           assure
           us
           ,
           of
           what
           E●●hu
           asserted
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             There
             is
             a
             Spirit
             in
             man
          
           ;
           so
           we
           have
           the
           Eternal
           Spirit
           of
           God
           Himself
           ,
           by
           the
           Pen
           of
           His
           Inspired
           Solomon
           ,
           Recommending
           this
           Blessed
           Oracle
           of
           Wisdom
           unto
           us
           ,
           
             A
             man
             of
             Understanding
             is
             of
             an
             Excellent
             Spirit
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           Understanding
           till
           ,
           believing
           that
           we
           have
           within
           us
           ,
           a
           
             Spirit
             Excellent
          
           for
           the
           first
           Author
           and
           Nature
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           Endeavour
           above
           all
           things
           to
           make
           that
           Spirit
           become
           yet
           more
           Excellent
           ,
           by
           the
           Alterations
           of
           a
           
             New
             Birth
          
           upon
           it
           ▪
           The
           Woful
           and
           Rueful
           Degeneracy
           ,
           which
           has
           be●allen
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Man
           ,
           by
           his
           Fall
           into
           Sin
           ,
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           the
           most
           bleeding
           Lamentations
           ,
           unto
           every
           Spirit
           that
           in
           the
           least
           measure
           begins
           to
           Awaken
           out
           of
           that
           Lamentable
           Fall.
           Yea
           ,
           The
           whole
           Creation
           Groans
           over
           the
           vitiated
           Spirit
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           sighs
           ,
           
             How
             art
             thou
             Fallen
             ,
             O
             thou
             Child
             of
             the
             Morning
             !
          
           Accordingly
           ,
           when
           once
           the
           Symptoms
           of
           a
           Recovery
           ,
           from
           ,
           
           
             The
             madness
             in
             our
             Hearts
             whil●
             we
             L●ve
             ,
          
           do
           dawn
           in
           the
           Reflections
           of
           our
           Spirit
           ,
           upon
           its
           own
           unhappy
           Depravations
           our
           chief
           Question
           and
           Study
           then
           is
           ,
           What
           we
           shall
           do
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           that
           Spirit
           from
           the
           Distempers
           ●f
           it
           ;
           and
           we
           become
           wonderfully
           Thankful
           unto
           our
           God
           ,
           for
           His
           accommodating
           of
           Us
           ,
           with
           such
           means
           of
           Grace
           ,
           as
           He
           never
           bestow'd
           upon
           the
           
             Apostate
             Spirits
          
           ,
           whom
           He
           hath
           
             Reserved
             in
             Darkness
             under
             Everlasting
             Chains
             .
          
           If
           we
           duely
           consider
           ,
           the
           
             Natural
             Faculties
          
           of
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Father
             of
             Spirit●s
          
           hath
           Breathed
           into
           us
           ,
           or
           the
           provision
           which
           God
           has
           made
           For
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Spiritual
             World
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           indeed
           reckon
           ,
           that
           our
           Spirit
           is
           too
           Excellent
           a
           Thing
           to
           be
           neglected
           ;
           yea
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Folly
           like
           that
           of
           the
           man
           ,
           who
           
             Despiseth
             his
             own
             Soul.
          
           But
           if
           we
           again
           consider
           the
           
             Moral
             Pollutions
          
           ,
           which
           have
           disordered
           our
           Spirit
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           soon
           convinced
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           in
           Danger
           of
           
             Dying
             without
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           whereby
           the
           
             Excellency
             that
             is
             in
             us
             then
             will
             go
             away
             :
          
           And
           that
           there
           had
           need
           be
           some
           Essayes
           towards
           a
           Revival
           of
           the
           Primi●ive
           Excellency
           in
           our
           Nobler
           and
           Better
           Part
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           our
           
             Meetness
             for
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             Light.
          
           Now
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           work
           of
           Sanctification
           
           upon
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           necessary
           to
           make
           it
           Excellent
           ,
           so
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           notable
           stroke
           of
           that
           work
           performed
           in
           the
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           Humour
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Temper
           and
           Biass
           of
           that
           Spirit
           .
           There
           is
           ●
           certain
           Air
           of
           our
           Complexion
           ,
           which
           Results
           from
           some
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Uni●●
           between
           our
           Souls
           and
           our
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           ●his
           Disposition
           ,
           we
           ordinarily
           call
           ,
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             the
             man.
          
           Let
           This
           be
           Sanctify'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Man
           will
           become
           one
           of
           ,
           
             The
             Ex●cellent
             in
             the
             Earth
          
           .
           It
           would
           be
           a
           marvellous
           Renewal
           o●
           the
           
             Divine
             Image
          
           in
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           render
           us
           extraordinarily
           as
           well
           Serviceable
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           Comfortable
           to
           our selves
           ,
           if
           that
           Inclination
           which
           our
           Spirits
           have
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           United
           ,
           and
           therefore
           very
           much
           Conform'd
           ,
           unto
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           were
           
             Preserved
             Blameless
          
           :
           and
           were
           this
           remarkable
           Article
           of
           Sanctification
           ,
           more
           considered
           ,
           we
           should
           see
           perhaps
           ,
           ●ar
           more
           
             Excellent
             Spirits
          
           ,
           than
           are
           now
           too
           frequently
           beheld
           in
           those
           that
           wear
           the
           Name
           ,
           that
           began
           at
           Antioch
           .
        
         
           To
           promote
           this
           Holiness
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           the
           Reader
           is
           here
           blessed
           with
           the
           Worthy
           Labours
           ,
           of
           a
           Learned
           ,
           Pious
           ,
           and
           now
           Aged
           Servant
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           He
           is
           a
           person
           too
           considerable
           in
           his
           Generation
           ,
           
           to
           want
           any
           of
           our
           Commendation
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           this
           his
           Judicious
           Treatise
           ,
           't
           will
           by
           its
           own
           Pertinency
           ,
           and
           Usefulness
           ,
           abundantly
           Commend
           it self
           unto
           every
           sensible
           person
           ,
           that
           shall
           peruse
           it
           with
           a
           just
           Attention
           .
           All
           that
           belongs
           unto
           Us
           ,
           is
           to
           follow
           it
           with
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           That
           He
           who
           
             Forms
             the
             Spirit
             of
             man
             within
             him
             ,
          
           would
           by
           this
           Book
           assist
           the
           Readers
           in
           Reforming
           whatever
           they
           may
           find
           in
           their
           own
           Spirits
           calling
           for
           that
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           in
           Glorifying
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           He
           has
           Made
           and
           Bought
           for
           His
           own
           Immortal
           Glory
           .
        
         
           
             
               Increase
               Mather
            
             
               Iames
               Allen
            
             
               Samuel
               Willard
            
             
               Iohn
               Baily
            
             
               Cotton
               Mather
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             The
             CONTENTS
             .
          
           
             TExt
             Opened
             PAGE
             1
          
           
             VVhole
             man-what
             ●
          
           
             Expositors
             Differ
             .
             6
          
           
             The
             most
             proper
             Interpretation
             thought
             by
             the
             Author
             .
             9
          
           
             Spirit
             out
             of
             Man.
             9
          
           
             In
             Man.
             10
          
           
             Peculiar
             Genius
             ,
             (
             in
             Text.
             14.
             
          
           
             Scripture
             Distinctions
             of
             Soul
             &
             Spirit
             16
          
           
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Spirit
             .
             18
          
           
             Spirits
             Hot.
             27
          
           
             Chearfulness
             .
             28
          
           
             Activity
             .
             31
          
           
             Courage
             .
             34
          
           
             Anger
             in
             zeal
             .
             41
          
           
             ●n
             Iealousie
             .
             51
          
           
             Spirits
             Cold
             ,
             54
          
           
             ●orrowful
             .
             55
          
           
             ●ull
             .
             63
          
           
             Timorous
             .
             65
          
           
             Meek
             .
             69
          
           
             Spirits
             Moderate
             .
             73
          
           
             ●●ference
             ,
             no
             strained
             Notion
             ▪
             88
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           SPIRIT
           of
           MAN.
           OR
           ,
           Some
           Meditations
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Essay
           )
           on
           the
           sense
           of
           that
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           
             
               1
               Thes.
               5.
               23.
               
            
             And
             the
             very
             God
             of
             Peace
             Sanctifie
             you
             wholly
             ,
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             your
             whole
             SPIRIT
             ,
             and
             SOUL
             and
             BODY
             ,
             be
             preserved
             blameless
             unto
             the
             Coming
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           Apostle
           ,
           having
           given
           the
           Thessalonians
           ,
           divers
           Exhortations
           in
           the
           preceding
           Verses
           ,
           closes
           all
           with
           a
           profession
           of
           Prayer
           for
           them
           ;
           as
           well
           knowing
           ,
           That
           all
           Counsels
           ,
           or
           Charges
           by
           men
           ,
           tho●
           
           sent
           from
           God
           himself
           ,
           would
           be
           of
           no
           effect
           ,
           unle●s
           God
           by
           his
           Sanctifying
           〈◊〉
           do
           give
           men
           Grace
           to
           Improve
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
           He
           prayes
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Sanctified
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           may
           be
           wholly
           so
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           ●ulness
           of
           the
           Expression
           [
           HOLOTELEIS
           ,
           wholly
           perfectly
           ]
           may
           the
           better
           appear
           ,
           He
           Descends
           to
           all
           the
           particulars
           ,
           that
           are
           in
           Man
           ;
           he
           mentions
           the
           chief
           Heads
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           either
           all
           that
           is
           in
           Man
           ,
           or
           
             To
             which
             All
          
           ,
           that
           belongs
           to
           Meer
           Man
           ,
           may
           be
           Referred
           .
           Your
           
             whole
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           Soul
           ,
           and
           Body
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Sanctified
           or
           filled
           with
           Grace
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           also
           
             preserved
             blameless
          
           therein
           to
           the
           Coming
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           (
           that
           is
           )
           
             preserved
             to
             the
             End.
          
           
        
         
           We
           shall
           a
           little
           Explain
           the
           words
           :
        
         
           
             The
             very
             God
             of
             peace
             ,
             (
             Autos
             de
             O●
             Theos
             )
          
           or
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           himself
           :
           't
           was
           a
           frequent
           Option
           ,
           Benediction
           ,
           Salutation
           or
           Valediction
           ,
           
             [
             Peace
             be
             to
             you
             .
             ]
          
           In
           the
           word
           Peace
           ,
           all
           good
           was
           comprehended
           .
           So
           ,
           to
           these
           same
           persons
           ▪
           2
           
             Thes.
             3.
             16.
             
             Now
             the
             Lord
             of
             Peace
             himself
             ,
             give
             you
             peace
             always
             ,
             by
             all
             means
             .
          
           Here
           in
           the
           Text
           it
           seems
           to
           Referr
           to
           a
           Duty
           ,
           peace
           
             with
             men
             ,
             v.
             13.
             be
             at
             peace
             among
             your
             
             selves
             .
          
           And
           a
           priviledge
           ,
           peace
           
             with
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             in
             your
             Consciences
          
           .
           To
           both
           which
           Sanctification
           doth
           contribute
           ,
           in
           the
           per●formance
           of
           the
           afore
           mentioned
           Dut●●●
        
         
           
             [
             Sanctifie
          
           you
           ]
           
             HAGIAS
             Al
             ,
             make
          
           you
           holy
           ,
           or
           separate
           and
           consecrate
           you
           to
           himself
           ,
           (
           this
           is
           the
           Notation
           of
           the
           word
           .
           )
           The
           Definition
           of
           the
           
             Thing
             ,
             Sanctification
          
           ,
           is
           
             A
             Renewal
             of
             the
             whole
             man
             ,
             whereby
             we
             are
             enabled
             daily
             more
             and
             more
             to
             Die
             unto
             Sin
             and
             Live
             unt●
             Righteousness
             according
             to
             Gods
             Foreordaination
             .
          
        
         
           
             [
             Wholly
          
           ]
           HOLOTELE●S
           ,
           wholly-perfectly
           (
           as
           is
           before
           noted
           )
           is
           ,
           To
           Extend
           this
           work
           of
           Grace
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           Man.
           The
           parts
           of
           Grace
           ,
           both
           Habits
           and
           Acts
           ;
           and
           in
           both
           ,
           the
           perfection
           of
           Degrees
           ,
           and
           persistance
           of
           Duration
           .
           In
           the
           parts
           of
           Man
           ,
           that
           which
           follows
           .
        
         
           [
           And
           I
           pray
           God
           your
           
             whole
             Spirit
          
           ]
           HOLOCLERON
           TO
           PNEUMA
           .
           The
           word
           HOLOCLERON
           signifies
           properly
           
             (
             Haeres
             ex
             asse
          
           )
           a
           compleat
           Heir
           ,
           from
           whom
           nothing
           is
           given
           away
           ;
           or
           one
           that
           has
           the
           whole
           Inheritance
           .
           It
           therefore
           (
           I
           think
           )
           does
           here
           signify
           all
           that
           Appertains
           to
           Man
           ,
           expressed
           by
           the
           word
           Spirit
           ,
           HUMON
           TO
           PNEUMA
           .
           All
           the
           Spirit
           that
           is
           in
           you
           ,
           or
           all
           that
           may
           be
           
           called
           
             your
             Spirit
             .
             Your
          
           ;
           not
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           you
           ;
           for
           He
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           Sanctification
           ,
           being
           already
           ,
           and
           always
           in
           himself
           perfectly
           Holy.
           TO
           PNEUMA
           ,
           The
           
             Spirit
             :
             What
             it
             is
          
           ,
           is
           the
           chief
           matter
           of
           our
           present
           Enquiry
           ;
           and
           therefore
           of
           it
           ,
           more
           fully
           after
           ;
           only
           we
           shall
           here
           Note
           ,
           That
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           more
           General
           ,
           and
           comprehensive
           word
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           two
           that
           follow
           are
           Included
        
         
           
             [
             And
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ]
             KI
             HE
             PSUCHE
             KI
             TO
             SOMA
             .
          
           The
           Latin
           
             [
             Et
             Anima
             ,
             &
             Corpus
             ]
          
           I
           should
           not
           scruple
           to
           Translate
           
             [
             Both
          
           the
           Soul
           and
           the
           Body
           ,
           ]
           and
           if
           
             (
             et
             &
             et
          
           )
           in
           Latin
           signifie
           [
           Both
           ,
           &
           And
           ]
           why
           (
           KI
           &
           KI
           in
           Greek
           ,
           does
           not
           as
           properly
           the
           same
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           Reason
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Text
           would
           run
           thus
           .
           I
           pray
           that
           your
           
             whole
             compleat
             Spirit
          
           (
           as
           a
           General
           )
           
             Both
             Soul
             and
             Body
          
           (
           two
           special
           Ingredients
           thereof
           ,
           or
           contributers
           thereunto
           )
           may
           be
           prese●ved
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             [
             Preserved
             ]
             TERETHEIE
          
           ,
           may
           be
           carefully
           watched
           ;
           as
           those
           that
           keep
           Guard
           in
           a
           Gar●ison
           ;
           for
           this
           Spirit
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           is
           most
           liable
           to
           Assaults
           by
           Temptation
           :
           And
           because
           men
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           Defective
           in
           this
           Spiritual
           Watch
           ,
           I
           pray
           that
           God
           would
           take
           the
           charge
           of
           you
           ,
           watch
           over
           you
           and
           keep
           you
           safe
           .
        
         
         
           
             [
             Blameless
             ]
             AMEMPTOS
          
           ,
           so
           as
           Momus
           (
           the
           Carper
           )
           shall
           find
           no
           fault
           in
           you
           ;
           so
           is
           the
           wo●d
           Rendred
           ,
           ●hil
           .
           2.
           15.
           and
           3.
           6.
           
           'T
           is
           supposed
           you
           are
           ,
           or
           will
           be
           ,
           wholly
           Sanctified
           (
           according
           to
           the
           first
           Pra●er
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           )
           but
           this
           notwithstanding
           your
           
             peculiar
             Spirit
          
           is
           apt
           to
           run
           out
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           blameable
           ,
           unless
           you
           are
           especially
           protected
           ,
           guided
           and
           preserved
           .
        
         
           
             [
             To
             the
             coming
             of
             our
             Lord.
             ]
          
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ;
           Till
           you
           come
           thro●
           Grace
           to
           Glory
           .
           This
           needs
           no
           farther
           Explica●ion
           as
           to
           the
           present
           Enquiry
           .
           The
           words
           thus
           Explained
           ,
           we
           come
           now
           to
           view
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           wherein
           we
           have
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Two
           
             Acts.
             Sanctification
          
           and
           Preservation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Author
           of
           them
           ,
           God
           ;
           to
           whom
           the
           Prayer
           is
           Directed
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Modification
           of
           them
           ;
           
             wholly
             ,
             throughout
             ,
             continually
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Subject
           ,
           the
           
             whole
             man
          
           ,
           expressed
           by
           the
           
             Whole
             Spirit
             ,
             both
             Soul
             and
             Body
             .
          
           And
           this
           Last
           it
           is
           ,
           with
           which
           (
           at
           present
           )
           we
           are
           mostly
           concerned
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Whole
             Man
          
           is
           sometimes
           expressed
           by
           only
           two
           words
           
             [
             Soul
          
           and
           Body
           ,
           or
           Spirit
           and
           Body
           ]
           which
           are
           the
           two
           physical
           ,
           or
           constituent
           parts
           of
           Man.
           SO
           1
           Cor.
           6.
           20.
           
           
             Ye
             are
             Bought
             with
             a
             price
             ,
             
             therefore
             Glorifie
             God
             in
             your
             Body
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             Spirits
             which
             are
             Gods.
          
           Also
           in
           2
           
             Cor.
             7.
             1.
             
             Having
             these
             promises
             ,
             Let
             us
             cleanse
             our selves
             from
             all
             filthiness
             of
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
             .
          
           In
           both
           which
           places
           Spirit
           is
           the
           same
           with
           Soul
           ;
           and
           Flesh
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           with
           Body
           in
           the
           former
           .
           But
           w●y
           here
           the
           
             whole
             man
          
           (
           for
           't
           was
           the
           same
           to
           be
           preserved
           that
           was
           to
           be
           Sanctified
           )
           why
           (
           I
           say
           )
           he
           should
           be
           here
           express●d
           by
           three
           particulars
           ,
           is
           a
           matter
           wherein
           Expositors
           do
           differ
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           these
           several
           Interpretations
           of
           the
           place
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Some
           will
           have
           Spirit
           and
           Soul
           to
           be
           put
           Exegetically
           ;
           as
           if
           both
           signi●ied
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           one
           being
           added
           only
           as
           Explication
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           so
           Austin
           .
           )
           But
           (
           indeed
           methinks
           )
           this
           here
           seems
           a
           little
           harsh
           ,
           because
           needless
           ;
           for
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           or
           Spirit
           and
           Body
           (
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           two
           fore-cited
           Scriptures
           )
           were
           Intelligible
           enough
           to
           express
           the
           two
           physical
           constituents
           of
           a
           man.
           Besides
           ,
           the
           particle
           [
           
             Kl.
             And
          
           ,
           or
           rather
           Both
           ]
           seems
           to
           connect
           Spi●it
           ,
           ,
           And
           Soul
           ,
           as
           two
           things
           that
           have
           some
           Distinction
           between
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Others
           will
           have
           Spirit
           to
           signifie
           the
           
             Mind
             and
             Understanding
          
           ;
           and
           Soul
           the
           
             Will
             and
             Affections
             (
             Calvin
             ,
             Marlorate
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           )
           from
           whom
           I
           would
           not
           
           willingly
           Dissent
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           not
           slight
           their
           Judgment
           ;
           yet
           I
           must
           humbly
           profess
           ,
           however
           clear
           the
           Notion
           was
           to
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           so
           to
           me
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           they
           call
           Soul
           is
           as
           truly
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           Leading
           Faculty
           (
           the
           Intellect
           .
           )
           Yea
           ,
           I
           find
           the
           Expressions
           quite
           Transverse
           ;
           As
           if
           Soul
           signified
           the
           Intellectual
           Faculty
           and
           Spirit
           the
           Volitive
           )
           in
           Mary's
           Song
           .
           
             Luk.
             1.
             46
             ,
             47.
             
             My
             Soul
             doth
             Magnify
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             my
             Spirit
             hath
             Rejoyced
             in
             God
             ●y
             Saviour
             .
          
           As
           if
           she
           had
           said
           ;
           My
           Soul
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           my
           Mind
           and
           Understanding
           )
           
             Doth
             Magnify
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           Has
           high
           Thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           great
           Estimation
           of
           him
           ;
           which
           are
           Acts
           of
           the
           Intellect
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Internal
           Magnification
           of
           him
           )
           And
           my
           
             Spirit
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           my
           
             Will
             and
             Affections
          
           )
           hath
           Rejoyced
           (
           which
           is
           their
           proper
           Act.
           )
           This
           to
           me
           seems
           more
           currant
           ,
           if
           in
           this
           place
           there
           be
           a
           Distinction
           between
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           .
           But
           I
           will
           not
           Assert
           it
           ,
           I
           rather
           think
           there
           is
           none
           here
           ;
           only
           her
           Inward
           Joy
           of
           heart
           ,
           being
           great
           ;
           her
           Outward
           Expressions
           thereof
           in
           words
           ,
           are
           Enlarged
           ;
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           in
           a
           Pleonasm
           signifying
           only
           her
           Inner
           Man.
           But
           if
           Spirit
           here
           do
           present
           us
           with
           any
           Distinct
           Notion
           ,
           I
           should
           take
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           a
           
             Chearfu●
             Frame
             of
             Spirit
          
           ,
           in
           which
           she
           then
           was
           ▪
           〈◊〉
           then
           ,
           it
           will
           fully
           fall
           in
           with
           our
           
           present
           Conceptions
           of
           the
           word
           Spirit
           in
           our
           Text
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           shewn
           anon
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Some
           will
           have
           Spirit
           (
           in
           our
           Text
           )
           to
           signifie
           the
           Higher
           Faculties
           (
           both
           Understanding
           and
           Will
           )
           the
           
             Rational
             part
          
           in
           man
           ;
           and
           Soul
           ,
           the
           Inferiour
           Facul●ies
           common
           to
           man
           with
           Bruits
           and
           Plants
           
             (
             Sensative
             ,
             Vigetative
          
           ,
           &c.
           )
           This
           indeed
           i●
           a
           common
           Interpretation
           .
           But
           methinks
           it
           is
           harsh
           to
           Denominate
           
             Mans
             Soul
          
           from
           the
           Infe●iour
           Powers
           (
           contrary
           to
           that
           Logical
           Rule
           .
           
             Denomination
             is
             from
             the
             better
             part
             .
          
           Nor
           do
           I
           find
           in
           Scripture
           (
           to
           my
           Remembrance
           )
           the
           word
           Soul
           ,
           any
           where
           else
           to
           have
           this
           signification
           .
           Nor
           (
           Lastly
           )
           are
           these
           Lower
           Faculties
           capable
           of
           other
           Sanctification
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           be
           but
           Instrumental
           to
           the
           Soul
           in
           Holiness
           ;
           and
           therefore
           thus
           to
           separate
           Soul
           from
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           confound
           it
           with
           Body
           in
           the
           business
           of
           Sanctification
           and
           Preservation
           here
           spoken
           of
           .
        
         
           These
           three
           forementioned
           Interpretations
           I
           ●ill
           not
           Absolutely
           deny
           ,
           nor
           Contend
           with
           their
           Authors
           about
           them
           ;
           Because
           they
           all
           agree
           well
           enough
           in
           the
           
             General
             Scope
          
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           which
           is
           (
           be
           sure
           )
           that
           all
           ,
           that
           is
           
             In
             Man
          
           be
           sancti●yed
           to
           God
           ,
           However
           any
           one
           part
           be
           
           Distingui●hed
           from
           the
           other
           .
           Yet
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           a
           
             more
             Proper
          
           Interpretation
           may
           be
           found
           ,
           which
           will
           give
           a
           more
           F●ll
           and
           〈◊〉
           sense
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           then
           is
           ●ually
           a●●ribed
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Enquiry
           after
           this
           we
           shall
           consider
           to
           what
           things
           the
           Name
           of
           Spirit
           i●
           given
           in
           Scripture
           besides
           those
           before
           men●ioned
           :
           And
           this
           I
           finde
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           some
           things
           
             Out
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           and
           some
           things
           
             In
             Man.
          
           
        
         
           1
           
             Out
             of
             Man
          
           the
           Word
           
             (
             Spirit
          
           )
           is
           ascribed
           bo●h
           to
           God
           and
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           God
           both
           Essential
           and
           Personal
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Essential
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Iob.
             4.
             24
             
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             worship
             him
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Not
           that
           Spirit
           is
           an
           
             Univocal
             Genus
          
           of
           God
           and
           any
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ;
           for
           then
           there
           would
           be
           a
           
             Common
             Nature
          
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           
             Infinite
             Distance
          
           between
           them
           :
           Only
           because
           Spirit
           i●
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           
             most
             Noble
          
           Created
           Nature
           ,
           we
           Ascribe
           it
           also
           to
           God
           by
           Anal●gie
           ,
           for
           that
           we
           have
           no
           better
           Name
           to
           give
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Perso●al
           ,
           the
           Third
           in
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           under
           the
           Tide
           of
           the
           
             H●ly
             Ghost
          
           ,
           or
           Spirit
           ;
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             of
             Iesus
             &c.
             
          
           But
           ●his
           is
           not
           
             OUR
             Spirit
          
           ;
           nor
           is
           he
           to
           be
           
           Sanctified
           ●r
           Preserved
           ;
           and
           so
           cannot
           be
           here
           meant
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           To
           Angels
           ,
           both
           Good
           and
           Bad
           ;
           but
           Bad
           Angels
           cannot
           be
           Sanctified
           ;
           and
           Good
           need
           no
           Prayers
           in
           this
           Respect
           :
           Nor
           can
           they
           be
           called
           
             OUR
             Spirits
          
           ,
           unless
           by
           Assignation
           of
           particular
           
             Guardia●
             Angels
          
           to
           particular
           men
           ;
           which
           (
           whatever
           were
           the
           Opinion
           of
           some
           Jews
           ,
           and
           Gentiles
           of
           old
           )
           I
           know
           no
           ground
           to
           Believe
           .
           This
           of
           the
           Spirit
           
             Out
             of
             Man.
          
           
        
         
           2.
           
           
             In
             Man
          
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           is
           that
           ,
           wh●ch
           belongs
           to
           a
           man
           in
           a
           proper
           and
           natural
           sense
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           kind
           there
           seem
           to
           be
           four
           distinct
           Significations
           of
           the
           word
           .
           Such
           as
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           taken
           for
           the
           Soul
           (
           the
           
             forma
             hominis
          
           )
           Resigned
           up
           to
           God
           in
           Death
           .
           So
           I
           understand
           
             David
             ,
             Psa.
             31.
             5.
             
             Unto
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             I
             commit
             my
             Spirit
          
           ;
           (
           however
           men
           deal
           with
           my
           Body
           ;
           )
           And
           this
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           Christ
           ,
           at
           his
           Death
           using
           the
           same
           words
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           understood
           .
           Luk.
           23.
           46.
           
           Agreeable
           to
           
             Eccles.
             12.
             7.
             
             The
             Spirit
             returns
             to
             God
             who
             gave
             it
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           also
           ,
           
             Ch.
             11.
             5.
             
             Thou
             knowest
             not
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             nor
             how
             the
             Bones
             grow
             in
             the
             womb
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           Thou
           understandest
           not
           how
           the
           Soul
           doth
           form
           the
           Body
           ,
           as
           an
           Habitation
           for
           it self
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           Inward
           part
           of
           man
           ;
           so
           the
           Exegesis
           seems
           very
           
           plain
           ,
           in
           that
           Isa.
           26.
           9.
           
           With
           
             my
             Sou●
             have
             I
             desired
             thee
             in
             the
             night
             ;
             yea
             ,
             with
             my
             Spirit
             within
             me
             will
             I
             seek
             thee
             early
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           with
           my
           inward
           man
           I
           have
           ,
           and
           will
           ,
           apply
           my self
           to
           thee
           :
           from
           whence
           arises
           a
           Tropical
           sense
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           namely
           to
           signifie
           
             Sincerity
             .
             God
             is
             my
             witness
             ,
             whom
             I
             Serve
             in
             my
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             Rom.
          
           1.
           9.
           
        
         
           2
           Spirit
           is
           taken
           for
           the
           Life
           ,
           or
           Union
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ;
           or
           Souls
           being
           in
           the
           
             State
             of
             Union
          
           .
           So
           I
           understand
           ,
           
             Iob.
             10.
             12.
             thou
             hast
             granted
             me
             Life
             ,
             and
             thy
             visitation
             hath
             preserved
             my
             Spirit
          
           ;
           namely
           to
           continue
           in
           and
           with
           my
           Body
           .
           And
           ch
           .
           34.
           14.
           15
           
           
             If
             God
             gather
             to
             himself
             mans
             spirit
             and
             his
             breath
             ,
             all
             flesh
             shall
             perish
             to
             gether
             ,
             and
             man
             shall
             turn
             again
             unto
             Dust.
          
           Thus
           t
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Damsel
           .
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           Raysed
           to
           Life
           ;
           
             Her
             Spirit
             came
             again
             ,
             and
             she
             arose
             Luk
             8.
             55.
             came
             again
             (
             ie
             )
          
           to
           be
           
             again
             United
          
           to
           her
           Body
           .
           We
           Read
           Ecl.
           3.
           21.
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             goes
             upwards
             ;
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             a
             beast
             that
             goeth
             Downwards
             ,
          
           If
           the
           Spirit
           in
           both
           parts
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           (
           as
           most
           likely
           it
           is
           )
           ;
           then
           either
           Brutes
           have
           proper
           Spirits
           (
           which
           many
           are
           loath
           to
           admit
           ;
           )
           or
           the
           Spirit
           of
           man
           must
           signifie
           but
           the
           Life
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           
           (
           if
           not
           more
           ,
           then
           )
           some
           will
           allow
           to
           Beasts
           .
           Again
           ,
           
             Chap.
             8.
             8.
             
             No
             man
             hath
             power
             over
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             Retain
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             Death
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           No
           man
           is
           M●ster
           of
           his
           own
           Life
           to
           prolong
           it
           .
           To
           the
           same
           purpose
           is
           that
           Expression
           in
           Hezekiahs
           Prayer
           ,
           
             Isa.
             38.
             16.
             
             O
             Lord
             by
             these
             things
             men
             Live
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             these
             things
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             wilt
             thou
             Recover
             me
             ,
             and
             make
             me
             to
             Live.
          
           He
           me●ns
           not
           by
           the
           
             Life
             of
             his
             Spirit
          
           ;
           the
           continued
           Duration
           of
           his
           Ever-living
           Soul
           ,
           but
           the
           continuance
           of
           its
           Union
           with
           the
           Body
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Li●e
           of
           his
           person
           should
           be
           prolonged
           .
        
         
           The
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           this
           sense
           taken
           ,
           may
           indeed
           be
           Sanctified
           .
           The
           Life
           may
           be
           Devoted
           unto
           God
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           .
           
             Rom
             14.
             8.
             
             Whether
             we
             Live
             ,
             we
             Live
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ;
             or
             Wh●ther
             we
             Dye
          
           &c.
           
           But
           this
           (
           I
           think
           is
           not
           the
           direct
           meaning
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           our
           Text.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Spirit
           is
           taken
           for
           some
           special
           Faculties
           ,
           or
           particular
           Acts
           of
           the
           mind
           ;
           such
           as
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Understanding
           ,
           Prov.
           20.
           27.
           
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             a
             man
             is
             the
             Candle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             searching
             all
             the
             Inward
             Parts
             of
             the
             Belly
          
           ;
           not
           in
           an
           Anatomical
           ,
           but
           Moral
           Sense
           ;
           The
           Understanding
           is
           set
           up
           by
           God
           in
           man
           (
           as
           a
           Candle
           )
           to
           search
           and
           
           find
           out
           by
           its
           Exercise
           ,
           all
           those
           Inward
           Acts
           and
           Inclinations
           which
           would
           othe●wise
           lie
           hidden
           and
           undiscovered
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           
             Isa.
             29.
             24
             
             ▪
             They
             that
             Erred
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             shall
             come
             to
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             Murmured
             ,
             shall
             Learn
             Doctrine
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           they
           that
           had
           misapprehensions
           of
           Me
           ,
           and
           my
           Ways
           ,
           shall
           come
           to
           Understanding
           (
           not
           the
           Faculty
           ,
           but
           )
           the
           Rectitude
           thereof
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           Murmured
           ,
           whose
           Wills
           were
           averse
           to
           embrace
           Truth
           shall
           be
           graciously
           Inclined
           to
           Learn
           that
           which
           is
           Right
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Fancy
           or
           Imagination
           is
           sometimes
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           Spirit
           .
           Ezek.
           13.
           3.
           
           
             Wo
             unto
             the
             Foolish
             Prophets
             ,
             that
             follow
             their
             own
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             have
             seen
             nothing
             ,
          
           or
           that
           walk
           after
           the
           things
           which
           they
           have
           not
           seen
           ;
           (
           as
           in
           orig
           .
           )
           which
           God
           hath
           not
           Revealed
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           fabricated
           to
           themselves
           out
           of
           their
           Evil
           Hearts
           and
           Foolish
           Fancies
           or
           Imaginations
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Spirit
           is
           also
           taken
           for
           the
           
             Thoughts
             upon
          
           ,
           or
           Remembring
           of
           some
           person
           or
           thing
           .
           Thus
           the
           Apostle
           Expresses
           his
           Thinking
           of
           the
           Corinthians
           I
           Cor.
           5.
           3.
           
           I
           
             verily
             as
             absent
             in
             Body
             ,
             but
             present
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             have
             judged
             already
             ,
             as
             tho'
             I
             were
             present
             ,
             concerning
             him
             that
             hath
             
             done
             this
             Deed.
          
           He
           thought
           of
           them
           and
           their
           Affairs
           ;
           tho'
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           them
           .
           So
           of
           the
           
             Colossians
             ,
             Chap.
             2.
             5.
             
             Tho'
             I
             he
             absent
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             yet
             am
             I
             with
             you
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             Ioying
             and
             Beholding
             your
             order
             ,
             and
             the
             stedfastness
             of
             your
             Faith
             in
             Christ.
          
           He
           Rejoyced
           to
           behold
           their
           Graces
           by
           the
           eye
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           his
           Cogitations
           of
           them
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           the
           Souls
           Faculties
           or
           Acts
           ,
           for
           which
           sometimes
           the
           word
           Spirit
           is
           ●aken
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Spirit
           is
           Lastly
           taken
           for
           some
           Qualifications
           ,
           or
           Inclinations
           of
           the
           mind
           
             as
             United
          
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           Conformed
           much
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           product
           of
           
             Nature
             ,
             Acquisition
          
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           Life
           ,
           all
           which
           concur
           to
           form
           the
           GENIUS
           ,
           Temper
           ,
           or
           Disposition
           of
           man.
           Each
           man
           hath
           something
           peculiar
           to
           himself
           in
           this
           Respect
           ;
           as
           he
           has
           in
           the
           Features
           of
           his
           Countenance
           ,
           Stature
           ,
           Shape
           ,
           Meen
           or
           Carriage
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           whereby
           he
           is
           Distinguished
           from
           any
           other
           .
           So
           ,
           if
           we
           ask
           ,
           [
           What
           Spirit
           is
           he
           of
           ?
           ]
           we
           mean
           ,
           of
           what
           Temper
           ,
           Inclination
           or
           Genius
           ?
           How
           Disposed
           ?
           How
           Qua●ified
           ?
           And
           the
           true
           Answers
           will
           be
           as
           various
           ,
           as
           men
           ;
           of
           whom
           one
           man
           is
           (
           by
           Nature
           ,
           
           Acquisition
           ,
           or
           both
           )
           of
           a
           sober
           ,
           grave
           Spirit
           .
           Another
           of
           a
           Quick
           ,
           Active
           ,
           Chearful
           Spirit
           .
           Another
           of
           a
           weak
           ,
           timorous
           ,
           Careful
           ;
           Some
           are
           Gentiel
           ,
           Generous
           ,
           Courteous
           ,
           Open
           Hearted
           ;
           Others
           Churlish
           ,
           Clownish
           ,
           Surly
           ,
           Rough
           ,
           Close
           and
           Reserved
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           these
           Spirit
           are
           viciated
           by
           Corrupt
           Nature
           ;
           and
           may
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Grace
           be
           so
           Sanctified
           ,
           as
           to
           Render
           men
           Serviceable
           ,
           tho'
           in
           a
           different
           way
           ,
           and
           of
           good
           acceptance
           both
           with
           God
           and
           man.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           
             most
             proper
          
           meaning
           of
           the
           word
           Spirit
           Here
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           And
           then
           the
           sense
           of
           it
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             [
             I
             Pray
             God
             you
             may
             be
             wholly
             Sanctifyed
             in
             every
             Part
             and
             Faculty
             every
             
               Power
               ,
               Natural
            
             &
             Acquired
             and
             being
             Sanctifyed
             may
             be
             wholy
             also
             preserved
             In
             General
             your
             
               whole
               Spirit
            
             All
             that
             gives
             any
             of
             you
             a
             Distinguishing
             Character
             from
             other
             men
             ;
             more
             Particularly
             ,
             your
             Soul
             (
             the
             
               forma
               hominis
            
             )
             the
             Inner
             part
             ;
             and
             your
             Body
             (
             the
             
               Materia
               hominis
            
             )
             or
             Outer
             part
             ,
             Both
             which
             are
             Included
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             Results
             from
             both
             :
             The
             Faculties
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             with
             their
             Hab●●uations
             ,
             or
             Improvements
             ;
             and
             the
             Temperament
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             attended
             with
             
               Outward
               Circumstances
            
             ,
             contributing
             
             thereunto
             .
             ]
          
           ;
           ;
           ;
           ;
           This
           I
           think
           is
           the
           Apos●les
           meaning
           ,
           i●
           I
           rightly
           understand
           him
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           l●id
           down
           the
           
             Notion
             in
             General
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           Endeavour
           to
           make
           it
           plain
           ,
           by
           opening
           some
           particulars
           .
           As
        
         
           1.
           
           There
           is
           in
           Scripture
           such
           a
           Distinction
           between
           the
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           first
           shew
           by
           one
           place
           in
           the
           General
           ,
           and
           after
           by
           more
           particularly
           in
           their
           proper
           places
           .
        
         
           
             The
             place
             in
          
           General
           
             is
             that
             of
          
           Hebr.
           4.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           The
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           quick
           and
           powerful
           ,
           and
           sharper
           than
           any
           Two
           Edged
           Sword
           ,
           piercing
           even
           to
           the
           Dividing
           asunder
           of
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Ioynts
           and
           Marrow
           ;
           and
           is
           a
           Discerner
           of
           the
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           Intents
           of
           the
           Heart
           ;
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           Creature
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           manifest
           in
           his
           sight
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           Dividing
           asunder
           of
           S●ul
           and
           Spirit
           ;
           Is
           it
           a
           Philosophical
           Distinction
           ,
           of
           the
           Powers
           and
           Facul●ies
           ,
           into
           Superiour
           and
           Inferi●ur
           (
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           )
           I
           pray
           to
           what
           purpos●
           ?
           Is
           it
           to
           shew
           the
           S●periour
           ,
           as
           clear
           ,
           and
           untainted
           by
           the
           Fall
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Inferiour
           and
           Bruital
           ,
           or
           sensual
           part
           is
           ●iciated
           and
           corrupt
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Philosophers
           have
           con●usedly
           suggested
           ?
           They
           say
           indeed
           that
           NO●S
           (
           the
           mind
           )
           is
           
             Divin●
             
             aurae
             particula
          
           ,
           a
           Sacred
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Thing
           '
           not
           inclined
           to
           any
           thing
           Disallowed
           by
           Right
           Reason
           ;
           till
           it
           come
           to
           be
           Incarcerated
           in
           the
           Body
           :
           and
           then
           clogg'd
           by
           a
           Dull
           Material
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           yoked
           with
           a
           couple
           of
           other
           silly
           Souls
           (
           the
           Sensitive
           of
           Brutes
           ,
           and
           the
           Vegetative
           of
           Plants
           )
           It
           bec●me
           obstru●ted
           in
           all
           vertuous
           aspiring
           ;
           and
           born
           down
           to
           Sensual
           and
           Inferiour
           Acts
           and
           Objects
           .
           Thus
           they
           Dreamt
           ;
           and
           does
           the
           Scripture
           give
           any
           Countenance
           to
           such
           Fancies
           ?
           I
           think
           not
           .
        
         
           I
           rather
           take
           it
           thus
           .
           The
           Apostle
           ●aving
           Exhorted
           them
           to
           study
           and
           use
           Diligence
           ,
           or
           Labour
           (
           as
           we
           read
           it
           )
           to
           Enter
           into
           the
           Rest
           before
           mentioned
           ;
           Tacitly
           implies
           that
           this
           work
           should
           be
           done
           ,
           with
           all
           Sincerity
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           had
           to
           do
           herein
           with
           a
           Heart-searching
           God
           ;
           This
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           Energie
           of
           his
           Word
           ,
           which
           openeth
           to
           a
           man
           the
           Secrets
           of
           his
           Soul
           ;
           for
           the
           word
           is
           ●iving
           or
           Quick
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ;
           God
           ,
           who
           made
           man
           ,
           knows
           him
           altogether
           ,
           and
           better
           understands
           what
           is
           in
           man
           ,
           than
           man
           does
           what
           is
           in
           himself
           .
           Man
           has
           but
           Dark
           Apprehensions
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           therein
           oft
           times
           grosly
           does
           mistake
           ;
           B●t
           God
           by
           his
           Word
           Searcheth
           intimately
           ,
           and
           Discovereth
           fully
           to
           him
           what
           he
           else
           would
           
           not
           take
           notice
           of
           :
           His
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           lye
           close
           together
           (
           as
           do
           his
           Ioynts
           and
           Marrow
           .
           )
           But
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Anatomists
             Knife
          
           lays
           open
           the
           one
           Difference
           ;
           so
           the
           piercing
           Two
           Edged
           Sword
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           does
           the
           other
           :
           That
           word
           shews
           him
           ,
           How
           his
           Soul
           came
           pure
           out
           of
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           he
           hath
           added
           thereto
           a
           vicious
           Spirit
           ,
           by
           the
           perverting
           of
           what
           God
           did
           make
           upright
           .
        
         
           Let
           not
           man
           therefore
           charge
           God
           foolishly
           ,
           and
           say
           (
           as
           Adam
           did
           concerning
           Eve
           )
           From
           the
           Soul
           which
           thou
           gavest
           me
           all
           my
           faults
           do
           arise
           :
           No
           ,
           It
           is
           from
           that
           Evil
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           man
           hath
           to
           himself
           Acquired
           :
           His
           Soul
           indeed
           has
           the
           powers
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           his
           Spirit
           that
           gives
           the
           Inclinations
           ,
           which
           (
           in
           a
           natural
           corrupt
           State
           )
           are
           wholly
           bent
           unto
           Evil.
           Thus
           the
           Malady
           is
           opened
           and
           searched
           by
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           Cure
           is
           also
           by
           the
           same
           word
           prescribed
           :
           As
           here
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           Namely
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           for
           the
           first
           particular
           ;
           That
           there
           is
           in
           Scripture
           such
           a
           Distinction
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Soul
           and
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Constitution
           of
           this
           Spirit
           or
           Genius
           ,
           is
           an
           Aggregate
           or
           Resultant
           from
           the
           Connexion
           of
           divers
           things
           in
           Man
           :
           As
           his
           
             Souls
             Faculties
          
           ;
           his
           
             Bodies
             Temperament
          
           ;
           
           His
           
             Acquired
             Habits
          
           ,
           by
           Instructions
           ,
           Examples
           ,
           or
           Customes
           ;
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           
             Outward
             Adjacents
          
           ,
           or
           Circumstances
           of
           his
           present
           Life
           .
           A
           little
           of
           each
           of
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Faculties
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           (
           as
           Understanding
           ,
           Will
           ,
           Sensitive
           Appetite
           or
           Passions
           )
           are
           all
           Ingredients
           as
           the
           
             Substrate
             Matter
          
           of
           this
           Spirit
           in
           Man
           ;
           But
           the
           Modification
           of
           them
           is
           from
           the
           other
           Causes
           .
           Souls
           in
           themselves
           are
           all
           Equal
           ;
           but
           the
           Spirits
           are
           vastly
           Different
           one
           from
           another
           .
           And
           this
           is
           from
           the
           particulars
           that
           follow
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           chief
           manner
           from
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Temperament
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           is
           (
           more
           or
           less
           )
           Different
           in
           every
           Individual
           Man.
           As
           there
           are
           scarce
           Two
           Pebbles
           on
           the
           Sea
           Beach
           ,
           or
           Two
           Chips
           hewen
           from
           the
           same
           wood
           ,
           exactly
           figured
           alike
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           As
           there
           are
           hardly
           Two
           Faces
           ,
           Gestures
           ,
           or
           Meenes
           of
           Men
           (
           which
           are
           the
           outward
           Indices
           of
           their
           Inward
           Constitutions
           )
           But
           doe
           in
           some
           things
           Differ
           ,
           tho'
           some
           are
           more
           alike
           than
           others
           :
           Even
           so
           it
           is
           with
           their
           Temperaments
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           chief
           Ingredient
           into
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           whereof
           we
           now
           speak
           .
           That
           saying
           of
           Philosophers
           
             [
             Manners
             of
             the
             Mind
             follow
             
             the
             Temperament
             of
             the
             Body
             ]
          
           is
           true
           if
           rightly
           understood
           with
           a
           due
           Temper
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           we
           say
           )
           with
           a
           
             Grain
             of
             Salt
          
           :
           By
           Manners
           ,
           we
           must
           understand
           ,
           not
           the
           Vertues
           ,
           or
           Vices
           themselves
           ;
           But
           the
           
             Genius
             and
             Inclination
          
           ,
           which
           leads
           and
           Disposes
           to
           them
           .
           And
           that
           's
           the
           same
           with
           this
           our
           Spirit
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           skil●ul
           Physicians
           (
           who
           may
           perhaps
           have
           the
           worst
           Manners
           )
           might
           be
           accounted
           the
           best
           M●rallists
           ,
           &
           they
           could
           easily
           mend
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           cannot
           mend
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Nor
           must
           we
           understand
           by
           this
           ,
           our
           Substrate
           Matter
           (
           the
           Faculties
           above-mentioned
           )
           as
           if
           ,
           The
           Body
           has
           an
           Operative
           Influence
           upon
           the
           Soul
           to
           Induce
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           a
           new
           form
           upon
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           Soul
           is
           the
           Active
           part
           ,
           in
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           Body
           nothing
           so
           .
           But
           the
           thing
           stands
           thus
           .
        
         
           The
           Soul
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           
             True
             Spirit
          
           (
           in
           a
           Nobler
           Sense
           ,
           than
           that
           whereof
           we
           are
           now
           treating
           )
           being
           ,
           by
           its
           Information
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           most
           Intimately
           conjoyned
           thereunto
           ;
           while
           it
           is
           in
           the
           State
           of
           Conjunction
           ,
           and
           Union
           in
           Man
           ,
           Uses
           the
           Parts
           ,
           Humours
           ,
           and
           Members
           ,
           as
           its
           Instruments
           or
           Organs
           ,
           in
           all
           its
           Operations
           .
           Now
           as
           a
           Workman
           Receiveth
           nothing
           of
           his
           strength
           or
           skill
           ,
           from
           his
           Tools
           wherewith
           
           with
           he
           works
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           his
           Abilities
           he
           will
           find
           himself
           much
           furthered
           or
           hindred
           in
           his
           business
           ,
           according
           as
           his
           Tool
           is
           either
           Apt
           ,
           or
           Unapt
           ,
           for
           his
           Work.
           So
           is
           it
           in
           this
           Case
           :
           The
           Soul
           Receives
           no
           power
           from
           the
           Body
           ;
           But
           in
           Exerting
           its
           own
           proper
           powers
           ,
           is
           helped
           or
           hindred
           by
           the
           Bodys
           good
           or
           ill
           Temperament
           .
           Thus
           an
           〈◊〉
           
             Tempered
             Brain
          
           makes
           that
           Soul
           Act
           like
           a
           Fool
           ,
           or
           Ideot
           ,
           which
           had
           it
           a
           Brain
           Well●
           Tempered
           ,
           would
           be
           both
           prudent
           and
           sagacious
           .
           And
           so
           also
           the
           Temperament
           of
           the
           
             Heart
             ,
             Blood
          
           ,
           and
           
             Natural
             Spirits
          
           ,
           gives
           Help
           ▪
           or
           Impediment
           to
           the
           ●ill
           and
           Affections
           ;
           even
           as
           ,
           The
           
             Organs
             of
             Sense
          
           do
           ,
           to
           their
           proper
           Senses
           .
           Hence
           that
           saying
           
             [
             Anima
             Ga●bae
             male
             habitat
          
           ]
           The
           Brave
           Soul
           of
           Galba
           had
           but
           an
           Ill
           Lodging
           ;
           He
           being
           a
           brave
           Spirited
           Man
           ,
           but
           very
           sickly
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Acquired
             Habits
          
           do
           much
           Alter
           the
           Genius
           or
           Spirit
           ,
           from
           what
           it
           would
           be
           ,
           if
           men
           were
           left
           to
           their
           Pure
           Naturals
           .
           These
           Habits
           arise
           partly
           ,
           (
           1
           )
           From
           Instruction
           &
           Rules
           :
           so
           Intellectual
           &
           Moral
           Habits
           (
           whether
           good
           or
           evil
           ▪
           are
           formed
           much
           according
           to
           the
           Information
           men
           meet
           with
           ,
           especially
           in
           their
           younger
           dayes
           .
           Thus
           (
           as
           to
           Advantage
           )
           every
           
           part
           of
           Philosophy
           contributes
           its
           share
           ;
           Logick
           and
           Metaphysicks
           ,
           sharpness
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           Mathematicks
           Solidness
           and
           Sagacity
           ;
           Physicks
           good
           conjecture
           at
           the
           Reasons
           of
           things
           ;
           
             Moral
             Philosophy
          
           and
           History
           ,
           Prudence
           ;
           Rhetorick
           ,
           Fairness
           and
           Confidence
           of
           Address
           ;
           Poetry
           ,
           quickness
           of
           fancy
           ,
           and
           Imagination
           ;
           Any
           of
           these
           as
           they
           are
           better
           studied
           ,
           do
           accordingly
           Enable
           and
           Incline
           the
           mind
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           Didicisse
           fideliter
           Artes
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           on
           the
           Contrary
           (
           as
           to
           Disadvantage
           )
           All
           vicious
           and
           erroneous
           Principles
           ,
           foolish
           and
           vain
           traditions
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           evil
           Rudiments
           ,
           being
           Instilled
           into
           Youth
           ,
           do
           Taint
           and
           Darken
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           Debauch
           the
           Will
           &
           Affections
           ,
           and
           Debase
           the
           whole
           
             Spirit
             and
             Genius
          
           of
           the
           Man.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           Pattern
           .
           Example
           ,
           and
           Converse
           ,
           with
           People
           ,
           make
           deeper
           imp●ession
           then
           Rules
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           very
           great
           influence
           in
           forming
           the
           
             Genius
             ▪
          
           especially
           of
           Youth
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           stepping
           from
           Boy
           to
           Man
           ,
           and
           are
           taking
           upon
           them
           to
           chuse
           their
           own
           way
           ;
           then
           ,
           (
           if
           ever
           )
           
             Multum
             Refert
             quocum
             vixeris
          
           ;
           it
           concerns
           you
           to
           think
           where
           you
           dwell
           .
           The
           force
           of
           Example
           is
           set
           forth
           in
           that
           
             (
             Prov.
             22.
             24.
             25.
             )
             Make
             no
             friendship
             with
             an
             angry
             
             man
             ,
          
           and
           
             with
             a
             furious
             man
             thou
             shalt
             not
             go
             ;
             Lest
             thou
             learn
             his
             way
             ,
             and
             get
             a
             snare
             to
             thy
             soul.
          
           T
           is
           called
           a
           Snare
           ;
           tho'
           the
           ill-favoured
           humour
           be
           no
           plausible
           bait
           to
           allure
           ;
           yet
           for
           that
           ,
           all
           Custom
           has
           a
           secret
           and
           fascinating
           Insinuation
           ,
           whereby
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           the
           Aversation
           and
           Abhorrence
           of
           Ill
           things
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           are
           enured
           is
           very
           much
           abated
           .
           So
           as
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Vices
           themselves
           under
           some
           false
           name
           (
           such
           as
           Gallantry
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           Greatness
           of
           Soul
           ,
           Scorning
           to
           take
           an
           injury
           ,
           &c.
           )
           put
           fair
           for
           an
           approbation
           ,
           and
           are
           contagious
           ;
           But
           even
           the
           Inclinations
           to
           them
           ,
           &
           
             preparation
             of
             Spirit
          
           for
           them
           ,
           do
           commonly
           spread
           themselves
           from
           one
           person
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           so
           also
           (
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           tho'
           not
           casually
           )
           may
           we
           expect
           in
           things
           of
           a
           
             better
             Character
             .
             Prov.
             13.
             20.
             
             He
             that
             walketh
             with
             the
             wise
             shall
             be
             wise
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Which
           place
           (
           I
           think
           )
           does
           not
           only
           intimate
           Gods
           usual
           Blessing
           upon
           fit
           means
           ,
           but
           also
           discovers
           those
           proper
           means
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           own
           Nature
           are
           apt
           to
           operate
           ,
           in
           a
           Moral
           way
           upon
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           :
           not
           indeed
           to
           give
           the
           Truth
           of
           Grace
           ;
           for
           then
           all
           in
           Godly
           Families
           would
           be
           Religious
           ,
           &
           Leave
           no
           ground
           for
           that
           complaint
           ,
           
             In
             the
             Land
             of
             uprightness
             
             will
             he
             deal
             unjustly
             .
             Isa.
          
           26.
           10.
           
           And
           the
           contrary
           (
           too
           often
           )
           do
           we
           find
           by
           sad
           experience
           .
           Nor
           are
           those
           ●air
           Dispositions
           ,
           which
           Conversation
           may
           work
           ,
           such
           Preparations
           for
           Grace
           ,
           as
           doth
           oblige
           God
           
             (
             ex
             congruo
          
           )
           to
           give
           the
           Truth
           thereof
           ;
           but
           only
           the
           whole
           is
           this
           ;
           If
           God
           please
           to
           give
           his
           Supernatural
           Grace
           ,
           to
           one
           ,
           that
           has
           fair
           
             Natural
             Disp●sit●●ns
          
           ;
           Those
           Graces
           will
           the
           more
           ●llu●●riously
           ,
           appear
           ,
           to
           Render
           a
           Man
           the
           more
           Eminen●●y
           Servi●●all
           .
        
         
           A●d
           to
           〈◊〉
           our
           daily
           Experience
           ,
           and
           common
           ob●●●vati●n
           ;
           that
           men
           are
           much
           what
           the
           Cus●om
           and
           usual
           practice
           of
           the
           place
           is
           ,
           where
           they
           live
           .
           He
           that
           is
           bred
           ,
           or●
           much
           conversant
           ,
           in
           the
           country
           ;
           gets
           there
           a
           simple
           plain
           heartedness
           ;
           or
           perhaps
           a
           Rough
           Rusticity
           :
           He
           that
           is
           much
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           has
           more
           of
           Civility
           ,
           Sagacity
           ,
           and
           Cunning.
           One
           ,
           who
           lives
           where
           News
           is
           frequently
           Talked
           ,
           Gets
           somewhat
           of
           a
           Publick
           Spirit
           :
           Amongst
           good
           natured
           People
           ,
           a
           Candid
           Spirit
           .
           Amongst
           Souldiers
           ,
           a
           Bold
           and
           Boysterous
           one
           ;
           And
           so
           of
           all
           other
           Affections
           :
           which
           may
           be
           considered
           in
           an
           Indifferency
           ;
           Neither
           morally
           Good
           nor
           Bad
           ,
           in
           themselves
           ;
           but
           only
           as
           Sanctification
           or
           Corruption
           makes
           the
           Difference
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           
             Outward
             Circumstances
          
           do
           also
           Exceedingly
           vary
           
             mens
             spirits
          
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           shorter
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           then
           Habits
           use
           to
           do
           .
           Thus
           Prosperity
           ,
           Wealth
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Health
           ,
           friends
           &c.
           do
           commonly
           enlarge
           the
           mind
           of
           a
           m●n
           ;
           and
           make
           him
           bold
           and
           brisk
           :
           Whereas
           the
           contrary
           Poverty
           ,
           Disgrace
           ,
           Sickness
           ,
           &c.
           do
           usually
           Contract
           and
           Emasculate
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           If
           these
           are
           of
           a
           long
           continued
           Series
           ,
           they
           do
           very
           much
           towards
           the
           forming
           of
           a
           setled
           and
           fixed
           Genius
           .
           But
           if
           only
           Occasionally
           ,
           or
           at
           certain
           times
           they
           occur
           ;
           then
           they
           vary
           and
           Contemperate
           the
           
             Setled
             Spirit
          
           for
           a
           season
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           become
           a
           means
           to
           Reduce
           it
           to
           a
           better
           Mediocrity
           .
           Thus
           one
           of
           a
           Light
           and
           Airy
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           in
           all
           good
           Circumstances
           ,
           (
           may
           at
           such
           times
           )
           be
           unmanageable
           by
           Advice
           ;
           until
           perhaps
           ,
           a
           particular
           sore
           A●●iction
           ,
           hath
           somewhat
           abated
           of
           his
           Gallantry
           ,
           and
           opened
           hi●
           Ear
           to
           Instruction
           ,
           whereby
           his
           Spirit
           may
           be
           better
           Regulated
           for
           the
           futu●e
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           for
           the
           Aggregation
           or
           Resultance
           ,
           of
           this
           our
           Spirit
           ,
           from
           the
           concurrence
           of
           divers
           things
           ,
           both
           within
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           Man.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           next
           particular
           in
           order
           to
           the
           
           Explaining
           of
           our
           
             General
             Notion
          
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           taking
           Notice
           ;
           That
           all
           these
           do
           some
           way
           concurr
           to
           Constitute
           and
           Represent
           the
           Man
           ,
           Abstracted
           from
           Grace
           and
           Sin
           ;
           yet
           the
           Internals
           and
           Essentials
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           have
           the
           principal
           stroak
           herein
           :
           And
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           other
           matters
           ,
           that
           are
           External
           to
           the
           Essence
           of
           man
           ;
           the
           Accidental
           Inherents
           ,
           and
           Adjacents
           ;
           do
           but
           somewhat
           Modify
           and
           Affect
           the
           former
           constitution
           ,
           which
           will
           still
           appear
           in
           some
           Degree
           or
           other
           .
        
         
           Naturam
           Expellas
           ,
           furca
           licet
           ,
           ipsa
           recurret
           .
        
         
           Drive
           Nature
           out
           with
           Pitch
           forks
           ,
           t
           will
           Return
           ,
        
         
           And
           act
           its
           part
           ,
           as
           sure
           as
           fire
           will
           Burn.
           
        
         
           And
           ,
           because
           the
           Soules
           Primitive
           facultyes
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           all
           Equal
           in
           every
           man
           ;
           t
           is
           the
           
             Bodyes
             Temperament
          
           ,
           that
           especially
           gives
           the
           great
           Diversity
           in
           Mens
           Spirits
           ;
           we
           shall
           therefore
           speak
           of
           these
           more
           Distinctly
           ;
           And
           that
           not
           Exactly
           according
           to
           the
           common
           four
           
             First
             Qualityes
          
           (
           Hot
           and
           Dry
           ,
           Cold
           and
           Moyst
           )
           which
           are
           said
           ,
           by
           their
           Mixture
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           four
           Complexions
           (
           Sanguine
           ,
           Cholerick
           ,
           Melancholy
           ,
           and
           Phlegmatick
           )
           of
           which
           Physicians
           do
           so
           often
           speak
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           Treat
           of
           them
           ,
           according
           
           to
           the
           
             Actives
             (
             Hot
          
           ,
           and
           Cold
           ,
           )
           with
           a
           Mean
           Temper
           between
           them
           ;
           Taking
           notice
           of
           the
           other
           By
           the
           way
           ,
           only
           as
           occasion
           is
           offered
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           Physical
           composition
           ,
           or
           Medical
           Di●posi●ion
           of
           spi●its
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           now
           to
           do
           with
           ;
           But
           Spirits
           as
           they
           R●late
           to
           Humane
           and
           Moral
           Actions
           ;
           into
           w●ich
           these
           three
           
             (
             Hot
             ,
             Cold
          
           ,
           and
           Mean
           )
           h●ve
           the
           greatest
           In●luence
           .
           Besides
           ,
           a●l
           men
           will
           admit
           of
           a
           Hotter
           ,
           and
           a
           ●ooler
           Temperament
           ;
           even
           t●ose
           who
           Rej●ct
           Elementary
           Mixtures
           ;
           and
           have
           no
           great
           Regard
           to
           the
           four
           Comp●●xions
           .
           I●
           any
           like
           better
           to
           have
           it
           express●d
           by
           Matter
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           moveable
           or
           move●
           ;
           They
           may
           please
           themselves
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Di●ference
           in
           the
           Thing
           ,
           however
           ●●pressions
           vary
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           therefore
           ;
           some
           mens
           Spi●its
           are
           Hot
           ,
           and
           they
           do
           commonly
           
             Act
             war●●
             ▪
          
           Others
           are
           Cold
           ,
           and
           they
           usually
           
             Act
             Cooly
          
           ;
           Others
           have
           a
           Spirit
           of
           a
           fine
           Mean
           between
           these
           two
           Extreams
           ,
           and
           their
           Actions
           are
           participant
           of
           both
           qualifications
           ;
           viciously
           ,
           if
           Unsanctified
           ,
           and
           under
           natural
           Corruption
           ;
           vertuously
           ,
           if
           Sanctified
           ,
           and
           mens
           Spirits
           be●guided
           ,
           and
           act●d
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           :
           All
           commonly
           according
           to
           their
           several
           Capacities
           :
           
           But
           if
           at
           any
           time
           a
           man
           be
           acted
           contrary
           to
           his
           peculiar
           Genius
           ,
           't
           is
           by
           a
           special
           hand
           of
           the
           Good
           or
           Evil
           Spirit
           upon
           him
           ;
           some
           special
           Instigation
           ,
           and
           Assistance
           ,
           upon
           a
           particular
           occasion
           .
           And
           according
           to
           this
           Method
           we
           shall
           Treat
           of
           the
           several
           Spirits
           ;
           first
           Describing
           themselves
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           States
           ,
           both
           of
           Unregeneracy
           and
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           more
           
             Hot
             Spirit
          
           Discovers
           it self
           in
           Chearfulness
           ,
           Activity
           ,
           Courage
           ,
           and
           Angry
           Zeal
           or
           Jealousy
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Chearfulness
           :
           Heat
           joyned
           with
           a
           convenient
           Moisture
           (
           answerable
           to
           the
           Sanguine
           Complexion
           )
           Renders
           a
           man
           Chearful
           ,
           Vivid
           ,
           Sprightly
           ,
           and
           upon
           occasion
           (
           with
           apt
           Circumstances
           )
           Joyous
           ,
           Refreshed
           ,
           Merry
           and
           Comfortable
           .
           It
           makes
           him
           look
           Ruddy
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Beautiful
           Countenance
           (
           like
           David
           in
           the
           flower
           of
           his
           Youth
           )
           and
           pleasant
           ,
           like
           the
           face
           of
           all
           things
           in
           the
           Spring
           .
           David
           (
           we
           may
           suppose
           )
           was
           of
           a
           Natural
           Chearful
           Spi●it
           :
           His
           Musical
           Inclination
           ,
           whereby
           his
           skill
           was
           great
           ,
           seems
           to
           speak
           so
           much
           :
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           his
           
             prudence
             in
             matters
          
           (
           so
           we
           Read
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Margin
           
             prudent
             of
             Speech
          
           .
           1
           Sam.
           16.
           18.
           
           )
           for
           these
           things
           (
           I
           say
           )
           He
           was
           sent
           for
           by
           Saul
           ;
           that
           so
           his
           Musick
           
           and
           his
           prudent
           Mirth
           ,
           might
           Drive
           away
           Sauls
           Evil
           (
           Melancholly
           )
           Spi●it
           .
           This
           Chearful
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           in
           
             Young
             David
             ,
             Natural
          
           ;
           so
           it
           was
           in
           
             Old
             Iacob
          
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           ;
           when
           he
           heard
           good
           News
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           and
           saw
           the
           Waggons
           that
           were
           sent
           for
           him
           ,
           (
           Gen.
           45.
           27.
           
           )
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             Iacob
             their
             Father
             Revived
             .
          
           Such
           also
           were
           the
           
             Refreshed
             Spirits
          
           mentioned
           ,
           1
           
             Cor
             16.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             I
             am
             glad
             of
             the
             coming
             of
             Fortunatus
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             Refreshed
             my
             Spirit
             and
             Yours
             .
          
           And
           that
           of
           Titus
           his
           Joy
           ,
           (
           2
           
             Cor.
             7.
             13.
             
             Because
             his
             Spirit
             was
             Refreshed
             by
             you
             all
             .
          
        
         
           The
           meaning
           of
           all
           is
           :
           Their
           Spirits
           were
           Chearful
           and
           Vivid
           ,
           upon
           these
           Comfortable
           occasions
           .
           The
           Spirit
           also
           signifyes
           Health
           and
           strength
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Hunger●starved
           
             Egyptian
             (
             1.
             
             Sam
          
           :
           30
           )
           who
           being
           left
           sick
           (
           v
           13
           )
           having
           now
           Eaten
           and
           Drank
           ,
           after
           the
           three
           Days
           fasting
           ;
           t
           is
           said
           
             (
             v
             12.
             
             His
             spirit
             came
             again
             to
             him
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           He
           had
           now
           some
           life
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           could
           do
           something
           like
           himself
           ;
           who
           before
           was
           as
           one
           Dead
           ,
           with
           sadness
           and
           Desperation
           ;
           But
           now
           Doubtless
           ,
           was
           glad
           that
           he
           was
           alive
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Chearful
             Spirit
          
           ,
           If
           
             Unsanctifyed
             and
             Corrupt
          
           ,
           is
           grosly
           abused
           to
           Levity
           ,
           froth
           ,
           vanity
           ,
           and
           foolish
           Jesting
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           
           convenient
           :
           To
           Lasciviousness
           in
           them
           ,
           who
           make
           
             Provision
             for
             the
             ●lesh
             to
             fulfil
             the
             Lusts
             thereof
             :
          
           To
           Pride
           &
           Haughtiness
           ,
           self●conceit
           and
           glorying
           i●
           their
           own
           strength
           and
           Beauty
           ;
           to
           
             forgetfulness
             of
             God
             feeding
             themselves
             without
             fear
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           wax
           fat
           and
           Kick
           against
           their
           Maker
           ;
           and
           
             Rejoyce
             in
             their
             Beastings
             ;
             But
             all
             such
             Rejoycings
             are
             evil
             .
             Iames
          
           4.
           16.
           
        
         
           ●ut
           If
           Sancti●yed
           ,
           The
           
             Ioy
             of
             their
             Spirit
          
           becomes
           
             Spiritual
             ●oy
          
           ;
           I●
           like
           
             Marys
             (
             Luke
             1
             46.
             47.
             )
             My
             Soul
             doth
             Magnify
             the
             Lord
             ,
             And
             my
             Spirit
             hath
             Rejoyced
             in
             God
             my
             Saviour
             .
          
           It
           Lisposeth
           them
           to
           Thankfulness
           ,
           and
           adapts
           for
           Praysing
           and
           Glorifying
           of
           God.
           It
           fits
           men
           for
           Chearful
           Service
           to
           him
           ;
           which
           much
           commends
           Religion
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           frighted
           from
           it
           by
           Conceits
           of
           nothing
           but
           Mortification
           and
           Self
           Denial
           therein
           .
           Chearful
           Christianity
           adds
           a
           Lustre
           to
           Profession
           ;
           and
           convinces
           men
           ,
           That
           they
           may
           be
           merry
           and
           wise
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           tho'
           this
           doth
           chiefly
           arise
           from
           the
           Tes●imony
           of
           a
           Good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Sealings
           of
           the
           Comforting
           
             Spirit
             of
             Adoption
          
           ;
           yet
           Subservient
           thereunto
           is
           this
           our
           Natural
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           Renders
           men
           more
           apt
           outwardly
           to
           express
           it
           .
           David
           was
           (
           as
           is
           b●fore
           noted
           )
           of
           this
           Sanguine
           
           and
           Cheerful
           temper
           ;
           and
           he
           did
           Eminently
           Glorify
           God
           by
           his
           Musick
           and
           Psalmody
           ;
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Apostles
           Rule
           
             James
             5.
             13.
             
             Is
             any
             among
             you
             merry
             ,
             Let
             him
             sing
             Psa●ms
             .
          
           This
           of
           Cheerfulness
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Activity
           is
           another
           effect
           of
           the
           
             Hotter
             Spirit
          
           ;
           it
           shews
           it self
           in
           a
           willingness
           and
           readiness
           to
           be
           employed
           ;
           as
           also
           sometimes
           in
           strong
           inclinations
           and
           vigorous
           motions
           ;
           in
           a
           great
           inquisitiveness
           and
           earnest
           search
           after
           things
           that
           are
           out
           of
           common
           view
           ▪
           This
           Temper
           is
           very
           natural
           to
           Youth
           ,
           which
           is
           usually
           fitter
           for
           Execution
           then
           Deliberation
           ;
           and
           because
           of
           
             this
             Spirit
          
           t
           is
           called
           the
           Sprightliest
           time
           of
           mens
           Lives
           .
        
         
           This
           
             Active
             Spirit
          
           ,
           while
           Unsanctifyed
           is
           (
           like
           as
           in
           a
           brisk
           Monkey
           )
           a
           very
           unlucky
           thing
           ;
           It
           renders
           men
           Idle
           Busy-Bodys
           ;
           Medlers
           with
           other
           Mens
           Matters
           ;
           Grievously
           Troublesome
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           World
           ;
           Restless
           in
           themselves
           ;
           and
           suffering
           none
           to
           be
           quiet
           by
           them
           ;
           this
           fruitful
           Soyl
           uncultivated
           ,
           brings
           forth
           a
           multitude
           of
           Weeds
           ;
           if
           set
           upon
           mischeif
           ,
           one
           such
           will
           do
           more
           then
           many
           others
           ;
           like
           the
           active
           Element
           of
           Fire
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           not
           employed
           in
           profitable
           Service
           ,
           it
           works
           Destruction
           and
           Desolation
           .
           
           The
           Inquisitiveness
           ,
           that
           attends
           such
           unsanctified
           Spi●its
           ,
           does
           often
           make
           men
           Seekers
           in
           Religion
           ;
           never
           satisfi●d
           with
           setled
           Truths
           ,
           but
           Scepticks
           ,
           Rambling
           and
           Uncomposed
           
             Sect
             arys
          
           ,
           tossed
           about
           with
           every
           wind
           of
           Doctrine
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           they
           hap
           to
           be
           Sect-Masters
           ,
           they
           'l
           compass
           Sea
           and
           Land
           to
           make
           a
           Proselyte
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           They
           are
           the
           
             nimblest
             Servants
          
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           notablest
           Instruments
           he
           can
           find
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           Sanctified
           ,
           Then
           ,
           none
           so
           Serviceable
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           Man.
           Such
           Spirits
           will
           make
           men
           willing
           to
           do
           Service
           .
           (
           as
           
             Exo.
             35.
             21.
             )
             They
             came
             every
             one
             ,
             whose
             Heart
             stirred
             him
             up
             ;
             and
             every
             one
             ,
             whose
             Spirit
             made
             him
             willing
          
           ;
           and
           
             they
             brought
             the
             Lords
             Offering
             to
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
             .
          
           'T
           is
           not
           said
           ,
           [
           whom
           
             Gods
             Spirit
          
           made
           willing
           ]
           Tho'
           that
           is
           most
           true
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             First
             Cause
          
           ;
           But
           
             [
             whose
             Spirit
             made
             him
             willing
             ,
             whose
             heart
             stirred
             him
             up
             ]
          
           That
           is
           ,
           his
           own
           Spirit
           ,
           being
           Sanctified
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           :
           Here
           the
           
             Second
             Cause
          
           is
           noted
           ,
           being
           stirred
           up
           by
           the
           First
           .
           And
           indeed
           God
           often
           Warms
           and
           
             Raises
             up
          
           mens
           Spirits
           for
           any
           noble
           Designs
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           intends
           to
           use
           them
           .
           So
           in
           those
           
             (
             Ezra
             1.
             1.
             )
             The
             Lord
             stirred
             up
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Cyrus
             ,
          
           and
           
           then
           Cyrus
           communicates
           of
           his
           warmth
           ,
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           poor
           Dispirited
           Jews
           .
           
             (
             v.
             3.
             )
             Who
             is
             there
             among
             you
             of
             all
             the
             People
             ?
          
           What
           ?
           Have
           you
           never
           a
           Brave
           Man
           among
           you
           to
           undertake
           this
           
             Great
             &
             Worthy
          
           affair
           ?
           Upon
           this
           Giving●Fire
           their
           Spirits
           were
           Enflamed
           ,
           
             Then
             rose
             up
             the
             chief
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             the
             Priests
             and
             the
             Levites
             ,
             with
             all
             them
             ,
             whose
             Spirit
             God
             had
             Raised
             to
             go
             up
             (
             v.
          
           5.
           )
           Not
           All
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           some
           Chief
           men
           :
           men
           (
           its
           likely
           )
           that
           were
           of
           
             Large
             Souls
          
           ,
           active
           and
           Gallant
           Spirits
           in
           themselves
           ,
           fitted
           for
           Noble
           designs
           ;
           but
           (
           alas
           ;
           )
           they
           were
           so
           shrunk
           ,
           and
           sunk
           by
           their
           long
           Captivity
           ,
           that
           neither
           
             In
             nate
          
           briskness
           ,
           nor
           the
           Encouragement
           which
           Cyrus
           gave
           them
           ,
           was
           sufficient
           to
           Chi●p
           them
           up
           ,
           till
           God
           
             Sanctifyed
             their
             Spirits
          
           ,
           and
           raised
           them
           above
           themselves
           to
           this
           Pious
           and
           Noble
           undertaking
           .
           Two
           of
           them
           are
           mentioned
           
             by
             Name
          
           (
           besides
           others
           ,
           Hag.
           1.
           14.
           )
           
             The
             Lord
             stirred
             up
             the
             Spirit
             of
          
           Zerubbabel
           ,
           
             the
             Governour
             ;
             &
          
           Joshua
           ,
           
             the
             High
             Priest
          
           ;
           and
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
             all
             the
             Remnant
             of
             the
             People
             ,
          
           and
           they
           came
           and
           did
           work
           in
           the
           house
           .
           Now
           ,
           was
           it
           the
           Souls
           of
           these
           men
           ?
           Or
           ,
           the
           
             men
             themselves
          
           ?
           Methinks
           t
           is
           more
           Genuine
           ,
           
             The
             Spirits
          
           of
           those
           men
           in
           the
           sense
           we
           now
           propose
           .
        
         
         
           This
           
             Active
             Spirit
          
           ,
           uses
           to
           discover
           and
           express
           it self
           (
           as
           is
           befere
           noted
           )
           in
           a
           strong
           Inclination
           ,
           &
           vigorous
           Motion
           .
           Elihu
           speaks
           of
           a
           Spirit
           in
           man
           (
           Iob
           32
           8.
           )
           which
           I
           suppose
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           hath
           Reference
           .
           (
           v.
           18.
           )
           
             I
             am
             full
             of
             matter
          
           (
           or
           words
           )
           
             and
             the
             Spirit
             within
             me
          
           (
           or
           of
           my
           Belly
           )
           
             constraineth
             me
             (
             v.
             20.
             )
             I
             will
             speak
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             be
             refreshed
             .
          
           Now
           Elihu
           was
           the
           youngest
           of
           Iobs
           Friends
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           intimates
           (
           v.
           6
           ,
           7.
           )
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           in
           part
           ,
           he
           is
           more
           earnest
           ,
           and
           copious
           ,
           then
           the
           rest
           ;
           the
           Ardour
           ,
           and
           Activity
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           caused
           an
           eager
           desire
           in
           him
           to
           express
           his
           mind
           ;
           which
           he
           calls
           the
           
             Constraining
             of
             his
             Spirit
          
           .
           But
           because
           there
           was
           somewhat
           of
           anger
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           (
           besides
           his
           
             Youthful
             Warmth
          
           )
           we
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           reflect
           upon
           this
           instance
           again
           ;
           and
           then
           shew
           more
           of
           this
           vigorous
           Motion
           ,
           and
           strong
           Inclination
           ,
           under
           the
           Head
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           shall
           referr
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           This
           
             Hotter
             Spirit
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Courage
           &
           Boldness
           ,
           to
           address
           Difficultys
           ,
           and
           meet
           with
           Evil.
           
        
         
           This
           shews
           it self
           divers
           ways
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Sometimes
           in
           a
           wrath
           for
           War
           ;
           which
           God
           
             Stirs
             up
          
           or
           Abates
           ,
           as
           is
           agreeable
           
           to
           his
           own
           holy
           purposes
           .
           Thus
           to
           Impoverish
           ,
           take
           ,
           and
           lead
           Captive
           the
           Idolatrous
           Israelites
           ,
           (
           1
           Chron.
           5.
           26.
           )
           
             The
             God
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             stirred
             up
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Pull
             ,
             King
             of
             Assyria
             ,
             and
             Tilgath
             Pilneser
             King
             of
             Assyria
             ,
             and
             he
             carried
             them
             away
             .
          
           The
           former
           took
           their
           Goods
           (
           2
           King.
           15.
           19.
           )
           
             Menahem
             gave
             Pull
          
           a
           Thousand
           Talents
           of
           Silver
           (
           that
           is
           an
           Hundred
           and
           Eighty
           Seven
           Thousand
           ,
           One
           Hundred
           pounds
           )
           
             And
             he
             turned
             back
             ,
             and
             staid
             not
             in
             the
             Land.
          
           This
           was
           a
           Vast
           Sum
           ;
           But
           the
           other
           came
           and
           swept
           all
           both
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Persons
           too
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           He
           Abates
           also
           Mens
           Courage
           ,
           and
           takes
           down
           their
           
             Spirits
             .
             He
             shall
             cut
             off
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Princes
             ;
             He
             is
             terrible
             to
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
          
           (
           psal
           .
           76.
           12.
           )
           Thus
           Moses
           Prophecy
           of
           the
           Dukes
           of
           Edom
           ,
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           Canaan
           (
           Exod.
           15.
           16.
           )
           
             Fear
             and
             Dread
             shall
             ●all
             upon
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             greatness
             of
             thine
             Arm
             ;
             they
             shall
             be
             as
             still
             ,
             as
             a
             stone
             ,
             till
             thy
             People
             pass
             over
             ,
             O
             Lord.
          
           And
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           is
           that
           Promise
           ,
           (
           Ex.
           11
           :
           7.
           )
           
             But
             against
             any
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ,
             shall
             not
             a
             Dog
             move
             his
             Tongue
             .
          
           The
           Genius
           and
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Dog
           ,
           is
           (
           you
           know
           )
           to
           Bark
           at
           Strangers
           :
           This
           is
           an
           effect
           
           of
           Heat
           and
           Boldness
           in
           that
           Animal
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           but
           a
           little
           afraid
           ;
           but
           i●
           it
           be
           greatly
           Terrifyed
           ,
           it
           will
           then
           Run
           and
           hide
           it self
           in
           silence
           :
           So
           some
           Men
           ,
           that
           would
           in
           their
           wicked
           Inclinations
           ,
           both
           Bite
           and
           Devour
           ,
           may
           be
           yet
           so
           far
           over
           awed
           by
           Gods
           Providence
           ,
           that
           they
           dare
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Bark
           at
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Sometimes
           in
           a
           stout
           Resolvedness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           that
           will
           take
           no
           discouragement
           ;
           this
           is
           to
           have
           
             a
             Heart
             like
             that
             of
             a
             Lyon
             (
             2.
             
             Sam.
          
           17.
           10.
           )
           Now
           a
           Lyon
           ,
           
             when
             a
             multitude
             of
             Sh●pheards
             is
             called
             forth
             against
             him
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             afraid
             of
             their
             voice
             ,
             nor
             a●ase
             himself
             for
             the
             noise
             of
             them
             (
             Isay
             ,
          
           31.
           4
           ,
           )
        
         
           The
           contrary
           hereunto
           is
           a
           
             Spirit
             failing
             (
             Isa.
             19.
             3.
             )
             The
             Spirit
             of
             Aegypt
             shall
             fail
          
           (
           or
           be
           emptied
           )
           
             in
             the
             midst
             thereof
          
           ;
           t
           is
           said
           in
           the
           Precedent
           (
           v
           2
           )
           
             I
             will
             set
             Aegyptians
             ,
             against
             Aegyptians
             ,
             &
             they
             shall
             fight
             :
          
           They
           shall
           spend
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           or
           Courage
           among
           themselves
           ;
           but
           shall
           have
           no
           Spi●its
           left
           to
           defend
           their
           Country
           .
           So
           t
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Amorites
           and
           Canaanites
           ,
           that
           heard
           of
           the
           drying
           up
           of
           Iordan
           ,
           which
           they
           accounted
           as
           their
           Moate
           and
           Fence
           against
           
           
             Israel
             ,
             Their
             heart
             melted
             neither
             wa●
             there
             Spirit
             in
             them
             any
             more
             (
             Iosh.
          
           5●
           1
           :
           )
           So
           that
           you
           see
           both
           ways
           ,
           in
           the
           Abundance
           and
           in
           the
           
             Defect
             ,
             Spirit
          
           ,
           Signifies
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           Spirit
           be
           Unsanctifyed
           ,
           t
           is
           a
           stoutness
           in
           evil
           :
           that
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           (
           with
           
             Pharoah
             )
             Who
             is
             the
             Lord
             ?
          
           T
           is
           Obstinacy
           and
           Hardning
           ;
           
             Sihon
             King
             of
             Heshbon
             would
             not
             let
             us
             pass
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             had
             hardned
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             made
             his
             Heart
             Obstinate
             (
             Deut.
          
           ●
           .
           30.
           )
           This
           may
           be
           also
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           
             perverse
             Spirit
             mingled
             among
             the
             Egyptians
             ,
             (
             Isa.
          
           19.
           14.
           
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           quarrelsome
           and
           contentious
           Spirit
           ,
           among
           themselves
           ,
           whereby
           their
           Councils
           were
           Divided
           ,
           and
           their
           Affairs
           Unsetled
           ,
           
             as
             a
             Drunken
             Man
             staggereth
             in
             his
             Vomit
             :
          
           They
           had
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           Animosity
           ,
           enough
           against
           one
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           for
           Publik
           defence
           ,
           
             Aegypt
             shall
             be
             like
             unto
             Women
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             afraid
             and
             fear
             (
             v
          
           16
           )
           And
           this
           Discovers
           one
           fault
           more
           ,
           in
           this
           
             Unsanctifi●●
             Spirit
          
           .
           That
           it
           is
           Unstable
           :
           Stout
           and
           Su●ly
           ,
           were
           ▪
           it
           should
           be
           Humble
           and
           Meek
           ;
           Mean
           and
           Poor
           ;
           where
           it
           should
           be
           Brave
           ,
           and
           Resolute
           .
           Such
           were
           the
           Rebellious
           Israelites
           
             (
             Ps.
             78.
             8.
             
             )
             a
             stubbor●
             and
             rebellious
             Generation
             ,
             
             that
             set
             not
             their
             hearts
             aright
             ,
             whose
             Spirit
             was
             not
             Stedfast
             with
             God.
          
           It
           follows
           (
           v.
           9.
           )
           that
           ,
           how
           Sturdy
           soever
           they
           were
           against
           God
           ;
           yet
           against
           their
           Enemies
           they
           were
           very
           Cowards
           ,
           or
           God
           ,
           in
           Justice
           made
           them
           so
           ,
           for
           their
           Stubborness
           against
           him
           .
           
             The
             Children
             of
             Ephraim
             being
             Armed
             ,
             and
             carrying
             Bows
             ,
             turned
             back
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Battel
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           If
           Sanctified
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           
             Excellent
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           use
           .
           This
           was
           that
           
             other
             Spirit
          
           of
           Caleb
           (
           Numb
           :
           14.
           24.
           )
           The
           Spirit
           of
           the
           other
           Spies
           was
           Base
           and
           Cowardly
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           
             People
             to
             melt
          
           (
           Iosh.
           18.
           8.
           
           )
           at
           which
           God
           was
           greatly
           displeased
           ;
           but
           Calebs
           courage
           was
           approved
           ,
           and
           accepted
           of
           God
           ,
           tho'
           it
           had
           not
           its
           desired
           effect
           upon
           men
           ;
           and
           was
           Rewarded
           with
           admission
           into
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           ,
           when
           others
           were
           excluded
           .
        
         
           This
           Spirit
           Sanctified
           ,
           is
           a
           Spirit
           Bound
           Bent
           ,
           and
           Resolved
           ,
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God
           what-ever
           be
           the
           Hazards
           .
           
             And
             now
             bohold
          
           (
           says
           
             Paul
             )
             I
             go
             bound
             in
             the
             Spirit
             to
             Ierusalem
             ,
             not
             knowing
             the
          
           (
           particular
           )
           
             things
             ,
             that
             shall
             befal
             me
             there
          
           (
           Act
           20.
           22.
           
           )
           
             saving
             Bonds
             and
             Afflictions
          
           (
           in
           
           general
           )
           which
           I
           expect
           (
           v.
           23.
           )
           
             But
             none
             of
             these
             things
             move
             me
             (
             v.
             24.
             )
          
           Now
           this
           
             Bound
             Spirit
          
           I
           take
           to
           be
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           Brave
           Spirit
           Bound
           (
           that
           is
           )
           strongly
           inclined
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           to
           this
           special
           ,
           and
           particular
           ,
           Service
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           foreseen
           difficulties
           ,
           to
           break
           thorow
           which
           he
           was
           Gallantly
           Resolved
           .
           And
           this
           his
           Courage
           is
           (
           I
           think
           )
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           he
           prays
           might
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Ephesiaus
           ,
           chap.
           3.
           16.
           
           
             That
             he
             would
             grant
             you
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Riches
             of
             his
             Glory
             to
             be
             strengthned
             with
             might
             ,
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             in
             the
             Inner
             Man.
          
           This
           referrs
           to
           (
           v.
           13
           )
           
             I
             desire
             that
             ye
             faint
             not
             ,
             at
             my
             Tribulations
             for
             you
             .
          
           Some
           men
           are
           so
           Weak
           Spi●ited
           ,
           as
           to
           faint
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           another
           Bleed
           ;
           or
           have
           a
           grievous
           Wound
           dressed
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ;
           But
           I
           would
           not
           have
           you
           to
           be
           so
           Feeble-Minded
           ;
           I
           would
           have
           you
           more
           Couragious
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           make
           this
           prayer
           on
           your
           behalf
           ;
           I
           should
           rather
           shrink
           that
           feel
           the
           trouble
           ;
           then
           you
           ,
           that
           only
           behold
           it
           with
           your
           eyes
           .
        
         
           Such
           another
           
             Brave
             Spirit
             was
             in
             Nehemiah
          
           ,
           when
           God
           had
           raised
           it
           up
           .
           See
           a
           taste
           of
           it
           (
           Neh.
           6
           :
           11.
           )
           
             Should
             such
             a
             Man
             as
          
           I
           Fly
           ?
           And
           
             who
             is
             there
             being
             
             as
          
           I
           
             am
             ,
             would
             go
             into
             the
             Temple
             to
             save
             his
             Life
             ?
          
           I
           
             will
             not
             go
             in
          
           .
           This
           Gallantry
           was
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           for
           (
           whatever
           his
           
             Naturl
             Spirit
          
           was
           )
           His
           
             Captive
             circumstances
          
           had
           rendred
           him
           but
           weak
           ;
           as
           we
           may
           Guess
           by
           his
           Timorousness
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           King
           (
           tho'
           he
           was
           in
           good
           place
           about
           him
           )
           He
           continually
           fetch'd
           his
           strength
           from
           God
           ;
           He
           was
           fain
           (
           by
           Ejaculation
           )
           to
           pray
           between
           a
           Question
           and
           an
           Answer
           
             (
             chap.
             2.
             4.
             )
             What
             is
             thy
             Request
             ?
             So
          
           I
           
             Prayed
             —
             And
          
           I
           said
           &c.
           
           He
           had
           not
           Courage
           to
           give
           the
           King
           an
           answer
           ;
           till
           he
           had
           his
           Spi●its
           Revived
           by
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           This
           
             Hotter
             Spirit
          
           is
           an
           
             Angry
             Spiri●
          
           is
           Ardent
           and
           Fervent
           in
           it
           sel●
           ;
           Eage●
           and
           Vigorous
           in
           motion
           ;
           with
           a
           vehemence
           in
           Inclinations
           (
           all
           which
           may
           be
           better
           Referred
           to
           this
           head
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           Activity
           ,
           before
           mentioned
           )
           Its
           chief
           ingredient
           is
           Chollerick
           Constitution
           tho'
           it
           may
           be
           also
           Habitually
           encreased
           ,
           and
           
             Morally
             Fixt
          
           in
           men
           ,
           by
           frequent
           occasions
           and
           provocations
           ;
           as
           also
           by
           much
           converse
           ,
           with
           peevish
           and
           fretful
           persons
           this
           is
           intimated
           in
           that
           
             (
             Prov.
             22.
             24.
             25
             ,
             )
             Make
             no
             friendship
             with
             an
             angry
             man
             ,
             &
             with
             a
             furious
             man
             thou
             shalt
             not
             
             go
             ;
             Lest
             thou
             Learn
             his
             ways
             ,
             and
             get
             a
             snare
             to
             thy
             Soul.
          
           His
           anger
           will
           ,
           by
           degrees
           heat
           thy
           Spirit
           into
           a
           Disorder
           ;
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           bring
           it
           into
           another
           frame
           ;
           then
           to
           what
           thou
           art
           naturally
           inclined
           .
        
         
           This
           Spirit
           Acts
           ,
           and
           shews
           it self
           in
           
             ZEAL
             ,
             and
             IEALOUSY
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Zeal
           ,
           is
           a
           Fervour
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           whereby
           a
           man
           does
           Act
           
             (
             Valide
             &
             Valde
          
           )
           All
           that
           comes
           to
           his
           hand
           ,
           he
           presently
           does
           it
           with
           his
           Might
           .
           Here
           Anger
           is
           
             (
             Cos
             Fortitudinis
          
           )
           the
           Whetstone
           of
           Valour
           ;
           And
           tho'
           Courage
           hath
           it●
           Strength
           in
           it self
           ,
           yet
           it
           commonly
           ha●
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           more
           often
           the
           continuance
           of
           its
           motion
           ,
           from
           this
           Zeal
           This
           is
           as
           the
           Touch-Powder
           ,
           that
           catches
           the
           first
           Fire
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           inflames
           that
           which
           has
           all
           the
           force
           in
           it
           .
           T
           is
           a
           
             Natural
             Passion
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           in
           it self
           )
           neither
           Good
           nor
           Bad.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Unsanctifyed
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           
             Hellish
             Flame
          
           ,
           that
           burns
           unmercifully
           ,
           and
           does
           abundance
           of
           Hurt
           ,
           to
           ones
           
             self
             and
             others
          
           .
           'T
           is
           KAKOZELIA
           ,
           a
           mischievous
           vehemence
           that
           spoyles
           the
           comfort
           of
           
             Humane
             Society
          
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           any
           way
           concern'd
           in
           
           Religion
           ,
           it
           m●kes
           Havock
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           is
           seen
           in
           the
           Bigots
           of
           a
           false
           Religi●n
           .
           An
           eminent
           example
           of
           which
           ,
           was
           Paul
           (
           while
           he
           was
           Saul
           )
           before
           his
           Conversion
           to
           the
           true
           Faith.
           
             They
             shall
             kill
             you
             ,
             and
             think
             they
             do
             God
             good
             Service
             (
             Iohn
          
           16
           :
           2
           :
           )
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           it
           renders
           men
           (
           like
           the
           
             Chaldeans
             )
             Bitter
             &
             Hasty
          
           (
           Habbac
           .
           1.
           6.
           )
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           if
           Sanctified
           ,
           then
           the
           Warm-Spi●ited
           Paul
           is
           another
           Man.
           He
           now
           re●lects
           on
           his
           former
           course
           ,
           as
           a
           Mad
           Hare
           Brain●d
           ,
           Wicked
           Business
           .
           See
           the
           Account
           of
           it
           .
           
             (
             Acts
             26.
             9
             ,
             10
             11.
             )
             I
             verily
             thought
          
           (
           His
           Hot
           Head
           mistook
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           so
           ran
           on
           furiously
           in
           a
           Perni●ious
           Error
           )
           
             That
             I
             ought
          
           (
           Divilism
           is
           now
           taken
           for
           Duty
           )
           
             to
             do
             many
             things
             contrary
          
           &c.
           
           Many
           (
           not
           a
           few
           )
           were
           s●itable
           to
           his
           Hot
           and
           Active
           Spi●its
           ;
           many
           places
           
             (
             Ierusa●em
          
           ;
           every
           Synagogue
           ;
           even
           to
           
             s●range
             Cities
          
           )
           many
           Persons
           
             (
             Many
             of
             the
             Saints
          
           )
           Many
           Ways
           did
           I
           (
           shut
           up
           in
           Prison
           ;
           put
           to
           Death
           ;
           and
           compelled
           them
           to
           Blaspheme
           )
           yea
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           but
           a
           St●ipling
           ,
           when
           he
           could
           not
           hu●ll
           Mortifying
           S●●nes
           ,
           he
           
             gave
             his
             voice
             against
             them
             ;
             Held
             the
             Garments
             of
             those
             that
             Stoned
             Stephen
             ,
          
           
           and
           was
           
             consenting
             to
             his
             Death
          
           All
           this
           he
           acknowledges
           to
           be
           meer
           madness
           :
           being
           
             exceeding
             mad
             against
             them
          
           .
        
         
           But
           being
           now
           Converted
           ,
           Does
           his
           Grace
           quite
           extinguish
           his
           Fi●ry
           Nature
           ,
           &
           Spirit
           ?
           Not
           at
           all
           ;
           only
           directs
           ,
           &
           exerts
           it
           ,
           to
           better
           purposes
           .
           
             Paul
             is
             the
             same
             Zealot
          
           ;
           but
           in
           other
           matters
           .
           His
           
             Active
             Spirit
             Labours
             more
             abundantly
             then
             they
             all
             .
             (
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             10.
             )
             Zeal
          
           he
           commends
           ,
           exhorts
           ,
           and
           practises
           .
           He
           
             commends
             Zeal
          
           in
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           rightly
           placed
           .
           'T
           is
           
             always
             good
             to
             be
             Zealous
             in
             a
             good
             thing
             ,
          
           (
           Gal.
           4.
           18.
           )
           To
           be
           Zealous
           of
           
             Spiritual
             Gists
          
           (
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           12.
           
           )
           of
           
             Good
             Works
          
           .
           (
           Titus
           2.
           14.
           )
           He
           also
           exhorts
           men
           to
           be
           
             Fervent
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             Serving
             the
             Lord.
          
           (
           Romans
           12.
           11.
           )
           And
           he
           Allowed
           and
           Practised
           it
           in
           himself
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           have
           Divers
           Instances
           .
        
         
           Take
           a
           view
           of
           his
           Hot
           and
           
             Earnest
             Spirit
          
           in
           some
           particulars
           .
           At
           
             Athens
             his
             Spirit
             was
             stirred
             in
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             City
             wholly
             given
             to
             Idolatry
             .
          
           (
           Acts
           17.
           16
           )
           't
           was
           full
           of
           Gods
           ,
           without
           the
           True
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           angry
           and
           vext
           to
           see
           it
           .
           So
           in
           Corinth
           ,
           at
           the
           Jews
           Infidelity
           .
           
             He
             was
             pressed
             in
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           Testi●ied
           that
           Jesus
           was
           
           the
           Christ.
           
             (
             chap.
             18.
             5.
          
           )
           Now
           when
           was
           this
           ?
           'T
           was
           
             when
             Silas
             and
             Timotheus
             ,
             were
             come
             from
             Macedonia
             .
          
           He
           had
           a
           good
           mind
           to
           it
           before
           ;
           even
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           a
           poor
           
             Labouring
             Sojourner
             (
             v.
             3.
          
           )
           Even
           then
           he
           Reasoned
           and
           perswaded
           every
           Sabbath
           ,
           (
           v.
           4
           )
           But
           ,
           now
           his
           friends
           are
           come
           ,
           by
           them
           is
           his
           
             Countenance
             sharpened
             (
             Prov.
          
           27.
           17.
           )
           He
           had
           good
           Metall
           before
           ,
           but
           now
           is
           a
           Keen
           Edg
           put
           upon
           it
           .
           Whether
           it
           were
           ,
           that
           they
           brought
           him
           Contribution
           ,
           which
           better'd
           his
           Outward
           Condition
           ,
           and
           so
           Raised
           his
           Spirit
           a
           pegg
           higher
           :
           or
           else
           that
           they
           were
           to
           be
           his
           Fellow
           Travellers
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           being
           now
           
             Ready
             to
             Depart
             (
             v.
          
           7.
           )
           He
           was
           bravely
           resolved
           to
           out
           with
           that
           ,
           which
           had
           so
           long
           broyled
           in
           his
           Bosome
           .
           Some
           way
           or
           other
           (
           whatever
           it
           were
           )
           it
           had
           relation
           to
           their
           coming
           ,
           whereby
           his
           Spirit
           was
           enlarged
           .
           He
           had
           a
           
             Good
             Spirit
          
           before
           ,
           but
           now
           a
           
             Great
             one
          
           His
           Zeal
           before
           was
           kindled
           ,
           but
           now
           it
           breaks
           out
           .
           He
           cares
           not
           now
           ,
           what
           they
           said
           ,
           or
           thought
           of
           him
           ;
           he
           now
           Ruffles
           them
           ;
           Roundly
           delivers
           his
           Testimony
           ;
           shakes
           his
           Raiment
           at
           them
           ;
           Tells
           them
           their
           own
           ;
           and
           throws
           the
           Blood
           of
           their
           Obstinacy
           upon
           their
           own
           Heads
           .
           So
           much
           may
           
             Outward
             Circumstances
          
           
           sometimes
           Help
           forward
           the
           actings
           of
           Grace
           and
           Nature
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Sanctifyed
             Spirit
          
           :
        
         
           T
           is
           manifest
           he
           was
           of
           a
           
             vehement
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           eager
           in
           all
           things
           .
           When
           he
           missed
           his
           friend
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           stay
           at
           Troas
           (
           tho'
           he
           might
           have
           done
           it
           to
           good
           purpose
           ;
           for
           there
           a
           
             Door
             was
             opened
             to
             him
             of
             the
             Lord
             (
             2
             Cor●
             2.
             12.
             )
             But
             he
             had
             no
             rest
             in
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             because
             he
             found
             not
             Titus
             his
             Brother
             there
             ,
          
           and
           away
           he
           must
           ,
           
             into
             Macedonia
             after
             him
          
           .
           (
           v.
           13.
           )
        
         
           Doubtless
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           Removes
           ,
           were
           by
           direction
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           yet
           (
           oftentimes
           )
           they
           were
           according
           to
           
             Humane
             Affection
             or
             Spirit
          
           ,
           Tho'
           secretly
           over-ruled
           by
           God
           for
           his
           Holy
           ends
           Thus
           ,
           this
           
             Hot
             Spirited
             Man
          
           was
           parted
           from
           Barna●as
           in
           an
           anger
           (
           Acts
           15
           :
           39.
           )
           
             The
             Contention
             was
             so
             sharp
             that
             they
             parted
          
           ;
           one
           to
           Cyprus
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           
             Syria
             &
             Cylicia
          
           ;
           but
           both
           about
           the
           same
           Evangelical
           Business
           .
        
         
           Another
           Instance
           of
           his
           Zealous
           ,
           Sturdy
           ,
           and
           Vehement
           Spirit
           ,
           was
           his
           Carriage
           to
           
             Peter
             :
             1
             withstood
             him
             to
             the
             face
          
           ;
           (
           Gal.
           2
           :
           11
           )
           Peter
           ,
           was
           Pauls
           elder
           Brother
           in
           the
           Faith
           ;
           another
           man
           
           (
           perhaps
           )
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           would
           have
           handled
           him
           more
           respectfully
           ;
           but
           Paul
           cannot
           complement
           ;
           he
           must
           do
           all
           things
           like
           himself
           ;
           he
           not
           only
           Preaches
           against
           his
           blameable
           Practice
           and
           Complyance
           ,
           but
           noses
           him
           for
           it
           in
           a
           publick
           presence
           .
           
             I
             said
             unto
             Peter
             before
             them
             all
          
           [
           v.
           14.
           ]
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           
             Pauls
             Zealous
             Spirit
          
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Example
           shall
           be
           Apollos
           ,
           who
           was
           by
           Nature
           (
           t
           is
           likely
           )
           as
           well
           as
           Grace
           ,
           a
           man
           
             Fervent
             in
             Spirit
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             Spake
             and
             Taught
             Di●●gently
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Knowledge
           that
           he
           had
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           which
           as
           yet
           was
           not
           very
           great
           ,
           
             Knowing
             only
             Iohns
             Baptism
          
           ;
           until
           a
           Tent-maker
           and
           his
           Wise
           
             (
             Aquila
          
           and
           Priscilla
           )
           had
           
             Expounded
             unto
             him
             the
             way
             of
             God
             more
             perfectly
             .
          
           He
           was
           indeed
           a
           man
           of
           a
           brave
           Spirit
           and
           Excellent
           Endowments
           ;
           He
           was
           Eloquent
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Textuary
           ,
           
             Mighty
             in
             the
          
           (
           Old
           Testament
           )
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           well
           furnished
           for
           an
           Eminent
           Preacher
           ;
           But
           't
           was
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           his
           
             Fervent
             Spirit
          
           ,
           Subordinate
           to
           his
           Grace
           ,
           that
           fitted
           him
           to
           
             Speak
             Boldly
             in
             the
             Synagogues
             ;
             and
             mightily
             to
             Convince
             the
             Iews
             ,
             and
             that
             publickly
             .
             (
             Acts
             18.
             25
             ,
             &c.
          
           )
           A
           man
           of
           as
           much
           Grace
           ,
           and
           more
           Knowledge
           ,
           
           might
           not
           have
           been
           Able
           so
           well
           to
           perform
           this
           Service
           .
           Zeal
           for
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           every
           mans
           Duty
           ,
           will
           not
           Comport
           so
           well
           with
           every
           mans
           
             Spirit
             .
             [
             Non
             omnia
             possumus
             omnes
             ]
          
           All
           cannot
           do
           All.
           When
           
             Father
             Paul
             at
             Venice
          
           was
           Discoursed
           by
           some
           Helvetian
           Ministers
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           owned
           to
           them
           the
           chief
           principles
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ;
           tho'
           he
           still
           continued
           in
           the
           Papal
           Communion
           ;
           being
           demanded
           by
           them
           why
           he
           did
           not
           publickly
           profess
           his
           Faith
           ?
           He
           is
           said
           to
           have
           Answered
           ,
           
             [
             profecto
             Deest
             mihi
             Spiritus
             Lutheri
             ]
          
           Alas
           !
           in
           Truth
           ,
           I
           want
           
             Luthers
             Spirit
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Hearts
           of
           those
           Jews
           were
           so
           Callous
           and
           Hard
           ,
           that
           they
           needed
           to
           be
           warmly
           fomented
           .
           They
           needed
           (
           under
           the
           Law
           )
           The
           Bitt●rness
           and
           Heat
           of
           Ezekiels
           〈◊〉
           
             (
             Ezek.
             3.
             14.
             )
             So
             the
             Spirit
             Lifted
             me
             up
             ,
             and
             took
             me
             away
             ,
             and
             I
             went
             in
             the
             Bitterness
             ,
             in
             the
             Heat
          
           [
           Hebr.
           and
           Anger
           ]
           
             of
             my
             Spirit
          
           .
           Gods
           Spirit
           moved
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           
             Angry
             Spirit
          
           was
           moved
           ;
           The
           Spirit
           of
           God
           made
           use
           of
           a
           
             vehement
             Spirit
          
           in
           the
           man
           ,
           to
           deal
           sui●●bly
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           [
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ]
           They
           
           needed
           the
           Like
           Spi●it
           .
           Therefore
           he
           sent
           Iohn
           as
           his
           Forerunner
           ;
           that
           Burning
           as
           well
           as
           
             Shining
             Light
          
           ,
           to
           Imitate
           the
           Prophet
           
             〈◊〉
             .
             He
             shall
             go
             before
             him
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Elias
             .
          
           (
           ●uke
           1.
           17.
           )
           Now
           Elias
           was
           a
           H●t-spirited
           man
           ,
           and
           praved
           down
           ●ot
           Fire
           to
           Consume
           the
           Enemies
           .
           Iohn
           (
           like
           him
           )
           Preached
           Repentance
           with
           Severity
           ;
           Calling
           them
           
             Generation
             of
             Vipers
          
           ;
           and
           
             Laying
             the
             Ax
             to
             the
             Root
             of
             the
             Tree
             .
          
           He
           was
           a
           Rough
           Man
           in
           a
           Rough
           Garment
           ,
           and
           handled
           them
           Roughly
           .
           And
           indeed
           this
           Spirit
           was
           proper
           in
           the
           (
           praecursor
           ,
           the
           )
           Forerun●er
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           Preach
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Heal
           the
           Wounds
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           Iohns
           Doctrine
           had
           made
           .
        
         
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           himself
           ,
           was
           the
           Meek
           and
           Holy
           Lamb
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           Bare
           all
           Injuries
           with
           an
           Inimitable
           Patience
           ;
           and
           yet
           was
           not
           altogether
           without
           this
           
             warmth
             of
             Spirit
          
           upon
           occasion
           .
           
             The
             Zeal
             of
             thine
             House
             hath
             eaten
             me
             up
          
           ;
           was
           spoken
           of
           him
           
             (
             Psal.
             69.
             9.
          
           )
           And
           Applied
           to
           him
           [
           
             Iohn
             2.
             17.
          
           ]
           When
           he
           whipped
           the
           Buyers
           ,
           and
           Sellers
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           and
           Overturned
           the
           Tables
           of
           the
           Money-Changers
           ;
           This
           he
           did
           Once
           ,
           but
           commonly
           his
           sweet
           Conversation
           ,
           
           was
           much
           otherwise
           .
           'T
           was
           Prophesied
           of
           him
           .
           (
           Isa.
           42.
           2.
           )
           And
           Interpreted
           of
           him
           ,
           (
           Mat.
           12.
           19.
           )
           
             He
             shall
             not
             strive
             ,
             nor
             Cry
             ;
             neither
             shall
             any
             man
             hear
             his
             Voyce
             in
             the
             Streets
             .
          
           Nor
           does
           he
           allow
           the
           Hot
           and
           Fiery
           Temper
           an
           Ordinary
           Indulgence
           in
           his
           Disciples
           .
           When
           
             Iames
             and
             Iohn
          
           ,
           would
           have
           had
           him
           Call
           for
           Fire
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           on
           a
           Village
           of
           the
           
             Samaritans
             (
             Luke
             9.
             54.
          
           )
           He
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             They
             knew
             not
             ,
             what
             Spirit
             they
             were
             of
          
           ;
           (
           i.
           e.
           )
           either
           what
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           be
           his
           Disciples
           :
           or
           rather
           ,
           they
           might
           mistake
           themselves
           (
           as
           men
           are
           too
           often
           apt
           to
           do
           )
           and
           think
           ,
           That
           to
           be
           a
           
             Sanctified
             Zeal
          
           ,
           which
           more
           appeared
           ,
           but
           a
           Corrupt
           and
           
             Revengeful
             Fury
          
           .
           These
           two
           men
           were
           Bretheren
           (
           the
           Sons
           of
           Zebedec
           )
           whom
           Christ
           (
           who
           knew
           their
           Spirits
           better
           ,
           than
           themselves
           )
           named
           (
           according
           to
           their
           
             Nature
             )
             And
             he
             Surnamed
             them
             Boanerges
             ,
          
           which
           is
           ,
           
             The
             Sons
             of
             Thunder
          
           .
           (
           Mark
           3.
           17.
           )
           He
           was
           not
           Deceived
           in
           them
           ,
           when
           he
           chose
           them
           ;
           But
           knew
           how
           to
           Sanctify
           their
           
             Rough
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           a
           very
           good
           use
           thereof
           :
           They
           might
           make
           good
           
             Thundring
             Preachers
          
           ;
           They
           might
           be
           fitted
           for
           
             Tough
             work
          
           (
           as
           Luther
           after
           them
           was
           )
           
           to
           Break
           through
           such
           Difficulties
           ,
           〈◊〉
           would
           have
           likely
           Foyled
           and
           〈◊〉
           as
           good
           men
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           meeker
           Spir●●
           [
           
             Malus
             Nodus
             ,
             malus
             Cuneus
          
           ]
           Rugg●●
           Wedges
           are
           fittest
           for
           a
           cross-grain'd
           pie●
           of
           Service
           .
           Fire
           in
           mens
           Spirits
           (
           as
           〈◊〉
           as
           among
           the
           Elements
           )
           may
           be
           necessa●●
           sometimes
           ;
           And
           Rendred
           very
           Servicea●●
           if
           it
           be
           well
           Governed
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           's
           the
           Difficulty
           ;
           Many
           good
           Christians
           ,
           by
           Reason
           of
           Natural
           Infir●●ty
           ,
           are
           not
           always
           able
           to
           manage
           a
           〈◊〉
           Spirit
           ;
           nor
           can
           always
           Distinguish
           b●●twixt
           
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             strong
             Motions
          
           of
           Gods
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           〈◊〉
           ought
           to
           be
           Cherished
           ;
           and
           th●
           Fire
           ,
           which
           arises
           from
           Hell
           in
           the
           vehmence
           of
           Temptation
           ,
           Enkindling
           〈◊〉
           Reakings
           and
           Fumes
           of
           their
           Corrupte●
           Nature
           ;
           of
           which
           the
           Devil
           never
           fa●
           to
           take
           his
           Advantage
           .
        
         
           Young
           Elihu
           (
           before
           mentioned
           )
           〈◊〉
           a
           
             zealous
             ,
             warm
             Spirited
          
           man
           ;
           And
           〈◊〉
           without
           great
           Piety
           (
           as
           the
           Tenour
           of
           〈◊〉
           Discourse
           does
           manifest
           .
           )
           Yet
           when
           〈◊〉
           
             Spirit
             constrained
             him
          
           ,
           and
           
             his
             Belly
             was
             〈◊〉
             Wine
             ,
             which
             hath
             no
             vent
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             Bu●●
             like
             New
             Bottles
             ,
          
           (
           Job
           32.
           18
           ,
           19.
           )
           
             i
             :
             e.
          
           )
           When
           his
           Passion
           was
           stirred
           within
           〈◊〉
           He
           
             Breaks
             out
          
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           Irreverence
           〈◊〉
           
           his
           Elder
           Brethren
           
             (
             v.
             9.
             )
             Great
             men
             are
             not
             always
             wise
             ;
             neither
             do
             the
             Aged
             Understand
             Iudgment
          
           ;
           But
           he
           also
           Charges
           Iob
           (
           I
           think
           )
           very
           falsely
           (
           ch
           .
           33.
           8
           ,
           9.
           )
           
             I
             have
             heard
             the
             voice
             of
             thy
             words
             saying
             ,
             I
             am
             clean
             without
             Transgression
             ;
             I
             am
             Innocent
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             Iniquity
             in
             me
             .
          
           Where
           (
           I
           wonder
           )
           does
           Iob
           so
           speak
           ?
           Surely
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           God
           would
           not
           have
           Justified
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           does
           (
           ch
           .
           42.
           7.
           )
           
             Ye
             have
             not
             spoken
             of
             me
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             Right
             ,
             as
             my
             Servant
             Iob
             hath
             .
          
           So
           much
           do
           
             Hot
             Spiririted
             Men
          
           ,
           tho'
           
             Good
             Men
          
           ,
           yet
           often
           overshoot
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           Rightest
           Temper
           of
           a
           
             Sanctified
             Zeal
          
           ,
           was
           that
           of
           Stephens
           ;
           a
           mixture
           of
           
             Meekness
             ,
             Wisdome
          
           and
           Courage
           ,
           (
           Acts
           6.
           10
           
           )
           
             They
             were
             not
             ahle
             to
             〈◊〉
             the
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             spake
             .
          
           He
           spake
           with
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           I
           take
           to
           be
           Zeal
           and
           Earnestness
           ;
           and
           yet
           with
           Wisdome
           ,
           so
           as
           no
           Exception
           could
           be
           justly
           taken
           ;
           and
           with
           Meekness
           too
           ,
           which
           (
           after
           all
           their
           horrid
           Injuries
           )
           is
           Testified
           by
           his
           Last
           and
           Dying
           Words
           ;
           (
           ch
           .
           7.
           6.
           )
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lay
             not
             this
             Sin
             to
             their
             Charge
             .
          
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           Zeal
           ;
           near
           of
           kin
           to
           which
           is
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Iealousie
           ,
           a
           passion
           ,
           to
           which
           ,
           some
           mens
           Spirits
           are
           ,
           more
           than
           others
           ,
           prone
           ;
           
           And
           whereby
           men
           are
           Inclined
           to
           
             Suspicion
             ,
             fierce
             Anger
             ,
             Hatred
             ,
          
           and
           Bitterness
           .
           'T
           is
           called
           a
           
             Spirit
             of
             Iealousie
             coming
             upon
             a
             man
             ,
          
           (
           Numb
           .
           5.
           14.
           
           )
           whether
           his
           Wife
           be
           Defiled
           ,
           or
           not
           .
        
         
           This
           Spirit
           in
           Unsanctifyed
           persons
           and
           practises
           ,
           is
           an
           Odious
           and
           Bitter
           Evil.
           'T
           is
           Declared
           
             Hateful
             to
             God
          
           ,
           and
           horridly
           
             Injurious
             to
             man.
             Hateful
          
           to
           God
           ,
           (
           Mal.
           2.
           16.
           )
           I
           
             hate
             putting
             away
             saith
             the
             Lord.
          
           ●
           Therefore
           
             Take
             Heed
             to
             your
             Spirit
          
           ;
           namely
           ,
           
             This
             Iealous
             Spirit
          
           ,
           that
           you
           Entertain
           it
           not
           .
           And
           
             Injurious
             to
             man
          
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           precedent
           words
           (
           v.
           15.
           )
           
             Take
             Heed
             to
             your
             Spirit
             ,
             Let
             none
             deal
             Treacherously
          
           (
           or
           Unfaithfully
           :
           marg
           .
           )
           
             Against
             the
             Wife
             of
             his
             Youth
             .
          
           'T
           is
           a
           Treacherous
           Unfaithfulness
           ,
           to
           Entertain
           groundless
           Jealousies
           :
           Love
           is
           Covenanted
           in
           Marriage
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           quite
           contrary
           thereunto
           :
           
             Love
             thinketh
             no
             Ill
             ;
             Iealousie
          
           thinking
           nothng
           else
           .
           
             Love
             covereth
             Faults
          
           ;
           Groundless
           Iealousie
           searcheth
           to
           Discover
           faults
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           none
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Repetition
           of
           the
           words
           [
           
             Therefore
             take
             Heed
             to
             your
             Spirit
             ]
             (
             v.
          
           15.
           and
           again
           v.
           16
           )
           is
           well
           to
           be
           Noted
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           a
           Rule
           ,
           [
           
             Repeated
             words
             in
             Scripture
             call
             for
             special
             observation
             .
             ]
          
           And
           as
           in
           Marriage
           ,
           so
           in
           other
           Relations
           ;
           it
           Destroys
           Friendship
           ;
           
           spoyls
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           and
           mutual
           Confidence
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           stirs
           up
           the
           most
           bitter
           Enmity
           ;
           for
           
             Ieal●usie
             is
             the
             ●age
             of
             a
             man
             ,
          
           That
           
             takes
             no
             Ransome
             for
             Life
             .
             (
             Prov.
             6.
             34.
             )
          
           This
           is
           
             the
             Spirit
             that
             Dwelleth
             in
             us
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
          
           our
           Corrupted
           Nature
           )
           
             Lusting
             to
             Envy
          
           (
           James
           4.
           5
           )
        
         
           And
           yet
           ,
           ●or
           All
           this
           〈◊〉
           said
           of
           it
           (
           nor
           can
           enough
           ●e
           said
           )
           Abs●ract
           but
           a
           Iealous
           and
           
             Suspicious
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           from
           In-bred
           Corruptions
           ;
           Take
           it
           as
           a
           pure
           
             Natural
             Temper
          
           ;
           'T
           is
           a
           Basis
           of
           Great
           
             Prudence
             ,
             Wisdom
          
           and
           Wariness
           .
           Not
           to
           allow
           of
           that
           Rotten
           principle
           [
           
             Suspect
             every
             man
             to
             be
             Knave
             ,
             with
             whom
             you
             have
             to
             do
          
           ]
           But
           to
           take
           care
           in
           avoiding
           that
           Cha●acter
           of
           a
           Fool
           Noted
           in
           (
           Prov.
           14.
           15.
           )
           
             The
             Simple
             believeth
             every
             word
             ;
             But
             the
             prudent
             man
             Looketh
             well
             to
             his
             going
             .
          
           Not
           Uncharitably
           to
           Suspect
           ,
           but
           prudently
           to
           be
           Circumspect
           ,
           is
           becoming
           a
           wise
           and
           hon●st
           man.
           This
           pure
           
             Natural
             Cautious
             Spirit
          
           may
           be
           the
           Subject
           of
           Sanctif●cation
           ,
           and
           may
           become
           
             God
             like
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Godly
             Iealousie
             .
             God
             like
          
           ,
           when
           a
           man
           so
           utte●●y
           Disapproves
           Sin
           and
           〈◊〉
           ;
           That
           he
           Dislikes
           the
           very
           Appearance
           thereof
           ,
           and
           Tendency
           thereunto
           .
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             Bow
             down
             ,
             for
             I
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             am
             a
             Iealous
             God.
          
           (
           Exo.
           20.
           5.
           )
           And
           by
           Sins
           
           (
           however
           palliated
           )
           is
           
             provokt
             to
             Iealousie
          
           .
           (
           Deu●
           .
           32.
           16.
           21.
           )
           Every
           Likenese
           of
           Sin
           ,
           may
           Deserve
           that
           name
           ,
           (
           Ezek.
           8.
           3
           
           )
           
             The
             Image
             of
             Iealousie
             ,
             which
             provoketh
             to
             Iealousie
             .
          
           And
           as
           God-like
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           Godly
           .
           The
           Holy
           Prophet
           owned
           ,
           and
           professed
           it
           .
           (
           1
           King.
           19.
           10.
           14.
           )
           I
           
             have
             been
             very
             Iealous
             for
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
           And
           so
           did
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           .
           (
           2
           Cor.
           11
           :
           2.
           )
           
             I
             am
             Iealous
             over
             you
             with
             Godly
             Iealousie
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             Espoused
             you
             to
             one
             Husband
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           'T
           is
           Godly
           ,
           when
           the
           ●ent
           of
           Jealousie
           is
           only
           to
           promote
           Holiness
           ;
           when
           the
           Suspicion
           notes
           but
           care
           and
           watchfulness
           ;
           and
           the
           Bitterness
           ascribed
           to
           this
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           Hatred
           of
           Sin
           ;
           it
           may
           so
           be
           of
           very
           
             Excellent
             Use
          
           ,
           especially
           in
           those
           ,
           who
           by
           Gods
           Order
           have
           the
           Oversight
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           the
           
             Hotter
             Spirit
          
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Chearful
             ,
             Active
             ,
             Couragious
             ,
             Angry
             in
             zeal
          
           and
           Iealousie
           .
           We
           shall
           now
           take
           a
           view
           of
           its
           Opposite
           ,
           and
           so
           better
           Illustrate
           both
           ,
           by
           comparing
           them
           together
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Colder
             Spirits
          
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           some
           men
           ,
           under
           the
           Temperaments
           of
           Phlegm
           ,
           or
           Melancholly
           ;
           The
           more
           if
           Radicated
           by
           Habits
           ,
           or
           excited
           and
           promoted
           by
           
             Ill
             Objects
          
           ,
           or
           
             Outward
             Circumstances
          
           .
           These
           
           are
           in
           every
           point
           of
           the
           
             contrary
             Character
          
           ,
           to
           those
           
             Hotter
             Spirits
          
           before-mentioned
           .
           As
        
         
           I.
           Is
           that
           Chearful
           and
           Brisk
           ;
           This
           is
           sorrowful
           and
           pensive
           :
           full
           of
           Grief
           and
           Mourning
           ;
           as
           if
           made
           up
           of
           Sighs
           and
           Tears
           .
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           from
           
             Natural
             Temper
          
           ,
           or
           from
           that
           concurrence
           (
           mentioned
           )
           of
           sad
           and
           troublesome
           Circumstances
           ;
           Mens
           Spirits
           are
           hereby
           Formed
           and
           Disposed
           to
           Lamentations
           .
           Such
           was
           weeping
           Ieremiah
           ;
           such
           was
           our
           
             Blessed
             Saviour
          
           in
           his
           Humiliation
           
             A
             man
             of
             Sorrows
             and
             acquainted
             ,
             with
             Grief
             ,
          
           as
           was
           Prophesied
           of
           him
           ,
           (
           
             Isa.
             53.
             3.
          
           )
        
         
           Now
           if
           this
           be
           Unsanctified
           it
           Disposes
           to
           many
           Evils
           ;
           especially
           ,
           where
           the
           Dogged
           Melancholly
           is
           prevalent
           therein
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           
             Evil
             Spirit
          
           in
           it self
           ;
           and
           of
           Evil
           Consequences
           .
        
         
           I.
           
             In
             it self
          
           ;
           probably
           this
           was
           the
           
             Evil
             Spirit
             from
             the
             Lord
             upon
             Saul
             .
          
           A
           
             Melancholly
             Spirit
          
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           sometimes
           even
           unto
           
             Fits
             of
             Distraction
          
           .
           I
           take
           it
           so
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           that
           it
           was
           Alleviated
           by
           
             Davids
             Musick
          
           (
           1
           Sam.
           16.
           23.
           )
           Surely
           Davids
           Harp
           could
           not
           Conjure
           down
           Devils
           ;
           Nor
           does
           give
           any
           Countenance
           to
           Popish
           
             Bell
             Baptism
          
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           :
           No
           ,
           rather
           it
           was
           a
           
             Natural
             Evil
          
           ,
           
           an
           Evil
           
             Natural
             Spirit
          
           ,
           sent
           of
           God
           in
           Judgment
           ;
           and
           Helped
           by
           
             Natural
             Means
          
           ,
           thro'
           his
           Blessing
           .
           
             David
             played
             with
             his
             hand
             ,
             so
             Saul
             was
             Refreshed
             ,
             and
             was
             well
             ;
             and
             the
             Evil
             Spirit
             Departed
             from
             him
             .
             So
          
           ;
           by
           a
           Natural
           Means
           prescribed
           by
           his
           Doctors
           (
           v.
           16.
           )
           [
           
             Mus●ca
             Mentis
             Medicina
             Maestae
             ;
          
           ]
           was
           well
           ;
           It
           seems
           before
           he
           was
           Sick
           ,
           Distempered
           ,
           and
           
             his
             Spirit
          
           was
           out
           of
           Order
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           Evil
           ,
           both
           
             Natural
             ,
             Moral
          
           ,
           and
           Iudicial
           .
           A
           
             Natural
             ;
             (
             Prov.
             17.
             22.
             )
             A
             Merry
             Heart
             doth
             Good
             like
             a
             Medicine
             ;
             but
             a
             Broken
             Spirit
             Dryeth
             the
             Bones
             :
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
          
           Was●eth
           the
           Marrow
           ,
           and
           Impaireth
           the
           Health
           .
           And
           it
           Tendeth
           also
           to
           Evil
           Moral
           and
           Iudicial
           too
           ;
           as
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
           in
        
         
           2.
           
           Its
           Consequences
           ;
           It
           Disposeth
           to
           
             Sullen
             Discontent
          
           ,
           and
           
             peevish
             Frowardness
          
           ;
           both
           which
           are
           very
           Ugly
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           wicked
           Humours
           .
        
         
           Sullen
           Discontent
           we
           may
           see
           in
           
             proud
             Haman
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           (
           whatever
           his
           Natural
           Spirit
           was
           )
           had
           a
           very
           Jolly
           one
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Favour
           .
           
             Haman
             went
             forth
             that
             Day
             ,
             Ioyful
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Glad
             Heart
             .
          
           (
           Esth.
           5.
           9.
           )
           
             That
             Day
          
           ,
           It
           seems
           it
           was
           not
           always
           so
           ;
           (
           Aspiring
           Pride
           ,
           and
           Sowerness
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           are
           frequently
           conjoyned
           ;
           because
           of
           the
           many
           obstructions
           
           Real
           ,
           and
           more
           apprehended
           ,
           that
           cross
           his
           Ambition
           )
           But
           
             That
             Day
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           particular
           Occasion
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           Merry
           .
           This
           in
           him
           was
           Unsanctifyed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Unstable
           and
           soon
           Al●ered
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           by
           a
           very
           slight
           matter
           ;
           for
           after
           he
           had
           Boasted
           among
           his
           Friends
           of
           all
           his
           Riches
           and
           Glory
           ;
           yet
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             All
             this
             availeth
             me
             nothing
             ,
             s●
             long
             as
             I
             see
             Mordecai
             the
             Iew
             sitting
             at
             the
             Kings
          
           Gate
           .
           (
           v.
           13.
           )
           What
           Remedy
           now
           in
           the
           Case
           ?
           His
           Wife
           advises
           him
           (
           v.
           14.
           )
           Erect
           a
           Lo●y
           Gallows
           ,
           and
           get
           Mordecai
           Hanged
           thereon
           ;
           and
           
             Then
             go
             thou
             in
             Merrily
             ,
             with
             the
             King
             unto
             the
             Banquet
             .
          
           No
           Merriment
           ,
           no
           Cure
           of
           the
           Sullens
           ,
           till
           Mordecai
           be
           Dispatched
           ;
           He
           was
           in
           a
           Desperate
           Case
           ;
           his
           Bones
           were
           all
           Rotten
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           's
           the
           Name
           of
           his
           Disease
           (
           
             Prov.
             14.
             30.
             )
             Envy
             is
             the
             Rottenness
             of
             the
             Bones
          
           )
           and
           't
           is
           likely
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           Died
           of
           Discontent
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           (
           soon
           after
           )
           by
           the
           Gibbet
           .
        
         
           Another
           such
           an
           Instance
           of
           Sullenness
           was
           
             Covetous
             Ahab
          
           ,
           whose
           
             Spirit
             was
             sad
          
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           Denyed
           Naboth's
           Vineyard
           (
           1
           King
           21.
           5.
           
           )
           which
           caused
           him
           to
           Loll
           
             on
             his
             Bed
             ,
             turn
             away
             his
             face
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             eat
             Bread
          
           (
           like
           a
           pou●ing
           Child
           )
           vext
           at
           heart
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           have
           his
           
           Will
           ;
           proud
           Iezebe
           ,
           like
           Zeresh
           ,
           (
           here
           's
           another
           Wit
           of
           the
           Wi●e
           )
           comes
           in
           with
           her
           Cur●ed
           Contrivance
           ,
           to
           Dry
           up
           Ahabs
           Tears
           ,
           by
           the
           Shedding
           of
           Naboth's
           Blood.
           One
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           that
           these
           Women
           (
           because
           of
           the
           Natural
           Coldness
           and
           Moysture
           of
           their
           Sex
           )
           should
           have
           been
           Authors
           of
           milder
           Counsels
           ;
           But
           their
           Unsanctifyed
           Hearts
           ,
           being
           filled
           with
           Devillish
           Pride
           ,
           makes
           them
           act
           contrary
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           their
           very
           Nature
           ;
           so
           virulent
           are
           Feminine
           Humours
           ,
           when
           Corruption
           (
           on
           occasion
           )
           turns
           them
           into
           Acids
           .
           Dismissing
           these
           Two
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           ;
           you
           may
           (
           if
           you
           please
           )
           send
           in
           Iobs
           Wife
           ;
           with
           her
           
             Curse
             God
             and
             Die
          
           ,
           (
           Job
           2.
           9.
           
           )
           to
           make
           up
           the
           Number
           ,
           
             All.
             (
             Tria
             sunt
             omnia
             .
             )
          
           Note
           only
           (
           by
           the
           way
           )
           That
           
             Old
             Wives
             Prescriptions
          
           ,
           are
           seldome
           good
           Remedies
           ,
           for
           sad
           and
           melancholly
           Husbands
           .
           And
           this
           of
           
             Sullen
             Discontent
          
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           
             Froward
             Peevishness
          
           ,
           in
           this
           Colder
           and
           Mournful
           Spirit
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           Notable
           Instance
           in
           the
           Israelites
           ;
           who
           could
           not
           hear
           what
           was
           Reasonable
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           Comfortable
           ,
           to
           them
           .
           God
           by
           Moses
           had
           sent
           them
           a
           very
           good
           and
           Gracious
           Word
           ;
           A
           Promise
           of
           their
           Deliverance
           ;
           of
           being
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           taking
           
           them
           to
           be
           his
           People
           ;
           
             And
             Moses
             spake
             so
             ,
             unto
             the
             Children
             of
             Israel
             ;
             But
             they
             hearkened
             not
             unto
             Moses
             ,
             for
             Anguish
          
           (
           or
           Shortness
           )
           or
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           
             for
             Cruel
             Bondage
          
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           occasion
           thereof
           .
           (
           Exod.
           16.
           9.
           )
           They
           were
           in
           this
           Like
           weeping
           Rachel
           ,
           who
           Refused
           ,
           and
           
             would
             not
             be
             Comforted
             .
             (
             Mat.
             2.
             18.
             )
          
        
         
           From
           these
           Instances
           (
           besides
           frequent
           Experience
           ,
           )
           we
           may
           Learn
           ,
           That
           the
           Consequents
           of
           a
           sad
           
             Unsanctifyed
             Spirit
          
           are
           Deplorable
           ;
           All
           manner
           of
           Evil
           ,
           
             Natural
             ,
             Moral
          
           and
           
             Iudicial
             .
             Natural
          
           and
           Moral
           seem
           to
           be
           pointed
           at
           in
           that
           Expression
           (
           2
           Cor.
           7.
           10.
           )
           
             The
             sorrow
             of
             the
             world
             worketh
             Death
             .
          
           This
           may
           referr
           to
           both
           ;
           't
           is
           both
           a
           Sin
           and
           a
           Mischief
           ;
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Antitheta
           (
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           verse
           .
           )
           
             Godly
             Sorrow
             worketh
             Repentance
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             Repented
             of
          
           ;
           Therefore
           (
           by
           the
           Rule
           of
           contrari●s
           )
           Worldly
           Sorrow
           is
           Sin
           ,
           unto
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Repented
           of
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           would
           avoid
           those
           Evils
           .
           But
           more
           expresly
           is
           it
           Iudicial
           ,
           when
           God
           pronounces
           it
           as
           a
           Curse
           .
           
             Ye
             shall
             Cry
             for
             sorro●
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             shall
             Howl
             for
             vexation
          
           (
           or
           Breaking
           .
           marg
           .
           )
           
             of
             Spirit
          
           .
           (
           Isa.
           65.
           14
           
           )
           This
           if
           Unsanctified
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           by
           Sanctification
           ,
           a
           Mournful
           
           Spirit
           may
           become
           a
           Blessing
           ;
           it
           may
           Adapt
           ,
           and
           Incite
           to
           many
           Graces
           and
           Duties
           .
           In
           that
           (
           2
           Cor.
           7.
           10.
           
           )
           
             worketh
             Repentance
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             Repented
             of
             :
          
           You
           'l
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           be
           sorry
           ,
           for
           a
           so●rowful
           Spirit
           ,
           if
           your
           Tears
           be
           set
           to
           Run
           in
           a
           right
           Channel
           .
           See
           more
           of
           the
           Bl●ssed
           Effects
           (
           v.
           11.
           )
           
             Ye
             Sorrowed
             after
             a
             godly
             sort
             ;
             Behold
             what
             Carefulness
             it
             wrought
             in
             you
             ;
             what
             clearing
             of
             your selves
             ;
             yea
             what
             Indignation
             ;
             yea
             what
             Fear
             ;
             yea
             what
             vehement
             Desire
             ;
             yea
             what
             Zeal
             ;
             yea
             what
             Revenge
             .
          
           Understand
           
             Indignation
             ,
             Fear
          
           and
           Revenge
           ,
           to
           Respect
           Sin
           ,
           and
           
             not
             men
          
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Mournsul
             Spirit
             Sanctified
          
           Disposes
           to
           Prayer
           .
           Hanna
           professes
           to
           Eli
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           misapprehensions
           of
           her
           )
           
             I
             am
             a
             Woman
             of
             a
             sorrowful
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             have
             poured
             out
             my
             Soul
             before
             the
             Lord
             (
             1
             Sam.
             1.
             15.
             )
          
           She
           wept
           inwardly
           ,
           as
           she
           mentally
           pra●ed
           ,
           and
           her
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           were
           secretly
           mingled
           ,
           and
           poured
           out
           to
           her
           God
           ;
           she
           was
           
             in
             Bitterness
             of
             Soul
             ,
             and
             prayed
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             wept
             sore
          
           (
           v
           :
           18.
           )
           David
           often
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             (
             Ps.
             77.
             2.
             )
             In
             the
             Day
             of
             my
             Trouble
             I
             sought
             the
             Lord.
          
           When
           was
           that
           ?
           
             VVhen
             my
             Spirit
             was
             overwhe●med
          
           (
           v.
           3.
           )
           So
           (
           Ps.
           142.
           2
           ,
           ●
           .
           )
           
             I
             poured
             out
             my
             Complaint
             before
             him
             ,
             I
             shewed
             before
             
             him
             my
             Tyouble
             ,
             when
             my
             Spirit
             was
             overwhelmed
             within
             me
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           next
           (
           Ps.
           143.
           4.
           )
           His
           Spirit
           was
           again
           
             Overwhelmed
             ;
             I
             stretched
             forth
             my
             hands
             unto
             thee
             .
          
           (
           v.
           6.
           )
           That
           Spirit
           which
           was
           wont
           to
           be
           full
           Fraught
           with
           Harmonious
           Praises
           is
           now
           Overset
           ,
           and
           another
           Service
           is
           appointed
           for
           him
           ;
           He
           Sayled
           joyfully
           in
           pleasant
           Gales
           ,
           but
           Storms
           find
           him
           other
           work
           .
        
         
           The
           greatest
           Instance
           (
           in
           meer
           man
           )
           of
           a
           
             sorrowful
             Spirit
          
           ,
           was
           that
           of
           Iob
           ,
           in
           the
           Days
           of
           his
           Tryal
           ;
           His
           Complaint
           he
           Uttereth
           freely
           ,
           and
           Justi●yeth
           his
           so
           doing
           ,
           as
           of
           a
           natural
           Necessity
           :
           His
           Case
           was
           sad
           ;
           
             His
             Spirit
             was
             Drunk
             up
             ,
             (
             ch
             .
             6.
             4.
             )
             Drunk
             up
          
           (
           as
           he
           expresses
           it
           )
           That
           he
           had
           
             None
             Left
          
           to
           bear
           his
           Troubles
           .
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             a
             man
             will
             bear
             his
             Infirmity
          
           (
           Pro.
           18
           14.
           )
           But
           (
           alas
           )
           his
           
             Bearing
             Spirit
          
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           a
           Broken
           and
           Burthened
           one
           is
           Left
           in
           him
           :
           In
           this
           case
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             I
             will
             not
             Refrain
             my
             mouth
             ;
             I
             will
             speak
             in
             the
             Anguish
             of
             my
             Spirit
             ;
             I
             will
             complain
             in
             the
             Bitterness
             of
             my
             Soul
          
           (
           ch
           .
           7.
           11.
           )
           But
           his
           Cpmpl●i●●
           i●
           
             To
             God
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             Of
             God.
             As
             〈…〉
             my
             Complaint
             to
             man
             ?
             And
             if
             〈…〉
             why
             should
             not
             my
             Spirit
             be
          
           〈…〉
           (
           ch
           .
           21.
           4.
           )
           And
           yet
           ,
           we
           may
           
           say
           of
           him
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           as
           was
           testified
           of
           him
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           
             In
             all
             this
             Iob
             sinned
             not
             ,
             nor
             charged
             God
             foolishly
          
           (
           ch
           .
           1.
           22.
           )
           Altho'
           Satan
           expected
           it
           from
           him
           .
           (
           v.
           11.
           and
           ch
           :
           25.
           )
           which
           indeed
           he
           would
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           
             Sanctified
             his
             sorrowful
             Spirit
          
           :
           and
           
             preserved
             it
             Blameless
          
           .
        
         
           VVhen
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             Dreamed
             Dreams
             ,
             wherewith
             his
             Spirit
             was
             Troubled
             .
             [
             Dan.
             2.
             1.
             ]
          
           VVe
           find
           this
           Unsanctified
           Heathen
           fret
           and
           vex
           ,
           and
           require
           unreasonable
           things
           :
           
             The
             Thing
             is
             gone
             from
             me
          
           I
           have
           quite
           forgot
           it
           ;
           yet
           ,
           
             Tell
             me
             the
             Dream
             ,
             and
             the
             Interpretation
             ,
             or
             ye
             shall
             be
             cut
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             your
             Houses
             made
             a
             Dunghil
             .
          
           (
           v.
           5.
           )
           So
           eager
           was
           he
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           his
           
             Troubled
             Spirit
          
           .
           But
           Daniel
           thro'
           Sanctification
           was
           of
           another
           Temper
           in
           the
           like
           case
           .
           (
           ch
           .
           7.
           15.
           )
           
             I
             Daniel
             was
             grieved
             in
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             my
             Body
          
           (
           or
           sheath
           )
           
             and
             the
             Visions
             of
             my
             Head
             troubled
             me
             .
          
           He
           then
           seeks
           for
           satisfaction
           from
           God
           ,
           by
           Drawing
           near
           to
           his
           
             Angel
             (
             v.
             16.
          
           )
           And
           though
           he
           say
           ;
           
             My
             Cogitations
             Troubled
             me
             ,
             and
             my
             Countenance
             changed
             in
             me
             .
             (
             v.
             28
             :
             )
          
           yet
           he
           was
           not
           in
           haste
           to
           be
           Rid
           of
           it
           ;
           
             But
             I
             kept
             the
             matter
             in
             my
             heart
          
           ;
           namely
           ,
           to
           be
           farther
           Meditated
           upon
           ,
           and
           to
           wait
           the
           Issue
           :
           
           And
           indeed
           in
           all
           Troublesome
           Cases
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           Guise
           of
           a
           
             Gracious
             and
             Sanctified
             Spirit
          
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           other
           Ins●ances
           ,
           the
           Great
           Exemplar
           the
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           is
           most
           to
           be
           Admired
           and
           Imitated
           in
           his
           
             Holy
             Mournful
             Spirit
          
           .
           His
           Sorrow
           in
           Gethsemane
           ,
           when
           he
           approached
           near
           his
           Passion
           ,
           is
           thus
           set
           forth
           .
           
             He
             began
             to
             be
             sore
             Amazed
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             very
             Heavy
          
           ;
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             My
             Soul
             is
             exceeding
             Sorrowful
             unto
             Death
             .
             (
             Mat.
             14.
             33
             ,
             34.
             )
          
           And
           what
           does
           he
           ,
           but
           pray
           ?
           That
           this
           
             Bitter
             Cup
             (
             as
             Mathew
          
           )
           or
           this
           Hour
           (
           of
           Temptation
           )
           as
           
             Mark
             )
             might
             pass
             from
             him
             ;
             and
             being
             in
             an
             Agony
             be
             prayed
             more
             earnestly
             ,
             (
             Luk.
             22.
             44.
             )
          
           In
           this
           wrestling
           with
           God
           ,
           
             His
             Sweat
             was
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             great
             Drops
          
           (
           or
           Clodders
           (
           
             of
             Blood
             falling
             down
             to
             the
             Ground
             .
          
           And
           yet
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           Earnestness
           ,
           it
           was
           with
           the
           greatest
           
             Submission
             .
             Nevertheless
             not
             as
             I
             will
             ,
             but
             as
             thou
             wilt
             .
             (
             v.
             39.
             )
          
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           the
           
             Sorrowful
             Cold
             Spirit
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Is
           that
           
             Hotter
             Spirit
             Active
             and
             Vigorous
          
           :
           This
           
             Colder
             is
             dull
             and
             weak
          
           ;
           a
           dull
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           
             Spirit
             of
             Heaviness
          
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           call'd
           (
           Isa.
           61.
           3.
           )
           The
           Spirit
           of
           a
           man
           is
           the
           principle
           of
           his
           Activity
           .
           It
           Disposes
           him
           Diligently
           to
           Teach
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           before
           shewn
           )
           
           and
           Diligently
           to
           Learn
           ;
           to
           make
           Diligent
           Search
           (
           as
           t
           is
           expressed
           ,
           Psal.
           77.
           6.
           )
           But
           this
           
             Dull
             Soul
          
           (
           in
           it self
           )
           is
           fit
           for
           neither
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Spirit
             of
             man
          
           ,
           is
           also
           the
           principle
           of
           his
           Vigour
           ,
           and
           helps
           to
           bear
           his
           Burdens
           ;
           But
           this
           Spirit
           is
           (
           in
           it self
           )
           a
           Burden
           .
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             a
             man
             will
             sustain
             his
             Infirmity
             ;
             ●ut
             a
             Wounded
             Spirit
             who
             can
             Bear
             ?
             (
             Prov.
             18.
             14.
             )
          
           'T
           is
           a
           weak
           and
           ●ainting
           Spirit
           ;
           much
           like
           that
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           the
           
             Queen
             of
             Sheba
          
           ,
           when
           she
           saw
           the
           Effects
           of
           Solomons
           Wisdom
           ,
           she
           was
           even
           astonished
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           
             no
             more
             Spirit
          
           in
           her
           .
           (
           1
           Kin.
           10.
           5.
           
        
         
           This
           Unsancti●yed
           is
           a
           
             pirtiful
             ,
             base
          
           ,
           and
           
             Useless
             Spirit
          
           ;
           Incli●ing
           only
           to
           Sottish
           
             Sl●th
             and
             Idleness
          
           ;
           It
           Renders
           unapt
           
             to
             Do
          
           ,
           or
           Receive
           any
           good
           .
           When
           they
           should
           Teach
           ,
           they
           are
           
             Dumb
             Dogs
          
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           should
           Learn
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           
             Spirit
             of
             Sl●mber
             and
             of
             Deep
             Sleep
          
           (
           Isa.
           29.
           10.
           
           )
           and
           so
           proportionably
           in
           any
           other
           worthy
           Affair
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           Sanctified
           ,
           Its
           slowness
           makes
           the
           
             surer
             work
          
           ;
           takes
           time
           for
           good
           Deliberation
           ;
           and
           helps
           to
           prevent
           much
           Rashness
           and
           Precipitance
           ,
           which
           
             Nimbler
             Spirits
          
           are
           more
           liable
           unto
           .
           All
           Slowness
           
           is
           not
           Blameable
           ;
           Some
           are
           Duties
           ;
           as
           ,
           
             Slow
             to
             Wrath
          
           (
           Prov.
           14.
           29.
           )
           
             Slow
             to
             speak
          
           .
           (
           James
           I.
           19.
           )
           And
           where
           
             Slowness
             of
             Speech
          
           ,
           is
           an
           Infirmity
           ;
           yet
           this
           hinders
           not
           Gods
           making
           use
           of
           such
           in
           very
           Eminent
           Service
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           Moses
           ,
           (
           Exod.
           1.
           10.
           )
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Weakness
           of
           this
           Spirit
           ,
           It
           Leads
           to
           Dependance
           on
           Gods
           All-Sufficiency
           ;
           It
           is
           often
           an
           Effect
           of
           great
           Sorrow
           ,
           
             By
             Sorrow
             of
             heart
             the
             Spirit
             is
             Broken.
             (
             Prov.
             15.
             13.
             )
          
           And
           the
           Crack'd
           or
           Broken
           Spirit
           (
           as
           before
           noted
           )
           is
           very
           weak
           ;
           but
           Sanctified
           it
           is
           accompanied
           with
           Faith.
           And
           then
           it
           makes
           Prayerful
           ,
           in
           Applications
           to
           God
           for
           help
           .
           
             Hear
             me
             speedily
             O
             Lord
             ,
             my
             Spirit
             faileth
          
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           strength
           of
           my
           own
           to
           Bear
           up
           against
           the
           Floods
           ;
           
             I
             will
             cry
             unto
             thee
             when
             my
             heart
          
           (
           or
           Spirit
           )
           
             is
             overwhelmed
             ;
             Lead
             me
             to
             the
             Rock
             ,
             that
             is
             higher
             than
             I.
          
           (
           Ps.
           61.
           2.
           )
        
         
           3.
           
           Is
           
             That
             Spirit
             Bold
             ,
             Resolute
             and
             Confident
          
           ;
           The
           Colder
           one
           is
           Timorous
           ,
           and
           
             humbly
             yielding
          
           .
           'T
           is
           
             Little
             in
             it self
          
           ;
           and
           commonly
           Less
           in
           its
           
             own
             Eyes
          
           :
           It
           Designs
           no
           great
           things
           ;
           nor
           is
           fit
           for
           any
           
             Great
             Undertaking
          
           ;
           But
           is
           apt
           to
           shun
           all
           things
           ,
           that
           appear
           any
           way
           Dangerous
           .
        
         
         
           This
           ,
           if
           Unsanctifyed
           is
           a
           Base
           Pusitanimity
           ;
           a
           mean
           ,
           poor
           ,
           cowardly
           and
           creeping
           Spirit
           :
           Unfit
           for
           Doing
           and
           Notable
           Good
           ;
           or
           Suffering
           and
           Considerable
           Evil.
           Such
           will
           never
           be
           Martyrs
           for
           ,
           or
           Confessors
           of
           ,
           any
           valuable
           Truth
           .
           This
           Spirit
           (
           like
           Issachar
           )
           stoops
           under
           the
           Burden
           ,
           of
           every
           Imposing
           and
           Tirannical
           Humour
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           opposition
           ,
           or
           Resentment
           ;
           so
           as
           it
           will
           easily
           let
           go
           Christian
           ,
           or
           
             Civil
             Liberty
          
           ;
           And
           even
           Tempt
           the
           proud
           to
           Trample
           on
           their
           Neck
           .
           It
           gives
           way
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           a
           
             short
             time
          
           (
           in
           matters
           ,
           that
           will
           bear
           it
           )
           upon
           prudent
           Considerations
           ;
           But
           gives
           up
           
             for
             good
             and
             all
          
           (
           as
           we
           use
           to
           speak
           )
           without
           any
           consideration
           at
           all
           :
           The
           former
           is
           
             Good
             Fencing
          
           ;
           the
           latter
           is
           
             Base
             Cowardise
          
           ,
           which
           opens
           a
           careless
           Gap
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           Suffers
           ,
           but
           Invites
           Trespassers
           .
           This
           Spirit
           is
           a
           
             Saddled
             Ass
          
           ,
           ready
           to
           be
           Rid
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           is
           most
           mischievous
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           where
           are
           
             Diotrephian
             Spirits
          
           ,
           and
           Ruinous
           to
           a
           State
           ,
           where
           Tyranny
           would
           be
           playing
           pranks
           .
           Such
           are
           men
           
             Born
             to
             be
             Slaves
          
           ,
           for
           whose
           
             Unreasonable
             Yielding
          
           ,
           their
           Posterity
           will
           have
           cause
           to
           Curse
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           
             Necessary
             Duties
          
           ,
           They
           always
           imagine
           
             Lions
             in
             the
             way
          
           ,
           
           and
           in
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           a
           Difficulty
           ,
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           fancy
           Insuperables
           ,
           and
           thereby
           Inhance
           Discouragements
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           Tremble
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           shaking
           of
           a
           Lea●
           ,
           (
           Lev.
           26.
           36.
           )
           
             I
             will
             send
             a
             faintness
             into
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             shaking
             Leaf
             shall
             Chase
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             shall
             flee
             ,
             as
             fleeing
             from
             a
             Sword
             ;
             and
             they
             shall
             fall
             ,
             when
             none
             pursueth
             .
          
           To
           Fear
           ,
           where
           
             no
             Fear
             is
          
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           a
           
             Iudicial
             Misery
          
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           also
           too
           often
           a
           Sin
           ,
           Derived
           from
           Unbelief
           ,
           as
           against
           frequent
           
             Commands
             ;
             Fear
             not
             ,
             neither
             be
             Dismayed
             :
             Fear
             not
             their
             Fear
             ,
             be
             not
             afraid
             of
             their
             Faces
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           a
           Sin
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           of
           the
           worst
           Character
           ,
           as
           Ushering
           in
           the
           Bedroul
           of
           Abominable
           Wickedness
           ,
           in
           that
           Denunciation
           
             (
             Rev.
             21.
             18.
          
           )
           But
           the
           Fearful
           ,
           and
           
             Unbelieving
             ,
             and
             the
             Abominable
             ,
             and
             Murtherers
             and
             Whoremongers
             ,
             and
             Sorcerers
             ,
             and
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             all
             Liars
             ,
             shall
             have
             their
             part
             in
             the
             Lake
             that
             Burneth
             .
             This
             Spirit
             it self
          
           is
           not
           a
           Sin
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           it
           Depends
           on
           Natural
           Causes
           ;
           'T
           is
           no
           Evil
           for
           a
           Woman
           to
           be
           Less
           Couragious
           ,
           then
           a
           man
           ;
           or
           to
           be
           more
           afraid
           upon
           apparent
           Danger
           ;
           But
           when
           Fear
           is
           Habituated
           ,
           or
           Acted
           by
           Unbelief
           ;
           for
           ●hen
           it
           Impeaches
           Gods
           Glorious
           Attri●utes
           ;
           his
           
             Mercy
             ,
             Truth
          
           ,
           and
           All-sufflciency
        
         
         
           But
           if
           this
           Little
           ,
           Low
           ,
           and
           Timorous
           Spirit
           be
           Sanctified
           ,
           't
           is
           Exercised
           in
           a
           Gracious
           Humility
           ,
           which
           
             Aspires
             not
             to
             things
             too
             high
          
           (
           Ps.
           131.
           1.
           )
           
             A
             Contrite
             Spirit
             ,
             Sanctifyed
          
           ,
           is
           no
           Base
           and
           Contemptible
           Spirit
           .
           'T
           is
           Preferred
           and
           Esteemed
           by
           
             Wise
             men
             ,
             Directed
          
           by
           the
           Holy
           Spi●it
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           teaches
           men
           to
           put
           a
           due
           value
           ,
           upon
           the
           good
           of
           Things
           ,
           and
           Persons
           .
           
             Better
             it
             is
             to
             be
             of
             an
             Humble
             Spirit
             with
             the
             Lowly
             ,
             then
             to
             Divide
             the
             Spoyl
             with
             the
             Proud.
             (
             Prov.
             6.
             19.
             )
          
           He
           shall
           be
           far
           from
           Contempt
           :
           
             A
             mans
             pride
             shall
             bring
             him
             Low
             ;
             but
             Honour
             shall
             uphold
             the
             Humble
             in
             Spirit
             (
             Prov.
             29.
             23.
             )
          
           Humility
           is
           a
           Lovely
           Grace
           amongst
           men
           ;
           it
           avoids
           Quarrels
           ,
           which
           Pride
           and
           Haughtiness
           of
           Spirit
           commonly
           makes
           :
           It
           gives
           no
           Offence
           ,
           and
           Removes
           the
           Offences
           that
           are
           Taken
           .
           
             Yielding
             pacifyeth
             great
             Offences
          
           .
           (
           Eccl.
           10.
           5.
           )
           And
           as
           't
           is
           Acceptable
           to
           men
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           well
           pleasing
           unto
           
             God.
             A
             Broken
             and
             a
             Contrite
             Spirit
             O
             God
             thou
             will
             not
             Despise
             ,
             (
             Psa.
             51.
             17.
             )
             Not
             Despise
          
           is
           a
           MEIOSIS
           ,
           yea
           he
           Favours
           and
           Approveth
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             nigh
             to
             them
             .
             —
          
           and
           
             Saveth
             such
             ,
             as
             be
             of
             ●●●●trite
             Spirit
             .
          
           (
           Ps.
           34.
           18.
           )
           This
           Favour
           〈◊〉
           the
           more
           Illustrates
           by
           setting
           〈…〉
           own
           Excellencies
           .
           The
           Great
           and
           〈…〉
           
           God
           Regards
           the
           Little
           and
           Low
           Spirit
           ;
           This
           is
           more
           than
           once
           shewn
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
             .
             For
             thus
             saith
             the
             High
             and
             Lofty
             One
             ,
             who
             Inhabiteth
             Eternity
             ;
             I
             Dwell
             in
             the
             High
             and
             Holy
             Place
             ,
             and
             with
             him
             also
             ,
             that
             is
             of
             an
             Humble
             and
             Contrite
             Spirit
             ;
             to
             Revive
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Humble
             ,
             and
             to
             Revive
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             Contrite
             Ones
          
           (
           Isa.
           57.
           15
           ,
           16.
           )
           And
           (
           ch
           .
           66.
           2.
           )
           
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             hath
             mine
             Hand
             made
             ;
             But
             to
             this
             man
             will
             I
             Look
             ,
             even
             to
             him
             that
             is
             poor
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Contrite
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Trembleth
             at
             my
             word
             .
          
           'T
           is
           not
           that
           poor
           ,
           mean
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           Trembles
           at
           the
           Shaking
           of
           a
           Leaf
           ;
           or
           sinfully
           feareth
           man
           ,
           whose
           Breath
           is
           in
           his
           Nostrils
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           feareth
           the
           Lord
           and
           Trembleth
           
             at
             his
             Word
          
           .
           Such
           an
           one
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           Countenanced
           ,
           and
           Comforted
           ,
           by
           God
           here
           ;
           but
           bountifully
           ,
           and
           graciously
           ,
           be
           Rewarded
           hereafter
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           first
           of
           the
           Beatitudes
           (
           Mat.
           5.
           3.
           )
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             poor
             in
             Spirit
             ;
             for
             theirs
             is
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           Is
           that
           
             Hotter
             Spirit
          
           an
           Angry
           Spirit
           ,
           fermenting
           in
           Zeal
           and
           Iealousie
           :
           This
           colder
           is
           meek
           and
           wholly
           Inclined
           to
           peace
           :
           'T
           is
           Sheepish
           ,
           Lamblike
           ,
           and
           Inoffensive
           ;
           no
           great
           Doer
           ,
           and
           a
           quiet
           Sufferer
           :
           'T
           is
           patient
           and
           silent
           in
           bearing
           Injuries
           ,
           and
           
           easily
           overlooks
           Faults
           :
           It
           's
           apt
           to
           think
           well
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           in
           general
           ,
           all
           its
           motions
           are
           calm
           and
           soft
           .
        
         
           This
           quiet
           ,
           calm
           Te●per
           ,
           
             if
             Unsanctified
          
           ,
           hath
           its
           spring
           ,
           only
           in
           
             Bodily
             Temperament
          
           ,
           and
           
             Worldly
             Wisdom
          
           ;
           and
           then
           Undecently
           bears
           oftimes
           ,
           what
           it
           ought
           to
           shake
           off
           ,
           with
           Indignation
           .
           'T
           is
           indeed
           Inclined
           to
           good
           Offices
           ,
           but
           still
           with
           Earthly
           Design
           .
           It
           does
           good
           ,
           to
           Receive
           good
           ,
           
             Looking
             for
             something
             again
          
           contrary
           to
           our
           Saviours
           Rule
           .
           (
           Luke
           6.
           45.
           )
           'T
           is
           not
           the
           Subject
           of
           Anger
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           not
           be
           the
           Object
           thereof
           ;
           always
           accompanied
           with
           self-secking
           ;
           and
           its
           greatest
           Design
           is
           to
           
             pass
             quietly
          
           thro'
           the
           World.
           'T
           is
           utterly
           Indisposed
           for
           
             holy
             Zeal
          
           ,
           so
           as
           never
           to
           
             contend
             earnestly
             for
             the
             Faith.
          
           Nor
           will
           it
           plead
           Gods
           Cause
           ,
           when
           Wickedness
           is
           Rampant
           ,
           nor
           Labour
           to
           Restrain
           or
           Rebuke
           Ungodliness
           .
           This
           Gallio-like
           Spirit
           
             cares
             for
             none
             of
             these
             things
             .
          
           (
           Acts
           18.
           17.
           )
           But
           wholly
           Leaves
           men
           to
           their
           own
           Course
           ,
           without
           any
           Religious
           Controul
           .
           This
           was
           Elies
           Sin
           ,
           for
           which
           both
           he
           and
           his
           Family
           were
           severely
           Dealt
           with
           ;
           God
           was
           Angry
           with
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           not
           
           Angry
           ●or
           God.
           T
           is
           a
           Listless
           Frame
           for
           Affectionate
           Duty
           ;
           Dead
           Hearted
           to
           and
           in
           ,
           Heavenly
           Service
           ;
           
           A
           Professor
           of
           such
           a
           Spirit
           is
           but
           a
           
             Cold
             Christian
          
           ,
           and
           will
           have
           but
           a
           
             cold
             Entertainment
          
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           seek
           his
           Reward
           .
           A
           true
           Christian
           should
           be
           always
           
             furnished
             with
             a
          
           Spirit
           ,
           though
           not
           always
           Use
           it
           :
           There
           is
           a
           time
           for
           necessary
           Anger
           .
           And
           we
           should
           Use
           our
           warmth
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           forbear
           it
           ,
           as
           occasion
           Requires
           .
           
             What
             will
             you
             ?
             Shall
             I
             come
             unto
             you
             with
             a
             Rod
             ;
             or
             in
             Love
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Meekness
             ?
          
           (
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           21.
           )
        
         
           This
           
             Unsanctified
             softness
             of
             Spirit
          
           ,
           Tho'
           it
           be
           thus
           Useless
           and
           Blamcable
           ;
           yet
           this
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           of
           it
           :
           That
           of
           all
           the
           Worldly
           Spirits
           't
           is
           
             one
             of
             the
             best
          
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           does
           
             no
             good
          
           ,
           so
           it
           does
           
             Least
             Harm
          
           and
           Mischief
           .
           It
           may
           Render
           a
           man
           a
           quiet
           and
           untroublesome
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           tollerable
           Member
           ,
           of
           the
           Common●wealth
           ;
           But
           still
           a
           sapless
           and
           fruitless
           Branch
           in
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           ;
           and
           is
           far
           short
           of
           true
           Christianity
           ,
           whatever
           it
           professes
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Meek
           Spirit
           be
           a
           Sanctified
           one
           ;
           Oh!
           How
           Excellent
           ,
           How
           Lovely
           and
           Desirable
           is
           it
           ?
           How
           much
           does
           it
           conduce
           to
           
             Brethrens
             Living
             together
             in
             Unity
          
           ?
           How
           many
           Brawls
           and
           Factions
           would
           it
           prevent
           ?
           It
           then
           (
           when
           Sanctifyed
           )
           has
           another
           principal
           Rise
           and
           End
           
           then
           was
           suggested
           by
           Nature
           and
           Circumstances
           .
           It
           then
           Arises
           from
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Great
           Exemplar
           (
           Isa.
           53.
           7.
           )
           
             Who
             was
             brought
             as
             a
             Lamb
             to
             the
             Slaughter
             :
             and
             as
             a
             Sheep
             before
             the
             Shearers
             is
             Dumb
             ,
             so
             opened
             not
             he
             his
             Mouth
             VVh●n
             he
             was
             Reviled
             ,
             he
             Reviled
             not
             again
             ;
             when
             he
             Suffered
             ,
             be
             Threatned
             not
             ;
             but
             committed
             hims●lf
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             Iudgeth
             Righteously
             .
          
           (
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           23.
           )
        
         
           Again
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           fit
           Spi●it
           to
           Deal
           with
           Sinners
           .
           
             Restore
             such
             an
             one
             in
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Meekness
             .
          
           (
           Gal.
           6.
           1.
           )
           'T
           is
           that
           which
           is
           peaceable
           with
           men
           ,
           and
           pleasing
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           therefore
           is
           Honourable
           ,
           as
           an
           
             Ornament
             .
             The
             Ornament
             of
             a
             meek
             and
             quiet
             Spirit
             ;
             which
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             is
             of
             great
             price
             .
          
           (
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           4.
           )
           Surely
           God
           knows
           the
           
             true
             value
          
           of
           Things
           ,
           who
           hath
           put
           all
           Worth
           and
           Dignity
           into
           them
           .
           This
           is
           a
           proper
           
             Gospel
             Spirit
          
           ,
           very
           much
           for
           its
           Honour
           ,
           and
           promoting
           its
           Interest
           in
           the
           World
           :
           It
           oft-times
           holds
           the
           Hands
           and
           stops
           the
           Mouths
           of
           its
           Adversaries
           .
           That
           Rebuke
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           those
           
             Sons
             of
             Thunder
             ,
             (
             Iames
          
           and
           Iohn
           )
           when
           they
           would
           have
           Fire
           from
           Heaven
           upon
           the
           Samaritan
           Village
           .
           
             (
             Luke
             9.
             55.
          
           )
           Intimates
           the
           True
           and
           Genuine
           Gospel
           .
           
           
           
           Spirit
           ;
           
             Ye
             know
             not
             what
             manner
             of
             Spirit
             you
             are
             of
             :
          
           You
           are
           not
           Spirited
           as
           you
           should
           be
           :
           The
           Spirit
           you
           have
           is
           a
           Chollerick
           ,
           Revengeful
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           it
           not
           :
           Or
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           what
           Spirit
           ,
           you
           should
           be
           of
           ,
           as
           my
           Disciples
           :
           The
           Spirit
           of
           Elias
           (
           under
           which
           you
           would
           cover
           your
           passions
           )
           Has
           done
           its
           Preparatory
           work
           in
           Iohn
           Baptist
           ;
           But
           now
           the
           Evangelical-Spirit
           hence
           forward
           ;
           is
           quite
           another
           thing
           ;
           'T
           is
           full
           of
           
             meekness
             ,
             sweetness
          
           ,
           and
           gentleness
           of
           mind
           ;
           which
           by
           your
           present
           talk
           ,
           you
           seem
           little
           to
           understand
           ;
           You
           (
           as
           my
           Disciples
           )
           do
           profess
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Gospel-Spirit
           ;
           But
           alas
           ,
           you
           have
           it
           not
           ;
           
             You
             know
             not
             what
             Spirit
             you
             are
             of
             !
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           the
           two
           Opposite
           Spirits
           ,
           the
           Hot
           and
           the
           Cold.
           We
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Mean
           ,
           between
           them
           both
           ;
           which
           of
           all
           the
           
             Natural
             Spirits
          
           is
           the
           most
           
             Curious
             ,
             Desireable
          
           ,
           and
           
             best
             Manageable
          
           ,
           to
           every
           good
           purpose
           .
           Therefore
        
         
           3.
           
           Some
           men
           are
           of
           a
           more
           
             Temperate
             Spirit
          
           ,
           which
           is
           Cool
           in
           Respect
           of
           the
           Heats
           ;
           and
           Warm
           ,
           in
           Respect
           of
           the
           Chills
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           former
           two
           Extreams
           .
           All
           the
           Conveniencies
           ;
           of
           those
           it
           has
           ,
           without
           their
           Inconveniencies
           ;
           This
           is
           the
           Well-balanced
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           moves
           
           Evenly
           ,
           Smoothly
           ,
           and
           Firmly
           ;
           The
           Vessel
           of
           due
           proportion
           ,
           betwixt
           Hull
           ,
           and
           Sayl
           ,
           which
           usually
           well
           Arrives
           at
           its
           intended
           Port.
           'T
           is
           the
           
             faelix
             Temperies
          
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           that
           naturally
           
             Disposes
             to
          
           ,
           and
           
             Adapts
             for
             ,
             General
          
           Vertue
           .
           'T
           is
           best
           enabled
           to
           Use
           its
           own
           Abilities
           ;
           and
           manage
           its
           own
           powers
           ,
           whether
           Intellectual
           or
           Volitive
           to
           the
           best
           Advantage
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Intellectual
           by
           a
           moderation
           ,
           and
           order
           of
           Thoughts
           ;
           of
           a
           sufficient
           
             Heat
             to
             Excite
          
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           of
           Coolness
           enough
           to
           Govern
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Effects
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           might
           be
           Exorbitant
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           the
           
             Dull
             Soul
          
           ,
           that
           thinks
           not
           
             Intensely
             of
             any
          
           thing
           ;
           Nor
           the
           Phantastick
           Air
           ,
           that
           Huddles
           ,
           and
           is
           
             precipitant
             in
             all
          
           things
           .
           But
           it
           is
           such
           a
           well
           composed
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           indeed
           Quickens
           a
           man
           to
           Act
           ,
           and
           yet
           Renders
           him
           Sober
           ,
           and
           Deliberate
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Actions
           .
           Hence
           arises
           Wisdom
           and
           Prudence
           in
           Matters
           ,
           and
           a
           
             firm
             Iudgment
          
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           suffer
           it self
           to
           be
           Biassed
           or
           Disordered
           by
           any
           unruly
           Passions
           ;
           But
           Governs
           them
           by
           Reason
           ;
           and
           brings
           and
           keeps
           them
           in
           their
           due
           Subordaination
           .
        
         
           Whence
           follows
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Volitive
           Powers
           are
           well
           used
           ,
           
           and
           ordered
           by
           such
           a
           
             Moderate
             Spirit
          
           ;
           The
           Will
           is
           Benign
           ,
           and
           the
           Passions
           Regular
           .
           The
           Will
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
             powers
             under
          
           its
           Commands
           are
           Disposed
           to
           Subjection
           unto
           Right
           Reason
           .
           Hence
           
             This
             Spirit
          
           is
           apt
           to
           be
           well
           governed
           
             In
             the
             man
          
           ;
           that
           has
           it
           ;
           And
           thereby
           Renders
           him
           more
           fit
           to
           Govern
           amongst
           
             other
             men
          
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           from
           both
           which
           it
           may
           be
           Denominated
           
             A
             Spirit
             of
             Government
          
           .
           Of
           this
           brave
           Spirit
           was
           
             Titus
             Vespasian
          
           ,
           who
           from
           thence
           was
           called
           (
           
             Humani
             Generis
             Deliciae
          
           )
           The
           Delights
           of
           Mankind
           .
           Faithfulness
           ,
           Candour
           ,
           Beneficence
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           things
           that
           are
           Excellent
           (
           so
           far
           as
           Nature
           can
           go
           )
           have
           their
           Derivation
           from
           this
           Spirit
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           not
           so
           liable
           to
           the
           Infirmity
           of
           Unruly
           Passions
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Natural
           Cause
           of
           all
           the
           contrary
           Vices
           .
        
         
           Yet
           if
           this
           Rare
           and
           Excellent
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           very
           good
           
             in
             it self
          
           be
           Unsanctify'd
           and
           Corrupt
           ;
           'T
           is
           all
           as
           Bad
           ,
           if
           not
           worse
           ,
           then
           the
           Rest.
           Corruption
           of
           the
           best
           is
           worst
           .
           For
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           s
           Wisdom
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           if
           Unsanctifyed
           ,
           is
           (
           at
           best
           )
           but
           
             Worldly
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           and
           Imployed
           wholly
           to
           serve
           Worldly
           Interests
           :
           But
           it
           seldome
           stops
           there
           ;
           for
           it
           commonly
           proceeds
           in
           a
           way
           of
           
           Enmity
           against
           God
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           And
           becomes
           too
           often
           a
           
             Devilish
             Policy
          
           .
           If
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Church
           be
           men
           of
           
             this
             Spirit
          
           ,
           they
           are
           most
           Dangerous
           :
           'T
           is
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Temper
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           Achitophels
           for
           Mischievous
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Hot
             Spirited
             Huffs
          
           ,
           and
           Hectors
           ,
           may
           have
           as
           great
           an
           Enmity
           ,
           which
           they
           often
           shew
           in
           a
           
             storming
             rage
          
           ;
           But
           their
           vehement
           Passions
           do
           oft-times
           Deprive
           them
           ,
           of
           a
           discreet
           consideration
           ,
           whereby
           they
           overshoot
           themselves
           ,
           and
           miss
           their
           Designs
           .
           The
           Smooth-bootes
           that
           look
           Demure
           ,
           who
           can
           think
           and
           contrive
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           in
           over-great
           Haste
           ;
           The
           Wolves
           in
           Sheeps-cloathing
           ;
           (
           in
           a
           word
           )
           The
           close
           and
           undiscerned
           Hypocrites
           (
           who
           by
           means
           of
           this
           
             Moderate
             Spirit
          
           ,
           may
           more
           easily
           so
           be
           .
           )
           These
           are
           the
           Dangerous
           Enemies
           ;
           These
           under
           their
           
             seeming
             Vertues
          
           ,
           have
           advantage
           to
           act
           their
           
             secret
             Vices
             .
             Lyons
          
           by
           Roaring
           ,
           may
           Terri●ie
           the
           Sheep
           into
           their
           Safefolds
           ,
           while
           the
           slie
           Foxes
           (
           by
           surprise
           )
           do
           Devour
           the
           Flock
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Iudgment
           ,
           and
           
             Government
             Unsanctified
          
           ;
           't
           is
           that
           which
           maketh
           Nets
           and
           Snares
           ,
           and
           perverteth
           Jugdment
           in
           the
           Gate
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           the
           Bawling
           Sollicitor
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           subtile
           
           Judge
           ,
           that
           
             Frames
             Mischief
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             (
             Psa.
             94.
             20
             )
          
           and
           cover
           it
           over
           by
           a
           plausible
           pretence
           .
           Not
           the
           Clamarous
           Multitude
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Cunning
           High-Priests
           ,
           that
           
             do
             violence
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             pollute
             the
             Sanctuary
             .
             (
             Zeph.
             3.
             4.
             )
          
           'T
           is
           they
           ,
           that
           say
           ,
           
             VVe
             have
             a
             Law
             ,
             and
             by
             our
             Law
             he
             ought
             to
             Die.
             (
             Ioh.
             19.
             7.
             )
          
           Thus
           they
           Turn
           Judgment
           into
           Hemlock
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           Minister
           to
           their
           Lusts
           and
           Passions
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           s
           calmness
           of
           VVill
           ,
           and
           moderation
           of
           Affections
           ,
           with
           those
           seeming
           Ver●ues
           ,
           that
           attend
           it
           ,
           all
           are
           nothing
           so
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           appear
           ,
           but
           are
           Evil
           ,
           and
           Subservient
           thereunto
           .
           
             Evenness
             of
             Mind
             Unsanctified
          
           Renders
           a
           man
           but
           a
           Gallio
           ,
           caring
           for
           none
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           Not
           concerned
           about
           the
           Greatest
           Interests
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           or
           others
           Souls
           :
           This
           is
           that
           Odious
           Lukewarmness
           which
           God
           will
           
             Spue
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             .
             (
             Rev.
          
           3.
           16.
           )
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
             Benignity
             ,
             Generosity
          
           ,
           and
           Candour
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           if
           Unsanctified
           ,
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           Mr.
           Fuller
           calls
           it
           )
           The
           Bad-good-nature
           ,
           which
           is
           commonly
           ,
           and
           most
           Abused
           by
           Parasitical
           Hang-byes
           .
           Such
           men
           are
           Led
           by
           a
           Thred
           (
           not
           like
           Ariadne's
           Clew
           ,
           
             out
             of
          
           ,
           But
           )
           into
           continual
           Dangers
           .
           Th●
           Gallantly
           follow
           Trappanning
           ,
           and
           Deceitful
           
           Guides
           ,
           to
           do
           Mischief
           ;
           like
           the
           men
           ,
           that
           followed
           
             Absa●om
             in
             their
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             they
             knew
             not
             any
             thing
             of
             his
             Designs
             .
             (
             2
             Sam.
             15.
             11.
             )
          
           These
           are
           oft
           Impos'd
           upon
           ;
           and
           made
           Tools
           ,
           and
           Implements
           ,
           in
           mischievous
           and
           ungodly
           projects
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Gracious
           Wisdom
           .
           On
           the
           same
           account
           of
           Bad●good-nature
           ,
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           spare
           and
           favour
           ,
           even
           VVickedness
           in
           men
           ;
           and
           Indulge
           them
           in
           their
           corrupt
           ways
           .
           They
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           
             prodigally
             Bountiful
          
           ,
           to
           such
           as
           they
           should
           rather
           frown
           away
           .
           (
           Prov.
           29.
           23.
           )
           
             The
             North-wind
             Driveth
             away
             Rain
             ;
             and
             so
             doth
             an
             Angry
             Countenance
             a
             Backbiting
             Tongue
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Fidelity
           and
           Stedfastness
           of
           this
           Natural
           Spirit
           ,
           if
           Unsanctifyed
           ,
           it
           fits
           men
           to
           keep
           the
           Devils
           Counsel
           ;
           
             He
             Heareth
             Cursing
             ,
             and
             bewrayeth
             it
             not
             .
             (
             Pro.
             29.
             24.
             )
          
           A
           Thief
           may
           trust
           him
           with
           his
           Stollen
           Goods
           .
           Alas
           he
           is
           mislead
           by
           false
           names
           and
           notions
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           ●he
           Clea●●●
           Immoveably
           to
           them
           :
           As
           for
           Instance
           ;
           An
           Oath
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           will
           stick
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           but
           a
           
             Bond
             of
             Iniquity
          
           ,
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           an
           Oath
           )
        
         
           Truth
           and
           Trust
           he
           so
           looks
           upon
           ,
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Moral
             Vertues
          
           ,
           That
           he
           forgets
           the
           
             Christian
             Duty
          
           of
           not
           bei●g
           
           
             Parta●er
             in
             other
             mens
             Sins
          
           .
           So
           also
           ,
           in
           Friendship
           ,
           which
           (
           through
           his
           Candour
           )
           he
           often
           strikes
           with
           the
           Enemies
           of
           God
           ;
           He
           then
           thinks
           himself
           obliged
           to
           be
           faithful
           in
           all
           things
           to
           these
           his
           friends
           ;
           Tho
           indeed
           
             true
             Friendship
          
           is
           only
           in
           Vertue
           ;
           and
           other
           Friendship
           neither
           ought
           to
           be
           Begun
           ,
           or
           
             Continued
             :
             Shouldst
             thou
             Help
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             and
             Love
             them
             ,
             that
             Hate
             the
             Lord
             ?
             Therefore
             is
             VVrath
             upon
             thee
             from
             the
             Lord.
          
           (
           2
           Cor.
           19.
           2.
           )
        
         
           These
           
             Firm
             Spirited
          
           ,
           are
           the
           unhappy
           men
           ,
           who
           being
           once
           Ill-engaged
           ,
           are
           hard
           to
           be
           Reclaimed
           :
           They
           will
           persist
           ,
           tho'
           against
           the
           very
           Edge
           ,
           and
           prickles
           of
           Cons●ience
           ,
           and
           Convictions
           :
           They
           scorn
           to
           forsake
           their
           Colours
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           to
           come
           under
           
             Christ's
             Banner
             :
             There
             is
             no
             hope
          
           to
           perswade
           ;
           
             no
             ;
             For
             I
             have
             Loved
             Strangers
             ,
          
           and
           (
           I
           'le
           never
           be
           a
           base
           Changling
           or
           Turn●coat
           )
           
             After
             them
             will
             I
             go
          
           .
           (
           Jer.
           2.
           25.
           )
        
         
           Thus
           this
           
             Noble
             Spirit
          
           is
           abused
           ;
           Thus
           its
           
             Silver
             is
             become
             Dross
          
           ;
           and
           those
           
             seeming
             Vertues
          
           ,
           which
           use
           to
           Glitter
           therein
           ,
           are
           no
           more
           than
           (
           as
           Austin
           calls
           the
           Heathen
           Morals
           )
           
             Splendida
             peccata
          
           ;
           meer
           Gloworms
           and
           Fire
           flies
           to
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Moon-Ey'd
           World.
           
        
         
         
           But
           if
           Sanctified
           ,
           if
           Light
           and
           Heat
           be
           put
           into
           them
           by
           the
           
             Baptism
             of
             Fire
          
           ,
           How
           do
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           this
           Spirit
           Excel
           themselves
           ?
           This
           Governable
           Spirit
           is
           under
           a
           Twofold
           Government
           ;
           That
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           God
           too
           .
           This
           Fortified
           Spirit
           has
           a
           
             Double
             Guard
          
           ;
           That
           of
           our
           Discretion
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           .
           Let
           us
           take
           a
           view
           of
           this
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           
             Regulated
             by
          
           ,
           and
           
             Set
             forth
             in
          
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           'T
           is
           a
           Temperate
           Spirit
           ;
           not
           Cold
           or
           Lukewarm
           ,
           but
           
             Governably
             Cool
          
           .
           In
           (
           Prov.
           17.
           27.
           
           )
           we
           have
           (
           in
           this
           Respect
           )
           its
           Character
           ,
           and
           its
           Commendation
           .
           
             He
             that
             hath
             Knowledge
             ,
             spareth
             his
             words
             ;
             and
             a
             man
             of
             Understanding
             is
             of
             an
             Excellent
          
           or
           (
           as
           in
           the
           Margin
           )
           a
           
             Cool
             Spirit
          
           .
           By
           Knowledge
           and
           Understanding
           in
           Scripture
           (
           and
           frequently
           in
           this
           particular
           Book
           )
           is
           meant
           Gracious
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Sanctified
           Knowledge
           :
           'T
           is
           this
           that
           truly
           Tempers
           the
           Spirit
           to
           be
           excellently
           Cool
           ;
           and
           enables
           it
           to
           Govern
           it self
           and
           its
           Astions
           ;
           yea
           ;
           and
           that
           Unruly
           Little
           Member
           ,
           the
           Tongue
           ,
           which
           in
           Hot
           ,
           and
           
             Gun-powder
             Spirited
          
           men
           is
           oft-times
           
             Inflamed
             and
             Set
             on
             Fire
             of
             Hell.
          
           (
           James
           3.
           5
           ,
           6.
           )
           'T
           is
           a
           
           
             Spirit
             of
             Government
          
           ,
           both
           Passively
           and
           Actively
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Passively
           (
           or
           fit
           to
           be
           Governed
           )
           which
           gives
           Commendation
           to
           the
           man
           that
           has
           it
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Triumphs
           of
           a
           Conqueror
           .
           
             He
             that
             Ruleth
             his
             Spirit
             is
             better
             ,
             than
             he
             that
             Taketh
             a
             City
             .
          
           (
           Prov.
           16.
           32.
           )
        
         
           
             Fortior
             est
             ,
             qui
             se
             ;
             quam
             qui
             fortissima
             vincit
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             's
             the
             
               brave
               man
            
             ,
             that
             Rules
             his
             Spirit
             ;
             he
          
           
             Has
             the
             
               brave
               Spirit
            
             ,
             where
             't
             will
             Rules
             be
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Cold
             Spirit
          
           is
           too
           slow
           and
           heavy
           ▪
           ●o
           follow
           the
           Dictates
           of
           Regulated
           Reason
           ,
           unto
           any
           considerable
           Effect
           .
           The
           
             Hot
             Spirit
          
           over-runs
           it
           ,
           and
           (
           of
           the
           Two
           )
           is
           the
           most
           Ungovernable
           .
           The
           Hasty
           and
           Disordered
           Spirit
           is
           chi●fly
           Denominated
           Unruly
           ,
           which
           often
           Exposes
           a
           man
           to
           Dangers
           ,
           as
           an
           Unfortify'd
           City
           .
           (
           
             Prov.
             25.
             28.
             )
             He
             that
             hath
             no
             Rule
             over
             his
          
           (
           Royled
           and
           Ruffled
           )
           
             Spirit
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             City
             ,
             that
             is
             Broken
             down
             ,
             and
             hath
             no
             Walls
             .
          
           The
           Moderate
           Spirit
           sets
           Discretion
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Affairs
           ;
           But
           the
           
             Hasty
             Spirit
          
           (
           not
           taking
           time
           to
           consider
           ,
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           the
           present
           Emergence
           )
           
             Exalteth
             Folly
          
           (
           Prov.
           14.
           20.
           )
           
           To
           the
           same
           Effect
           is
           that
           Comparison
           ;
           
             The
             patient
             in
             Spirit
             is
             better
             ,
             than
             the
             proud
             in
             Spirit
          
           (
           Eccl.
           7.
           8.
           
           )
           which
           is
           Explained
           and
           Applied
           ,
           in
           that
           Caution
           .
           (
           v.
           9.
           )
           
             ●e
             not
             Hasty
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             be
             Angry
             ;
             for
          
           (
           proud
           )
           
             Anger
             Resteth
             in
             the
             Bosome
             of
             Fools
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Moderate
           Spirit
           is
           well
           compact
           ▪
           and
           firm
           ,
           which
           keeps
           Foll●
           from
           Breaking
           in
           ,
           or
           out
           ;
           But
           the
           Immoderate
           both
           Admits
           ,
           and
           Discovers
           Folly
           ,
           in
           all
           its
           Actions
           ;
           And
           most
           easily
           and
           commonly
           in
           the
           
             Tongue
             .
             A
             perverse
             Tongue
             is
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           )
           Betokens
           and
           Declares
           )
           
             a
             Breach
          
           (
           or
           Disorder
           )
           
             in
             the
             Spirit
             .
             (
             Prov.
             1●
             .
             4.
             )
          
        
         
           This
           Cool
           and
           Temperate
           Spi●it
           Inclines
           to
           Wisdom
           ,
           observed
           in
           Daniel
           ,
           by
           the
           Babilonia●s
           ,
           who
           Re●ommend
           him
           for
           it
           to
           Nebuchadnezzar
           ,
           (
           Dan.
           5.
           12.
           )
           
             An
             Excellent
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Knowledge
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             was
             found
             in
             him●to
             Dissolv●
             Doubts
          
           (
           or
           Untie
           Knots
           .
           )
           And
           for
           this
           he
           was
           
             Advanced
             ;
             Because
             an
             Excellent
             Spirit
             was
             in
             him
          
           (
           ch
           .
           6.
           3.
           )
           Now
           here
           we
           must
           Remember
           ,
           that
           in
           Scripture
           phrase
           ,
           the
           
             Excellent
             Spirit
          
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Margin
           Read
           ,
           
             the
             Cool
             Spirit
          
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           before
           noted
           .
           )
           It
           seems
           Daniel
           was
           a
           
             man
             of
             Temper
          
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           Observation
           ,
           who
           could
           
             not
             Discern
          
           his
           Grace
           ;
           'T
           was
           his
           Prudence
           ,
           
           and
           not
           his
           Piety
           ,
           that
           they
           took
           notice
           of
           ;
           And
           tho'
           (
           ch
           .
           4.
           8
           ,
           9.
           )
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Holy
             Gods
          
           was
           by
           those
           Heathens
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           in
           him
           ;
           yet
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           his
           Sanctification
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             God
          
           ,
           which
           they
           meant
           ;
           But
           (
           according
           to
           their
           manner
           )
           whatever
           Trans●●nded
           the
           common
           course
           of
           men
           ,
           they
           〈◊〉
           wont
           to
           
             Diesy
             .
             Daniel
          
           had
           indeed
           ●●traordinary
           Assistance
           from
           God
           for
           Re●●●ling
           Secrets
           ;
           But
           this
           Help
           was
           above
           〈◊〉
           Cognizance
           ;
           they
           only
           observed
           such
           Excellency
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           manifest●●
           it
           s●lf
           in
           his
           Covers
           amongst
           them
           ;
           for
           which
           also
           
             The
             King
             thought
             to
             set
             him
             ove●
             the
             whole
             Realm
             .
          
           (
           ch
           .
           6.
           3.
           )
        
         
           That
           phrase
           in
           (
           Iob
           20.
           3.
           )
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             my
             Understanding
             causeth
             me
             to
             Answer
             .
          
           Signi●●es
           not
           (
           I
           think
           )
           his
           
             Understanding
             Faculty
          
           ;
           but
           rather
           ,
           That
           Moderation
           and
           Government
           ▪
           of
           
             his
             Spirit
          
           ,
           whereby
           he
           was
           enabled
           (
           without
           Disturbance
           )
           to
           go
           on
           in
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Matters
           that
           were
           before
           them
           ;
           as
           if
           Zophar
           had
           said
           ,
           
             I
             have
             heard
             the
             check
             of
             my
             Reproach
          
           ;
           But
           it
           does
           not
           so
           Disturb
           the
           order
           of
           my
           Thoughts
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           have
           my
           Wits
           about
           me
           ;
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           I
           know
           well
           enough
           ,
           what
           to
           say
           ;
           I
           have
           still
           an
           Understanding
           ;
           Because
           a
           
             Well-governed
             Spirit
          
           ,
           that
           is
           
           not
           Hurried
           by
           provocation
           ;
           I
           can
           Rule
           my
           
             own
             Spirit
          
           ,
           tho'
           not
           
             your
             Tongue
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           can
           Answer
           what
           is
           meet
           :
           The
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           accompanies
           another
           mans
           Understanding
           ,
           might
           (
           perhaps
           )
           silence
           him
           from
           any
           prudent
           Reply
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             my
             Understanding
          
           ,
           (
           or
           ,
           that
           Spirit
           which
           accompanies
           it
           )
           
             causeth
             me
             to
             Answer
          
           .
           And
           thus
           't
           is
           a
           
             passive
             Spirit
             of
             G●vernment
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           a
           Spirit
           
             to
             be
          
           Governed
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           also
           a
           
             Spirit
             of
             Government
             ,
             Active
          
           ;
           or
           it
           is
           most
           fit
           to
           Rule
           in
           the
           world
           .
           So
           thought
           Darius
           ,
           when
           
             he
             thought
             to
             set
             Daniel
             over
             the
             whole
             Realm
             .
          
           When
           Moses
           prayed
           for
           a
           Successor
           to
           Lead
           the
           people
           into
           the
           Land
           of
           Promise
           (
           Numb
           .
           27.
           16.
           )
           He
           does
           it
           in
           these
           very
           suitable
           words
           ,
           
             Let
             the
             Lord
             ,
             The
             God
             of
             the
             Spirits
             of
             all
             Flesh
             ,
             set
             a
             man
             over
             the
             Congregation
          
           ;
           The
           Answer
           to
           this
           prayer
           is
           (
           v.
           18.
           )
           
             Take
             thee
             Ioshua
             the
             Son
             of
             Nun
             ,
             in
             whom
             is
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           namely
           ,
           which
           thou
           Desirest
           :
           He
           has
           Excellent
           Qualifications
           ,
           
             as
             a
             man
             ;
             But
             Lay
             thine
             Hand
             upon
             him
             ,
          
           as
           a
           Consecrating
           Act
           to
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           follow
           it
           with
           a
           special
           Blessing
           ;
           He
           shall
           have
           from
           me
           somewhat
           above
           Meer
           Man
           ;
           He
           has
           a
           
             Brave
             Sptrit
          
           already
           ;
           But
           I
           will
           give
           him
           farther
           Additions
           in
           and
           by
           she
           .
           
             Laying
             on
             of
             Hands
          
           .
           This
           is
           mentioned
           ,
           
           (
           Deut.
           34.
           9.
           )
           
             Ioshua
             was
             full
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Wisdom
             ;
             for
             Moses
             had
             Laid
             his
             Hands
             upon
             him
             ;
             and
             they
             hearkened
             to
             him
             ▪
          
           It
           gave
           him
           Authority
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Qualificatious
           ;
           He
           was
           before
           a
           
             choice
             Vessel
          
           ,
           and
           now
           a
           Chosen
           Vessel
           (
           the
           like
           as
           was
           said
           of
           Paul.
           )
           Not
           that
           God
           needs
           any
           Excellencies
           of
           men
           ;
           yet
           because
           't
           is
           his
           
             good
             pleasure
          
           ,
           to
           Deal
           with
           men
           after
           a
           
             humane
             manner
          
           ,
           he
           commonly
           (
           in
           Providence
           )
           suits
           ,
           and
           singles
           out
           ,
           persons
           ,
           apt
           for
           the
           work
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           does
           Design
           them
           .
           When
           God
           promised
           to
           shew
           Mercy
           to
           the
           Remnant
           of
           Israel
           ;
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             (
             Isa.
             28.
             5
             ,
             6.
             )
             In
             that
             Day
             shall
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             be
             for
             a
             Crown
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             for
             ●
             Diadem
             of
             Beauty
             ,
             to
             the
             Residue
             of
             his
             People
             ;
             and
             for
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Iudgment
             to
             him
             that
             sitteth
             in
             Judgment
             ;
             and
             for
             Strength
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             Turn
             the
             Battle
             to
             the
             Gate
          
           ;
           whe●●e
           the
           word
           [
           for
           ]
           signifies
           either
           ,
           
             as
             much
             as
          
           ,
           or
           
             Instead
             of
          
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           Imports
           ,
           that
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Judgment
           is
           fit
           for
           Judges
           ;
           as
           Strength
           and
           Courage
           is
           for
           Souldiers
           :
           or
           else
           it
           signifies
           the
           same
           with
           that
           (
           ch
           .
           1.
           26.
           )
           
             I
             will
             Restore
             thy
             Iudges
             as
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             thy
             Counsellors
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
          
           ;
           that
           is
           by
           Raising
           up
           either
           in
           Providential
           Dispensations
           ,
           or
           special
           Qualifications
           ,
           men
           ,
           that
           should
           b●
           
           
             Repairers
             of
             their
             Breaches
             ,
             and
             Restorers
             of
             paths
             to
             dwell
             in
          
           ;
           (
           ch
           .
           58.
           12.
           
           )
           from
           all
           which
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Moderate
             Spirit
          
           is
           not
           only
           apt
           to
           be
           Governed
           ;
           but
           also
           it
           is
           fit
           to
           
             Rule
             and
             Govern
          
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           because
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Discretion
           ,
           that
           is
           used
           to
           accompany
           it
           ;
           especi●lly
           when
           it
           is
           Sanctified
           and
           Over-ruled
           by
           God.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           that
           
             General
             Vertue
          
           ,
           in
           respect
           to
           the
           Will
           ,
           or
           Volitive
           Faculty
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           is
           Adapted
           ,
           as
           the
           Philosophers
           (
           
             faelix
             temperies
          
           )
           happy
           temperament
           ;
           by
           Sanctification
           ,
           these
           
             Moral
             Vertues
          
           become
           
             True
             Graces
          
           .
           In
           Heathens
           ,
           where
           is
           no
           Sanctification
           ,
           yet
           ,
           if
           God
           Excites
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           they
           become
           eminently
           Serviceable
           .
           So
           Cyrus
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           a
           Generous
           Noble
           Temper
           in
           himself
           ;
           yet
           how
           much
           did
           he
           act
           above
           himself
           ,
           when
           God
           stirred
           up
           his
           Spirit
           (
           2
           Cor.
           36.
           22.
           )
           
             The
             Lord
             stirred
             up
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Cyrus
             King
             of
             Persia
          
           ;
           upon
           which
           he
           Issues
           forth
           a
           Noble
           Proclamation
           .
           (
           v.
           23.
           )
           It
           was
           
             Cyrus
             his
             Spirit
          
           ,
           tho'
           stirred
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           Inclined
           to
           this
           special
           Service
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           Sanctification
           
             Renews
             the
             whole
             man
          
           ;
           and
           gives
           
             New
             Principles
          
           and
           Ends
           in
           all
           their
           Actions
           ;
           The
           whole
           Nature
           of
           their
           Laudible
           Atchievements
           
           is
           also
           changed
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           their
           
             Natural
             Spirit
          
           of
           Candour
           becomes
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           
             Blessed
             man
             ,
             in
             whose
             Spirit
             there
             is
             no
             Guile
             .
          
           (
           Psal.
           32.
           2.
           )
           Their
           Fidelity
           comes
           from
           that
           
             Faithful
             Spirit
             ,
             which
          
           (
           on
           just
           occasion
           )
           
             Concealeth
             the
             matter
          
           ,
           and
           is
           commended
           for
           it
           .
           (
           Prov.
           11.
           13.
           )
           Their
           
             Moderation
             of
             Affections
          
           is
           also
           from
           a
           principle
           ,
           that
           ,
           not
           only
           Restrains
           (
           as
           Heathen
           Morals
           do
           )
           but
           
             Mortifyes
             the
             Affections
             and
             Lusts.
          
           (
           Gal.
           5.
           24.
           
           &
           Col.
           3.
           5
           
           )
           Their
           Firmness
           is
           farther
           fortifyed
           by
           
             Might
             in
             the
             Inner-man
          
           ;
           (
           Eph.
           3.
           16.
           
           )
           whereby
           they
           are
           
             stedfast
             ,
             unmoveable
             ,
             always
             abounding
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           (
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           18.
           
           )
           for
           ,
           if
           their
           well-considered
           Reasons
           do
           fix
           their
           purposes
           ;
           Much
           more
           will
           their
           well-grounded
           Faith
           establish
           them
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           it
           s
           own
           Nature
           is
           Lovely
           ;
           But
           Grace
           super-induced
           renders
           it
           most
           Exemplary
           ,
           Amiable
           ,
           and
           Useful
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           ,
           we
           have
           done
           with
           the
           
             Diversity
             of
             Spirits
          
           that
           are
           in
           men
           .
           The
           Hot
           ,
           the
           Cold
           ,
           and
           the
           Moderate
           ;
           How
           they
           Differ
           in
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           are
           farther
           Differenced
           by
           
             Natural
             Corruption
          
           ,
           or
           
             Sanctifying
             Grace
          
           .
        
         
           We
           shall
           now
           Reflect
           upon
           what
           has
           
           been
           said
           ;
           and
           with
           some
           few
           practical
           Inferences
           conclude
           the
           present
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           
             INFERENCE
             1.
             
          
           
             And
             by
             considering
             well
             the
             
               many
               Scriptures
            
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             alledged
             ,
             we
             may
             fairly
             see
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             
               no
               strained
               Notion
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Design
             of
             this
             present
             Treatise
             .
             It
             must
             indeed
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             in
             many
             of
             those
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             word
             [
             Spirit
             ]
             may
             be
             taken
             in
             some
             of
             the
             
               common
               Senses
            
             put
             upon
             it
             .
             As
             for
             Instance
             ;
             it
             may
             be
             taken
             for
             the
             Soul
             in
             general
             ;
             and
             in
             some
             ,
             for
             the
             Inward
             Part
             ,
             as
             an
             Expression
             of
             Sincerity
             :
             But
             to
             take
             it
             for
             the
             
               Higher
               Faculties
            
             of
             
               Intellect
               and
               Will
            
             (
             as
             the
             Rational
             part
             ,
             contradistinct
             from
             the
             Soul
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             Liver
             ;
             This
             ,
             tho'
             it
             be
             the
             most
             common
             and
             approved
             Interpretation
             of
             this
             Text
             ;
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             do
             not
             see
             sufficient
             Reason
             to
             allow
             it
             .
             I
             do
             not
             find
             (
             to
             my
             Understanding
             )
             the
             word
             so
             taken
             in
             any
             other
             Scripture
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             take
             it
             to
             be
             ,
             but
             a
             strained
             Sense
             ,
             and
             thought
             of
             ,
             only
             for
             this
             particular
             place
             ,
             because
             of
             some
             Difficulty
             ,
             that
             appeared
             therein
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             Scripture
             
             
             
             usually
             alledged
             (
             Heb.
             4.
             12.
             
             )
             wherein
             Soul
             and
             Spirit
             are
             Distinguished
             one
             from
             the
             other
             :
             of
             which
             place
             Dr.
             Smith
             in
             his
             
               Portraiture
               of
               Old
               Age
            
             hath
             Discoursed
             ,
             and
             Laboured
             to
             Evince
             ,
             That
             Spiri●
             ,
             there
             signifies
             the
             
               Superiour
               Faculties
            
             of
             man
             ;
             And
             Soul
             ,
             the
             Inferiour
             .
             This
             Discourse
             of
             the
             Doctor
             's
             was
             Considered
             in
             a
             former
             Draught
             on
             this
             Subject
             ;
             which
             now
             ,
             because
             that
             Ingenious
             Gen●leman
             is
             some
             Years
             since
             gone
             to
             his
             Rest
             ,
             I
             think
             fit
             to
             omit
             ,
             only
             he
             ,
             that
             has
             Leisure
             may
             compare
             what
             is
             there
             said
             ,
             with
             what
             we
             have
             said
             of
             the
             
               same
               Scripture
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             then
             judge
             as
             he
             sees
             meet
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             many
             other
             places
             quoted
             ,
             wherein
             
               Mans
               Spirit
            
             is
             mentioned
             .
             (
             on
             which
             I
             now
             Desire
             you
             to
             Reflect
             )
             I
             suppose
             you
             will
             judg
             with
             me
             :
             That
             they
             may
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             be
             very
             genuinely
             understood
             in
             our
             sense
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Interpretation
             of
             those
             Scriptures
             will
             ,
             according
             to
             our
             proposed
             sense
             ,
             be
             very
             Currant
             .
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             We
             may
             also
             hence
             In●err
             ;
          
           
             That
             't
             is
             
               Unjust
               and
               Unchristian
            
             to
             Cen●●re
             a●d
             Cond●mn
             men
             for
             their
             
               Humane
               
               Spirits
            
             :
             To
             blame
             the
             Diversity
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             to
             quarrel
             Gods
             Work
             of
             Creation
             ,
             or
             Providence
             .
             
               Why
               hast
               thou
               made
               me
            
             (
             or
             him
             )
             
               thus
               (
               Rom.
            
             9.
             20.
             
             )
             for
             
               Natural
               Temper
            
             ,
             and
             Modification
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             
               Outward
               Circumstan●es
            
             is
             more
             Dependent
             on
             
               his
               Will
            
             ,
             then
             
               our
               Industry
            
             .
          
           
             We
             should
             rather
             observe
             how
             all
             this
             
               variety
               of
               Spiri●s
            
             may
             be
             made
             Eminently
             Servi●●●ble
             ;
             for
             that
             every
             Spirit
             has
             its
             particular
             Natural
             Excellency
             ;
             Tho'
             all
             have
             not
             that
             ,
             wherein
             thou
             (
             perhaps
             )
             mayst
             peculinly
             Excel
             .
             One
             Servant
             of
             God
             is
             Chearful
             ,
             and
             Sings
             at
             his
             work
             ;
             Another
             goes
             sadly
             and
             carefully
             about
             it
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             miscarriage
             ;
             yet
             both
             may
             be
             good
             ,
             and
             Faithful
             Servants
             ,
             and
             neither
             shall
             Lose
             his
             Reward
             ,
             but
             Enter
             into
             his
             Masters
             Joy.
             Surely
             the
             
               Manifold
               Wisdom
               of
               God
            
             would
             not
             be
             so
             well
             
               made
               known
               by
               the
               Church
            
             in
             many
             Respects
             ;
             (
             as
             Eph.
             3.
             10.
             )
             Nor
             the
             
               Manifold
               Grace
               of
               God.
            
             (
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             10.
             )
             If
             every
             man
             (
             having
             Diversity
             of
             Gifts
             )
             Did
             not
             so
             
               Minister
               ,
               even
               as
               he
               hath
               Received
               the
               Gift
               .
            
             In
             the
             (
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             )
             is
             a
             Large
             Discourse
             of
             Diversities
             of
             
               Gifts
               (
               v.
               4.
               )
               Administrations
               ,
            
             (
             v.
             5.
             )
             
               Operations
               ,
               (
               v.
               6.
            
             )
             All
             
               by
               the
               same
               Spirit
            
             ;
             and
             all
             Tending
             to
             the
             
             same
             holy
             Ends
             ,
             Gods
             Glory
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             good
             .
             The
             following
             verses
             set
             forth
             the
             Church
             under
             the
             Parable
             of
             a
             Humane
             Body
             ;
             wherein
             every
             Member
             has
             its
             peculiar
             Ability
             and
             Use
             ;
             so
             as
             the
             Eye
             cannot
             say
             to
             the
             Hands
             ,
             or
             the
             Head
             to
             the
             Feet
             ,
             
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               you
            
             ;
             (
             v.
             21.
             )
             But
             all
             are
             Servicea●le
             in
             their
             place
             and
             kind
             .
             This
             (
             he
             says
             )
             he
             wrote
             ,
             that
             
               there
               should
               be
               no
               Schism
               ;
               But
               the
               Members
               should
               have
               the
               same
               care
               or
               regard
               ,
               one
               for
               another
               .
               (
               v.
               25.
               )
            
             If
             this
             were
             well
             considered
             ,
             and
             a
             Charitable
             Estimate
             made
             ,
             of
             every
             mans
             
               several
               Spirit
               or
               Genius
            
             ;
             it
             would
             much
             advance
             
               Love
               ,
               Unity
            
             ,
             and
             
               Mutual
               Honour
            
             ,
             among
             Christians
             ;
             Remove
             that
             Censorious
             ,
             Offensive
             ,
             and
             Froward
             Temper
             in
             many
             ,
             that
             doth
             so
             much
             Disturb
             Peace
             and
             Tranquility
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             and
             incline
             every
             man
             to
             think
             and
             say
             ,
             if
             I
             Excel
             any
             man
             in
             
               some
               things
            
             ,
             He
             may
             Excel
             me
             in
             
               many
               more
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             USE
             3.
             
          
           
             We
             may
             hence
             also
             Learn
             ,
             who
             can
             Reform
             ,
             and
             (
             being
             Reformed
             )
             preserve
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               man
            
             ;
             even
             he
             ,
             and
             only
             he
             ,
             that
             Formed
             it
             ;
             
               That
               Stretcheth
               out
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               
               and
               Layeth
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Eart●
               and
               F●rmeth
               the
               Spirit
               of
               man
               within
               hi●
            
             (
             Zech.
             12.
             1.
             )
             This
             may
             indeed
             be
             u●derstood
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             as
             one
             of
             the
             En●●nent
             Works
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             here
             Rec●●oned
             among
             them
             .
             The
             like
             may
             〈◊〉
             said
             of
             that
             ,
             
               Father
               of
               Spirits
               .
               (
               Heb.
               1●
               9.
               )
            
             And
             that
             (
             in
             Isa.
             57.
             16.
             )
             
               The
               Spi●●●
               should
               fail
               before
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               Souls
               which●
               have
               made
               ;
               Spirit
            
             and
             Souls
             may
             be
             take●
             as
             put
             Exeg●tically
             ;
             yet
             ,
             if
             you
             conside●
             what
             follow
             ,
             (
             in
             that
             Zach.
             12.
             2.
             )
             
               I
               〈◊〉
               make
               Ierusalem
               a
               Cup
               of
               Trembling
               ,
               to
               〈◊〉
               the
               People
               round
               about
               ,
               when
               they
               shall
               be
               〈◊〉
               the
               Fire
               .
               (
               v.
               3.
               )
               A
               Burthensome
               Stone
               〈◊〉
               all
               the
               people
               ,
               gathered
               together
               against
            
             〈◊〉
             And
             
               (
               v.
               4.
               )
               Smite
               every
               Horse
               with
               Ast●nishment
               ,
               and
               his
               Rider
               with
               madness
               .
            
             〈◊〉
             (
             I
             say
             )
             considered
             ,
             seems
             more
             to
             favo●●our
             Sense
             .
             As
             it
             the
             Prophet
             had
             sai●●
             The
             Malignant
             Spirit
             of
             Wicked
             Men
             〈◊〉
             set
             against
             Gods
             People
             ;
             But
             the
             For●●er
             of
             Spirits
             can
             quickly
             confound
             the●
             can
             dash
             and
             break
             them
             ,
             be
             they
             as
             〈◊〉
             as
             the
             Horse
             Rushing
             into
             the
             Battle
             ;
             〈◊〉
             can
             soon
             fill
             them
             with
             Astonishme●●
             and
             promises
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             he
             can
             thus
             Over-rule
             the
             Sp●●rits
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ;
             He
             can
             as
             well
             Reg●●late
             the
             Spirits
             of
             his
             Elect
             ;
             
               Casting
               〈◊〉
               
               Imaginations
               and
               every
               high
               thing
               ,
               that
               Exalteth
               it self
               against
               the
               Knowledg
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               bringing
               into
               Cap●ivity
               every
               Thought
               to
               the
               Obedience
               of
               Christ.
            
             (
             2
             Cor.
             10
             5.
             )
             Thus
             the
             
               High
               Spirits
            
             (
             who
             are
             like
             Hills
             )
             are
             pulled
             down
             .
             And
             the
             
               mean
               ,
               Low
               Spirits
            
             (
             like
             to
             Valleys
             )
             are
             lifted
             up
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             
               Crooked
               and
               Rough
               Spirits
            
             ,
             shall
             become
             as
             a
             
               straight
               and
               plain
            
             place
             ,
             to
             
               prepare
               the
               way
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               make
               his
               paths
               straight
               .
            
             (
             Isa.
             40.
             4.
             )
          
           
             This
             Sense
             is
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Covena●●
             made
             with
             Christ
             for
             his
             People
             ,
             (
             Isa.
             42
             5
             )
             where
             Gods.
             Titles
             are
             much
             like
             those
             in
             
               Zechary
               ;
               Who
               Created
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               and
               Spread
               forth
               the
               Earth
            
             ;
             H●
             that
             
               giveth
               Breath
               unto
               the
               People
               upon
               it
            
             (
             There
             's
             their
             Natural
             Life
             )
             
               And
               Spirit
               to
               them
               that
               walk
               therein
               .
            
             (
             This
             I
             take
             to
             be
             their
             Moral
             Life
             ,
             or
             Conversation
             among
             men
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             we
             now
             speak
             of
             ,
             does
             very
             much
             conduce
             )
             He
             gives
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             Temper
             ,
             or
             Inclination
             not
             only
             as
             a
             
               Gift
               of
               Nature
            
             ,
             but
             as
             an
             Eminent
             Gift
             of
             Sanctifying
             Grace
             ,
             whereby
             they
             walk
             Uprightly
             in
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             INFERENCE
             4.
             
          
           
             Hence
             also
             will
             naturally
             follow
             〈◊〉
             Exhortation
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             (
             Eph.
             4.
             23.
             )
             
               Be
               ye
               Renewed
               in
               the
               Spirit
               of
               your
               min●s
               .
            
             This
             means
             not
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             hav●
             
               New
               Powers
            
             ,
             or
             
               Faculties
               Natural
            
             (
             wh●ther
             Superiour
             or
             Inferiour
             )
             But
             new
             Inclinations
             ,
             new
             Dispositions
             ;
             The
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               mind
            
             ,
             cannot
             be
             here
             new
             Intellec●s
             ,
             or
             new
             Wills
             (
             which
             some
             would
             ha●●
             to
             be
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Man
            
             )
             But
             new
             Lig●●
             in
             the
             Understanding
             ,
             new
             Bent
             in
             th●
             Will
             ;
             This
             is
             to
             have
             new
             
               Spirits
               of
               the
               mind
            
             ,
             by
             Sanctification
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Old
             man
             ,
             they
             were
             
               Corru●●
               ,
               according
               to
               Lusts
               (
               v.
               22
               )
            
             But
             in
             th●
             New
             Man
             (
             v.
             24.
             )
             after
             (
             or
             according
             to
             )
             God
             ,
             they
             are
             
               Created
               anew
               〈◊〉
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               True
               Holiness
               .
            
             This
             ●●ho●tation
             [
             
               Be
               ye
               Renewed
            
             ]
             Does
             no●
             Suppose
             in
             man
             a
             power
             of
             Self-Renov●tion
             ;
             or
             Require
             of
             man
             ,
             that
             which
             must
             be
             done
             by
             God
             ,
             if
             ever
             done
             ;
             But
             it
             Requires
             ,
             that
             man
             should
             do
             ▪
             what
             in
             him
             Lyes
             ,
             to
             Regulate
             ,
             and
             O●der
             his
             Spirit
             or
             Inclination
             :
             It
             Require●
             our
             Endeavour
             (
             to
             the
             best
             of
             our
             A●●lities
             
             or
             Means
             )
             to
             Reform
             our
             Spirits
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             apt
             to
             be
             Exuberant
             ;
             and
             bring
             our
             Reasons
             to
             Act
             ,
             in
             Subordaination
             to
             God
             in
             the
             Renovation
             of
             them
             .
             And
             after
             all
             ;
             because
             our
             Endeavours
             
               in
               themselves
            
             (
             in
             this
             matter
             of
             Governing
             our
             
               peculiar
               Spirits
            
             )
             we
             see
             by
             daily
             sad
             Experience
             ,
             they
             Do
             ,
             and
             will
             miserably
             fall
             short
             of
             Effect
             ,
             Therefore
             to
             
               Invocate
               Divine
               Assistance
            
             ,
             and
             Influence
             ,
             That
             the
             work
             may
             be
             Accomplished
             ;
             (
             as
             we
             shall
             again
             touch
             in
             the
             End.
             )
          
           
             Of
             these
             Endeavours
             in
             Subordaination
             to
             Gods
             Working
             a
             
               Chief
               one
               is
            
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             To
             Discover
             and
             
               Know
               our
               own
               Spirits
            
             (
             GNOTHI
             SEAUSON
             )
             
               Know
               thy Self
            
             ,
             was
             (
             I
             think
             ,
             in
             This
             Respect
             )
             meant
             by
             the
             Ancient
             Morallist
             .
             In
             This
             Respect
             also
             (
             as
             to
             the
             General
             )
             was
             that
             Caution
             of
             the
             Prophet
             ;
             (
             
               Mal.
               2.
               16.
               )
               Take
               heed
               to
               your
               Spirit
            
             ;
             Tho'
             it
             was
             there
             Applied
             to
             a
             particular
             Case
             .
             And
             our
             Saviours
             Rebuke
             to
             his
             Disciples
             .
             
               Ye
               know
               not
               ,
               what
               manner
               of
               Spirit
               ,
               you
               are
               of
               ,
               (
               Luk.
               9.
               55.
               )
            
             Referrs
             to
             the
             same
             matter
             ;
             namely
             ,
             That
             men
             should
             be
             well
             acquainted
             with
             their
             own
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             Inclinations
             ;
             so
             will
             they
             be
             better
             Enabled
             ,
             To
             
               Resist
               Sin
            
             ,
             
             and
             
               Address
               to
               Duty
            
             ,
             in
             which
             two
             ,
             consist●
             That
             
               Renovation
               of
               their
               Spirits
            
             ,
             to
             whic●
             they
             are
             Exhorted
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             To
             
               Resist
               Sin
            
             ;
             That
             you
             may
             kee●
             your
             s●lves
             (
             like
             David
             )
             from
             
               your
               Ini●quity
               .
               (
               Psal.
               18.
               23.
               )
            
             Know
             and
             Beway●
             your
             Infirmity
             ;
             That
             particular
             
               Breach
               i●
               your
               Spirit
               ;
               (
               Prov.
               15.
               4.
               
               )
            
             wher●
             th●
             Devil
             can
             most
             easily
             make
             his
             Assaults
             and
             Entrance
             .
             In
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Warfare
            
             of
             the
             So●l
             ,
             
               Corruption
               in
               General
            
             is
             a
             Treacherou●
             Party
             ,
             within
             the
             Garrison
             ;
             But
             the
             
               mos●
               Active
            
             and
             Dangero●s
             Traytors
             of
             that
             Party
             ;
             are
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             by
             Name
             Particularly
             Discovered
             ,
             and
             brought
             forth
             ,
             by
             a
             due
             study
             of
             
               our
               Own
               Spirits
            
             .
             The
             Blameless
             in
             the
             Text
             Notes
             ,
             where
             the
             Blameable
             is
             usually
             to
             be
             found
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               To
               Address
               to
               Duty
            
             ,
             That
             we
             may
             be
             more
             Eminently
             Serviceable
             to
             God
             and
             Men
             in
             our
             Generation
             .
             Then
             are
             men
             most
             Servic●able
             when
             their
             Spirits
             are
             suited
             to
             their
             business
             ;
             and
             therefore
             a
             fit
             
               Choice
               of
               Callings
            
             in
             General
             ,
             may
             much
             Depend
             on
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             our
             Spirits
             .
          
           
             When
             
               Other
               men
            
             make
             a
             Choice
             for
             an
             
             Affayr
             if
             they
             act
             prudently
             ,
             they
             view
             〈◊〉
             Spirits
             of
             their
             Candidates
             .
             So
             the
             Apostle
             ordered
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             〈◊〉
             ●o
             .
             (
             
               Acts
               6.
               3.
               )
               Look
               you
               out
               among
               〈◊〉
               seven
               men
               of
               honest
               Report
               ,
               full
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               whom
               we
               may
               Appoint
               over
               this
               Business
               .
            
             Every
             Believer
             was
             not
             qualified
             for
             the
             Service
             .
             Every
             Godly
             Minister
             was
             not
             so
             fit
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             the
             Phillippians
             ,
             as
             Timotheus
             ;
             〈◊〉
             whom
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             I
             
               have
               no
               man
               like
               minded
               who
               will
               naturally
               care
               for
               your
               〈◊〉
               (
               Phil.
               2.
               20.
               )
            
          
           
             Now
             as
             the
             Electors
             ,
             do
             Regularly
             ●ind
             mens
             Spirits
             ,
             so
             much
             more
             should
             〈◊〉
             Elected
             ,
             in
             their
             Acceptance
             of
             Employments
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             are
             Chosen
             .
             The
             〈◊〉
             of
             this
             Care
             makes
             many
             to
             vent●●●
             on
             Depths
             beyond
             their
             Stature
             ;
             Burdens
             beyond
             their
             Strength
             :
             Like
             the
             Ridiculous
             Aspiring
             of
             the
             Bramble
             (
             in
             ●●thams
             Parable
             ,
             Iudg.
             9.
             15.
             
             )
             to
             be
             King
             of
             the
             whole
             Forrest
             ;
             Come
             (
             says
             the
             silly
             Shrub
             )
             
               and
               put
               your
               Trust
               in
               my
               Shaddow
               .
            
          
           
             Some
             are
             Imposed
             upon
             ,
             by
             Others
             Hypocritical
             Flattery
             ;
             And
             they
             again
             Impose
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             by
             their
             carel●●s
             
             Self-conceit
             .
             Some
             are
             over-valued
             by
             th●
             Esteem
             ,
             that
             the
             
               partial
               Love
            
             of
             their
             Friends
             do
             put
             upon
             them
             :
             Passions
             are
             violent
             ,
             and
             commonly
             Over-lash
             :
             Love
             thinks
             all
             Excellent
             ,
             and
             Hate
             thinks
             nothing
             good
             .
             A
             mans
             
               Own
               Prudence
            
             ,
             should
             rather
             guide
             him
             than
             
               Others
               Mistaking
               Affections
            
             .
             And
             truly
             ,
             in
             those
             things
             wherein
             others
             may
             be
             greatly
             Deceived
             ;
             A
             man
             ,
             who
             is
             
               well
               Acquainted
            
             with
             his
             
               Own
               Spirit
            
             ,
             may
             rightly
             ,
             and
             easily
             Inform
             himself
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             that
             men
             should
             only
             Contemplate
             their
             
               Own
               Infirmities
            
             ;
             for
             then
             no
             
               Humble
               ,
               Honest
               Man
            
             would
             ever
             be
             Employed
             ;
             All
             such
             would
             be
             ready
             to
             Answer
             with
             Moses
             upon
             a
             Great
             ,
             and
             Illustrious
             Call
             ;
             
               I
               am
               not
               Eloquent
               ;
               I
               am
               slow
               of
               Speech
            
             ;
             I
             
               pray
               thee
               send
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               him
               ,
               whom
               thou
               wilt
            
             (
             or
             marg
             :
             
               shouldst
               )
               send
               .
               (
               Exod.
               4.
               10
               
               )
            
             Or
             with
             Holy
             ,
             Humble
             Ieremiah
             (
             ch
             .
             1.
             6.
             )
             
               Ah
               Lord
            
             —
             I
             
               cannot
               speak
               ,
               for
               I
               am
               a
               Child
               .
            
          
           
             But
             the
             meaning
             is
             ;
             every
             man
             (
             prudently
             allowing
             graynes
             for
             Humane
             Infirmity
             )
             Does
             ,
             or
             may
             (
             by
             the
             Study
             of
             his
             
               Own
               Spirit
            
             )
             know
             ,
             what
             in
             some
             
             ●●asure
             ,
             he
             is
             good
             for
             ;
             and
             should
             ac●●●dingly
             apply
             himself
             to
             business
             .
             As
             〈◊〉
             is
             true
             (
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             )
             what
             is
             con●●●●ed
             in
             that
             old
             Proverbial
             Rithm
             .
          
           
             ●emo
             adeo
             est
             Tusus
             ,
             quinullos
             Serviat
             Usus
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             is
             so
             good
             for
             nothing
             ,
             but
             may
             be
             us'd
             in
             something
          
           
             And
             't
             is
             as
             true
             (
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             )
             〈◊〉
             
               omnia
               possum●s
               omnes
               .
               We
               are
               not
               all
               〈◊〉
               for
               every
               thing
               .
               Invita
               Minerva
               ,
            
             a
             〈◊〉
             Genius
             will
             never
             do
             Noble●●
             ploits
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             much
             of
             
               Knowing
               our
               Spirits
            
             .
          
           
             ●
             .
             But
             when
             we
             know
             them
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             
               Labour●d
               to
               Govern
            
             them
             according
             〈◊〉
             our
             best
             Discretion
             and
             Ability
             ;
             〈◊〉
             then
             finding
             an
             Insufficiency
             in
             〈◊〉
             selves
             ,
             well
             to
             manage
             those
             Head●●●ong
             ,
             and
             Impetuous
             things
             :
             we
             shall
             〈◊〉
             cause
             (
             besides
             our
             
               own
               Endeavours
            
             ,
             〈◊〉
             our
             
               own
               Spirits
            
             )
             Humbly
             ,
             Earnest
             〈◊〉
             and
             continually
             to
             
               crave
               Assistance
            
             〈◊〉
             on
             High
             ;
             That
             God
             by
             his
             ●●●ctifying
             Grace
             would
             do
             that
             for
             〈◊〉
             which
             our
             Natural
             Powe●
             will
             never
             
             be
             able
             to
             Compass
             for
             our selves
             .
             Not
             to
             Expell
             our
             Natures
             ;
             but
             to
             Order
             and
             Govern
             our
             Natural
             Dispositions
             and
             Inclinations
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             most
             for
             His
             Glory
             and
             Service
             ;
             and
             so
             for
             our
             own
             Comfort
             and
             Advantage
             .
             We
             should
             Incessantly
             Pray
             for
             our selves
             ,
             the
             same
             which
             the
             Apostle
             here
             does
             for
             the
             Thessalonians
             .
             That
             we
             may
             be
             
               wholly
               Sanctified
            
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             
               whole
               Spirit
               ,
               both
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               may
               be
               preserve●
               Blameless
               to
               the
               Coming
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             I
             have
             done
             ;
             and
             shall
             conclude
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             with
             that
             frequent
             Benediction
             of
             the
             same
             Apostle
             :
             As
             to
             Timothy
             ,
             (
             2
             Epist.
             4.
             22.
             )
             
               The
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               be
               with
               your
               Spirit
               .
            
             Which
             is
             the
             same
             in
             Sense
             with
             that
             to
             the
             Galatians
             ,
             (
             ch
             .
             6.
             18.
             
             )
             and
             
               Philemon
               ,
               (
               v.
               25.
               )
               Th●
               Grace
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               be
               with
               your
               Spirit
               .
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Advertisement
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             little
             Treatises
             formerly
             Published
             by
             this
             Author
             .
          
           
             ●
             .
             THe
             
               Little
               Peace-maker
            
             ,
             Discovering
             
               Foolish
               Pride
            
             the
             Make-bate
             ;
             from
             〈◊〉
             13.
             10.
             
             
               Only
               by
               Pride
               cometh
               Con●●●ion
               ;
               but
               with
               the
               well-advised
               is
               Wis●●●
               .
            
          
           
             ●
             .
             The
             
               Way
               of
               Good
               Men
            
             ,
             for
             
               Wise
               〈◊〉
               to
               walk
               in
            
             ;
             from
             Prov.
             2.
             20.
             
             
               That
               〈◊〉
               mayst
               walk
               in
               the
               way
               of
               good
               men
               ,
               〈◊〉
               keep
               the
               paths
               of
               the
               Righteous
               .
            
          
           
             ●
             .
             
               Debts
               Discharge
            
             ,
             being
             some
             Consi●●●ations
             on
             
               Romans
               13.
               8.
               
               Owe
               nothing
               〈◊〉
               man
               ,
               but
               to
               Love
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             ●
             
               The
               Gaming
               Humour
            
             Considered
             and
             ●●proved
             ,
             or
             ,
             The
             Passion-Pleasure
             ,
             Ex●●sing
             Mony
             to
             Hazard
             ,
             by
             
               Play
               ,
               Lot
               ,
               〈◊〉
               Wager
               .
            
             Exami●ed
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             There
             are
             also
             two
             little
             things
             in
             English
             Meeter
             .
          
           
             The
             one
             ,
             Meditations
             on
             the
             History
             Recorded
             in
             the
             First
             Fourteen
             Chapters
             of
             Exodus
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             ,
             The
             Ark
             ,
             its
             
               Loss
               and
               Recovery
            
             ;
             being
             like
             Meditations
             on
             th●
             beginning
             of
             1
             Sam
             ,