



THE coNCLVSION. 



theformeofahorfe, ofalyon, of a wolfc, all of them have their 

 organs proportioned to the mattering piece within theny heir foulc. 

 And is it credible, that only man, fhould have his infcriour parts 

 raifed fo highly in rebellion againft hisfoule, thegreateft Miftrefle 

 (beyond proportion) among all formes, as that it ftall be impoflible 

 for her to fuppreffe their mutinies, though fhe guide her felfe never 

 fo exactly by the prefcripts of that rule, which is borne with her 1 

 Can it be fufpeded, that his forme , which is infinitely mounted a- 

 bout the power of matter, (hould through the very neceffkyand 

 principles of its owne nature, be more liable to contingency , then 

 thofe that are engulfed and drowned in it; fince we know, that con- 

 tingency, defecYibility, and change, are the lame children of grofle 

 and misftiapcn matter. 



Alas it is too true, that nature is in us unhappily wrefted from 

 her originall & due courfc. We find by fad experience,that although 

 her depravation bee not fo totall, as to blind entirely the eye of 

 Reafbn flje feeth by, yet it is fo great, as to carry vehemently our 

 arTe&ions quite crofle to what jfhe propofethus as bcft, Howfoevec 

 let the incentives of flsfh and blood bee never fo violent, to tumble 

 humane nature downe the hill, yet if a contrary force, more effica- 

 cious then they with all their turbulent and miUyrteames, doe im- 

 pel! it another way, it muft needes obey that ftronger power. Let 

 us then ex jminewhofe motives, the foules, or the fenfes, in their 

 owne nature, worke moft tfficatioufly in man. Wearefure, that 

 what pleafure he receiveth, he receivcth by meanes of hisfoule j e- 

 venallcorporallplealure: for, bee the working objeft never (oa- 

 greeable and pleafing unto him, he reapeth thence imall delight, if 

 in the meane time, his foules attention bee carried another way 

 from it. Certainely then , thofe things mult iffeft the loule molt 

 powerfully , which are conaturall unto her , and which (he feifeth 

 upon and reliflieth immediately ; rather then thote impure ones, 

 which come fofiiticated to her, through the muddy channels of the 

 ftnfes. And accordingly, all experience teacheth us, that her plea- 

 fures, when they are fully favored, are much rtronger then the plea- 

 lures of our fenfes. Obferve but the different cumportemems 

 of an ambitious, and of a fenfuall man : and you will evidently per- 

 ceive farre Itronger motions, and more vehement ftraines in the for- 

 mer, who hath hisdefiresbenttothelatisra&ionot his rainde; then 

 in the otheij who aimeth but at the pictures of hit body. Let us 



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