a HOLY LIFE. 73 



quicken our endeavours, and to encourage 

 us to ftrive, and wreftle, and run, nothing 

 can ; for I am fare a greater than this can- 

 not be propofed, it containing all the good 

 we can defire, or are indeed capable of 

 enjoying. The Heathen Poet tells us. 



Ttjg ^ dTW uTcb &ZQI TroTrd 



TO 



The Gods have- fet Sweat before Virtue, 



the way to which is long, fteep and rough 



at the firft: But afterward that becomes 



eafy and delightful, which was at firft dif- 



ficult; and a great deal of pleafure and 



joy attends the very contention with, and 



conquefts of our Lufts and Paffions ; and 



that godly forrow that is required as one 



of the firft adts in the change of our con- 



dition , is always accompanied with fecret 



pleafure : And as it is faid of wicked Men, 



That in the midft of laughter their heart is 



forrowfnl\ fo may it be faid of good Men, 



That in the midft of their forrow their heart 



* s joyful. On the other hand , there are 



far greater difficulties and pains to be un- 



dergone in the Service and Drudgery of 



impetuous Lufts. * The Trouble of being 



* Bilhop Wllkins. 



cured 



