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ilr. 10. A good under [landing have all they 

 that do hif Commandments. 



2. The Will: The Perfection whereof 

 confiits in a perfeft refignation to the Will 

 of God; and true liberty, that is, freedom 

 from the Bondage of Sin and Corruption, 

 from the ilavery of Satan, from the domi- 

 nion of every vile Affection. 



Wicked Men are real Slaves and VafTals 

 to their Lufts : This the very Heathen ac- 

 knowledged ; as Cicero and Horace, Juve- 

 nal, Terfius, and others. 



From this Bondage the Son of God de- 

 livers us, John 8. 34. Our Saviour faith, 

 Whofoever committeth Jin is the fervant of 

 fin. And $. 36. If the fon therefore fhall 

 make you free, ye /halt be free indeed. 



3 . The Affeflions or fajjlons : The Law 

 of God requires and commands us to mo- 

 derate and rule them, to place them upon 

 their proper Objefts, and to keep them 

 within their due bounds ; and good reafon 

 there is we (hould hold a ftrift hand over 

 them: Animum rege, qui niji faret imferat. 

 If they be given way to, and the Bridle let 

 loofe, they become the great difturbers of 

 Mens peace, quiet, and tranquillity ; Anger, 

 Hatred, Envy, &c. What ftorms and tu- 

 mults do they raife in the Breaft ? What 



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