Part II. in tde Cre ATio^. 397 



tween fo fhort a Period of Time aad the infinite 

 Ages of Eternity ; let us not then be fo foolifh as 

 to employ all our Thoughts and beftow all our 

 Time and Pains about cherifliing, accommoda- 

 ting and gratifying our Bodies, in wakwg Provi- 

 Jion for the Flefi to fulfil the Lujls thereof^ as the 

 Apoftle phrafeth it, and fufFer our Souls to lie by 

 negleded in a miferable, and poor, and blind, 

 and paked Condition. Some Philofophers will 

 not allow the Body to be an effential Part of 

 Man, but only the Veflel or Vehicle of the Soul; 

 Anima cujufque ejl quifque \ the Soul is the Man. 

 Tho' I would not be fo unequal to it, yet I muft 

 needs acknowledge it to be but an inferior Part; 

 it is therefore fo to be treated, fo dieted and pro- 

 vided, as to render it moft calm and compliant 

 with the Soul, moft tradable and obfequious to 

 the Didates of Reafon ; not fo pamper'd and in- 

 dulged, as to encourage it to caft its Rider, and 

 to take the Reins into its own Hand, and ufurp 

 Dominion over the better Part, the td h'}^ujovt}dvy 

 to fink and deprefs it into a fordid Compliance 

 with its own Lufts, Atque affigere humi droinc^ 

 farticulam aura. 



This is our Duty ; but alas ! what is our Pra- 

 dice? Our great Partiality towards our Bodies, 

 and Negled of our Souls, (hews clearly which 

 Part we prefer ; we are careful enough of wound- 

 ing or maiming our Bodies, but we make bold 

 -to la(h and wound our Souls daily j for every Sin 



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