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i 14 <r$e decent! part of how fhould it make Refinance, before it is loofcdjli
from that Infirmity ?
Secondly. Nor will any that knows either Reafon or
Gr^ce, believe that fuch a Man can be a living Mo- i
inirnsnt of Grace, that is a Slave to his own Cor¬
ruption.
And now it comes in my Mind, T will tell you a
k
Story worth the hear ng. There were two Men that
went on Pilgrimage, the one began
when he was Young, the other when
A Qttcfiion he was Old ; The Young Man had
worth the ftrong Corruptions to grapple with, theft
winding. old Man’s were weak with the Decay;, ipl
of Nature; Tke Young Man trod hi; re
Steps as even as did the old One, and wa-s every way au
as light as he ; Who now, or which of them hac fc
their Graces Ihining cleared, fince both feem’d to be if
alike.
Honeft. The young Man's doultleft For that which h'cadL
it againjl the greatejl eppvjition, gives b#ft Bemoftftra |e
lion that it is ftrongefl; efpecially whe\ l(
Comparifon. it alfo holdcth Peace with That that meet
not with half fo much; as to be fare Oh
Age does not.
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me
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Refides, I hav; obferved, That old Men have blef
fed themfelves with thisMiftake; Namely, taking
the Decays of Nature for a graciou
A mijlake. Conqueft over Corruptions, and f
have been apt to beguile themfelves
Indeed old Men that are Gracious, are baft able t«
give Advice to them that are Young, becauf
they have feen mo.fi: of the Emptinefs of Things
Tut yet, for an old and a young Man to fet ou
both together, the young one has the Advantage o
the fiureft Difcovery of a work of Grac§ withii
him
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