- ■"1,11,1 V 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. J me !111 lot 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 \ iff: - V,