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and Morally upon the nature of Eces.

vita ist ; non vis alu. She is included in a little narrow cell,without any locomotive power ; she hath neither eye to see,nor organ to heare; Is not sensible os danger, much lesse ableto prevent it; Is only capable of that meate, which is put intothe mouth, whereby it growes but unprositably, like a plant ra-ther then a brute: for it can neither helpc nor hurt, but after itis transmuted by death.it appeares in a more excellent and glo-rious condition : It is agill and industrious,beneficiall to it seise,to others. In a word, the first life is but a fparkc raked up inashes, the other is a sparke blowne up into a flame the first isthe sap in the route, the latter like the sap that fills the bran-'ches with leaves and mature fruite Wherefore is it that theSaints desire death , not that they might be deprived of thecomforts of life; they would not put of! their cloathes , but tobe better apparelled. They desire death to attaine a life, thatmight swallow up the weaknesses, sicknesses, troubles of this:not as a guise swaliowes up that which is cast into it, or as thefire swaliowes up the wood by consuming it ; but as perfecti-on swaliowes up imperfection, or as manhood swaliowes upchildhood, not extinguishing it, but drowning it that it is notseene.

LI I.

By nature the Bees expell the Drones, because they affect Mr *only ease and content themselves to doe nothing, caring only Llses prcserto avoyd labour which attends upon active and industrious im-ployment. And why was Merox, cursed? because they came Judg. 5. 23not out to the helps of the Lord against the mighty } and idleand sloathfull spending of a mans life is every where in Scrip-ture condemned. Williull defects a d omissions of doing goodbring damnation, he that wanted his wedding garment wasthrust out of doores and cast into utter darknesse. 4t ' 2Z '

LI II.

Soft wax admits any stampe, and simple persons are easilycorrupted by themselves, or deceived by others.

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