The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…

When Ignatius felt his flesh and bones begin to be ground betwixt the teeth of wild beasts, now says ⟨p. 69⟩he, I begin to be a Christian. When Alexander saw an apparent great danger near him, his spirit works ¹on this manner; Now says he, here's a danger fit for the mind of Alexander to encounter withal. When David at first heard of being the Kings son in law, he was troubled at it. 1 Sam. 18. 22. But when he knew, what a difficult and hazardable service he was to undertake for it, then says the Text in the 26, Verse It pleased David well to be the Kings son in law: that which would have discouraged others, who would gladly have had the preferment, that raised the spirit of David, and made him like the offer the better; and surely this was not an ordinary, common spirit; it was the true magnanimity of the spirit of David.

When Ignatius felt his flesh and bones begin to bee ground betwixt the teeth of wilde beasts, now sayes ⟨p. 69⟩he, I begin to be a Christian. When Alexander saw an apparant great danger neare him, his spirit workes ¹on this manner; Now sayes he, here's a danger fit for the minde of Alexander to encounter withall. When David at first heard of being the Kings sonne in law, he was troubled at it. 1 Sam. 18. 22. But when he knew, what a difficult and hazardable service hee was to undertake for it, then saies the Text in the 26, Verse It pleased David well to be the Kings sonne in law: that which would have discouraged others, who would gladly have had the preferment, that raised the spirit of David, and made him like the offer the better; and surely this was not an ordinary, common spirit; it was the true magnanimity of the spirit of David.

1. 1I am periculum par animo Alexandri.