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…

Sixthly, another spirit, it feeds upon ¹other comforts, differing from those that common spirits feed upon: Every life draws to it things suitable to the nature of it, and finds some kind of content and comfort in the enjoyment of such things. We account life no life, except it hath the fillings of it, with things suitable, ⟨p. 75⟩from whence it may have comfort, according to the variety of several principles, whereby every creature that hath life, lives; such is the variety of comforts in the world: So the life of this spirit must have comforts suitable to it, and because it differs from the life of other spirits, therefore the comforts of it are different, it lives upon other comforts. The life of a Dog is maintained by carrion, of a Swine by swill, of a Toad by poison; but what doth a man care for these? though Carrion lie in the ditch, though Swill be in the kennel, though poison cast upon the dunghill, he cares not for them; for his life is maintained by, and he feeds upon other comforts. Thus though the men of the world living by sense and lust, have no other comforts to feed upon, but such as are suitable to them; but the godly having a life that hath higher and more noble principles, they feed upon higher and more noble comforts.

Sixtly, another spirit, it feeds upon ¹other comforts, differing from those that common spirits feed upon: Every life draws to it things sutable to the nature of it, and findes some kinde of content and comfort in the enjoyment of such things. We account life no life, except it hath the fillings of it, with things sutable, ⟨p. 75⟩from whence it may have comfort, according to the variety of severall principles, whereby every creature that hath life, lives; such is the variety of comforts in the world: So the life of this spirit must have comforts sutable to it, and because it differs from the life of other spirits, therefore the comforts of it are different, it lives upon other comforts. The life of a Dog is maintained by carrion, of a Swine by swill, of a Toade by poyson; but what doth a man care for these? though Carrion lie in the ditch, though Swill bee in the kennell, though poyson cast upon the dunghill, he cares not for them; for his life is maintained by, and hee feeds upon other comforts. Thus though the men of the world living by sense and lust, have no other comforts to feed upon, but such as are sutable to them; but the godly having a life that hath higher and more noble principles, they feed upon higher and more noble comforts.