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…

there is little smoke, at the first the smoke rises thick, that we can see no fire: The reason of so many arguings, and objections of the flesh, is because the heart is not fully taken off. Tertullian hath a notable expression to this purpose: How wise an ¹Arguer, says he, doth the pride of man seem to it self, when it is afraid to lose some of worldly joys! It is the engagement of mans heart to his lust, that makes him think there is any strength in those objections and reasonings, that he hath in his heart against Gods ways; when the heart is taken off, they vanish of themsel[…] ▪

there is little smoke, at the first the smoke rises thicke, that we can see no fire: The reason of so many arguings, and objections of the flesh, is because the heart is not fully taken off. Tertullian hath a notable expression to this purpose: How wise an ¹Arguer, sayes he, doth the pride of man seeme to it selfe, when it is afraid to lose some of worldly joyes! It is the engagement of mans heart to his lust, that makes him thinke there is any strength in those objections and reasonings, that he hath in his heart against Gods wayes; when the heart is taken off, they vanish of themsel〈…〉 ▪

1. 1Quàm sapiens Argum•ntatrix ••bi videtur arroga[…] h[…] na▪ […] praesertim cum aliquid de gaud•is saec[…] me•uit am••tere! Tertul. de spect•c. cap. 2.Quàm sapiens Argum•ntatrix ••bi videtur arroga〈…〉 h〈…〉 na praesertim cum aliquid de gaudis saec meuit amtere! Tertul. de spectc. cap. 2.