The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

But besides this New Moral Power, or Inclination, or Universal Radical Habit, there are abundance of particular Habits of Grace and Duty, much more properly called Habits, and less properly called the Vital or Potential Principles of the New Creature: There is a particular Habit of Humility, and another of Peaceableness, of Gentleness, of Patience, of Love to one another, of Love to the Word of God; and many habits of Love to several truths and duties: a habit of desire, yea many, as there are many different objects desired; there is a habit of praying, of meditating, of thanksgiving, of mercy, of chastity, of temperance, of diligence, &c. The acts would not vary as they do, if there were not a variety and disposition in these Habits; which appear to us only in their acts. We must go against Scripture, reason, and the manifold hourly experience of our selves, and all the Christians in the world, if we will say that all these graces and duties are equal in the Habit in every Christian. How impotent are some in bridling a passion, or ⟨p. 414⟩bridling the tongue, or in controlling pride and self-esteem, or or in denying the particular desires of their sense, who yet are ready at many other duties, and eminent in them. Great knowledge is too oft with too little charity or zeal; and great zeal and diligence often with as little knowledge. And so in many other instances.

But besides this New Moral Power, or Inclination, or Ʋniversal Radical Habit, there are abundance of particular Habits of Grace and Duty, much more properly called Habits, and less properly called the Vital or Potential Principles of the New Creature: There is a particular Habit of Humility, and another of Peaceableness, of Gentleness, of Patience, of Love to one another, of Love to the Word of God; and many habits of Love to several truths and duties: a habit of desire, yea many, as there are many different objects desired; there is a habit of praying, of meditating, of thanksgiving, of mercy, of chastity, of temperance, of diligence, &c. The acts would not vary as they do, if there were not a variety and disposition in these Habits; which appear to us only in their acts. We must go against Scripture, reason, and the manifold hourly experience of our selves, and all the Christians in the world, if we will say that all these graces and duties are equal in the Habit in every Christian. How impotent are some in bridling a passion, or ⟨p. 414⟩