The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…

Water in the Baths is always warm; As long as there is Water, there is heat; not so our ordinary water, though this may be warmed by the fire at present, yet if taken off, it returns to its former coldness (nay it is colder then before, because the spirits which kept it from the extremity of cold, are by the fire boiled out of it) The reason is plain, the heat of the Baths is from an inward principle, and therefore is permanent, the heat of the latter is from an external cause, and therefore is inconstant.

Water in the Baths is always warm; As long as there is Water, there is heat; not so our ordinary water, though this may be warmed by the fire at present, yet if taken off, it returnes to its former coldness (nay it is colder then before, because the spirits which kept it from the extremity of cold, are by the fire boyld out of it) The reason is plain, the heat of the Baths is from an inward principle, and therefore is permanent, the heat of the latter is from an external cause, and therefore is inconstant.

That warmth of piety which proceeds from an inward principle of a purified conscience, is accompanied with perseverance; but that profession which floweth from an outward motive (where men as Chameleons take their colour from that which stands next them, their Religion from those they ⟨p. 37⟩have their dependence upon,) is of short duration.

That warmth of piety which proceeds from an inward principle of a purified conscience, is accompanied with perseverance; but that profession which floweth from an outward motive (wheremen as Chamelions take their colour from that which stands next them, their Religion from those they ⟨p. 37⟩have their dependence upon,) is of short duration.