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CHAP. VIII.
1. The Asperities of Christianity more eligible then Sensual Dissolutions. 2. An Induction of some Vices which are more difficult then the opposite Vertues. 3. There is a Moral power in Custom en∣gageth men to sin. 4. The beginning of Religion is not ordinarily very grateful. 5. In its progress it appears easie and rational. 6. The Proleptical Notions of our minds attest its Equity and Ne∣cessity. 7. The principal parts of it, Faith and Love, consonant to our Natural Dictates.
1. THe Devil as great a Liar as he is, did never yet censure the commands of Meekness, Love, Temperance, Content∣ment, &c. Every vertue hath that insepa∣rable sweetness adhearing to it, which ren∣ders it not only easie, but also pleasant, and makes it not only light, but a delight to those noble & generous souls which live in the practice of it. The denial of our selves, the susception of the Cross, the maceration of the Flesh, the renuntiation of the World, which are the most irksome Duties, where∣with