Reflections Upon the Occurrences of the Last Year, from 5 Nov. 1688, to 5 Nov. 1689: Wherein, the Happy Progress of the Late Revolution, and the ... the Latter Discovered, and the Proper Means - Softcover

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Excerpt from Reflections Upon the Occurrences of the Last Year, From 5 Nov. 1688, to 5 Nov. 1689<br/><br/>It is adivine vvifdom, a-quick underfianding inthe fear of the Lord, nor to be learned in Schools, but taught of God, a Divine Ray call into, and kindly received in a well purified Soul; which gives it a clear diltinft Sight, and true eltimate of the difi'ercnt value and worth of things; an Abhorrence of' what is really Evil, 3' Contempt of what is fplendid and gaudy, but empty and vain, the Pomps and Vanities of the World; and a jalb Bfieem of all that is really Good, according to their different degrees: Of Godl above all, and therefore with a great care and concern for his Honour and Service of the blell'ed Creatures above us, that they may be gratified, andnot grieved or offended a, and of the Souls of Men,,thatthey may be refcued from Perdition; but of the Tern poralconcernsof Men, as they are fubfervient to this Direà ts it to aft as a Child of Light, difeerning what is acceptable to the Lord, and whatis difpleafing to him. It is not to be attained by. Men, whol'e afi'eaions are. Intangled' in the things, of the World. Nor confiantly enjoyed by fuch as are immerfed in the bufinefs of it s And yet without it, no Man, let his natural Parts, his acquired Accomplilhments,, his Degree in Holy Orders, and his Preferments in the Churchbe what they will, can be a true Divine; but is in, truth to much the greater linpollor, appearing in Habit and ex ternal Form what he really is not, 'a carnal,,fenfual, or animal man at the belt, not having the good Spirit, but in many things obnoxi 0113 to the lmprefiions and Deceits. Of the fubtile Evil one; and therefore molt dangerous to Princes and Perfons concerned in the great Ad'airs of the World, to be relied But this I' intend' only for a general Caution, not to roiled; upon any particular per {on, much left upon him before mentioned: For 1 do not. Know how he may have behaved himlelf.

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