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1 78 Memoir of
der provocations he would scorn to be provoked,
" When the Lord would not express himself
unto Elijah in the wind, nor in the earthquake,
nor in the fire, I suspect lest one thing intended
among others might be an admonition unto
the prophet himself to beware of the boisterous,
uneven, inflamed efforts whereto his natural
constitution might be ready to betray him.
This wor&y man, as taking that admonition,
was for doing every thing with a still voice.
" He knew himself to be born, as all men are,
with at least a dozen passions; but, being also
new born, he did not allow himself to be hagridden
with the enchantments thereof. The
philosopher of old called our passions by the
just name of unnurtured dogs ; but these dogs
do often worry the children of God themselves ;
even a great Luther, who removed the foulest
abominations out of the house of God, could
not hinder these dogs from infecting of his
own heart; however, this excellent (because
cool, therefore excellent), spirited person kept
these dogs with a strong chain upon them;