"A mere existence or being is an indifferent thing, ('tis a <i>Rasa Tabula</i>) that may be coloured over with sin or holiness: and accordingly it receives its value from these; as a picture is esteemed not from the materials upon which it is drawn, but from the draught itself."
Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
Found searching in ECCO: see <u>Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. By Robert South, D. D. Late Prebendary of Westminster, and Canon of Christ-Church, Oxon. Now First Printed from the Authorâ€™s Manuscripts. With the Chief Heads of the Sermons Prefixâ€™d to Each Volume: and a General Index of the Principal Matters.</u> (London: Printed for Charles Bathurst, opposite St. Dunstanâ€™s Church in Fleet-Street, 1744). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T139553">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;