"This man is a slave to many Masters, who are very imperious and exacting; and the more he yieldeth to them, with the greater tyranny and rigour they will use him. One passion hurries a man one way, and another drives him fiercely another; one lust commands him upon such a service, and another calls him off to another work so that a man under the command and authority of his lusts and passions, is like the Centurion's Servants, when they say to him come, he must come, and when they say go, he must go; when they say do this, he must do it; because he is in subjection to them."
Sermon XIV. True Liberty, the Result of Christianity [from Several Discourses of the Truth and the Excellency of the Christian Religion]
At least 12 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1703, 1704, 1717, 1722, 1735, 1739, 1742, 1748, 1752, 1757, 1772).<br>
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See John Tillotson, <u>Several Discourses of the Truth and the Excellency of the Christian Religion</u>, ed. Ralph Barker, vol xiii (London: Printed for Ri. Chiswell, 1703). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T84202">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW119072636&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury</u>, Sermon CXCIII, vol. X (London: Richard Priestley, 1820). &lt;<a href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/tillotson/works10.txt">Link to www.ccel.org</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=AfY8AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA614">See also 1712 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;