io. Command. pon the Commandements. n3 it then be faultleffe in these hearts of ours the fpoufe ofthe Lorde to daily with fuck delights, and to purfue in minde,by thinking of them, the pleasures that filch conceits doe plead before vs , though in the conclufion we giue the denial! and doe not con - lent. O it is a greater matter to loue the Lord with all the heart, than that it may abide any light licentious wandring from the fame for any time. For they are oppo- fed to loue the Lord'euer,and to thinke euill at any time: to loue the Lord with all my ' heart,and to thinke now and then ofvaine follies or flat impieties with my heart. And if it be a certaine truth as we knowe it is,which I faidè before , that ifwe had floode in our innocencie firme and immoueable,we should neuer haue conceiucd in our time anie euill thought at all , or vaine or foolifhe conceite for any moment or point of fpace , but f» ould euer haue berne able to haue iuflified our thoughts before GOD wvhatfoeuer they were,as agreeing with the loue of him, and our Brother, then is this tickling delight,that now e and then will take vs and poffeffe vs for atime to inioy our Neighbours houle, his Wife, his Childe, his Man, Maide, or anything that hehath, otherwife than we fhould, wicked, vile, and againf+thac rule of right , wherein we were created, and whereto our regeneration daily tendeth ifwe be the Lordes. And therefore let this argument conuitl vs , and this confideration euer allure our Souks within, that it is vnlawfull for the Childe ofGod once to conceive an ill thought, al- though we neuer eonfentvnto it. And confequently let it flitvs vp to pray with David againfl our corruption , that the Lord in mercy would vouchfafe to make vs pràl. st: cleaóe hearts and to renew a right fpirit within-vs euermore. Let it be Rill the pro- perty of a popish fpirit to extenuate finne , and exalt fle1t and blond and corruption Ian' s.sg- aboue truth and right , faying, concupifcence is no finne, but onely bringeth foorth finne after it bath conceiued.But let theChilde ofG O D fchooled vppe in the trueth ofthe Gofpell,preffe flcfh and blond & his corruptnature,fo farre as Gods wordeand lawe preffeth it , and let him knowe that firfl very concupiftencein it felfe is .a dam-. nable degree of vice, yet not the higheffdegree, but vpon the conception thereof follow etha, F, tualactomplifhmentofwickedneffe before : but thoughtin heart, isart higher and further flcppr of cuill in vs,which is themeaning ofIaes. For ifconcu- pifcence were not euill,then muff itneedes be either good or indifferent: But neither ofthefe it can be,andtherefore it is euill. Good it is not, for the whole 7. Chapter co the Romans denieth it. And Saint Auflen pretilyagainll Inlie:n gathering vpon his wordes that concupifcence remained, in them that are regenerated though not the guilt of it,that therefore is was good, anfw-ereth, Si bat fenttrem,ron diceremcam maa Li6 lam efe,fed fue fer Nas aútem ma/am. earn dicimus,& m iners ramcnin baptizatisT hatis, ..tli.6. IfI had thon ht fa (to wit, that it was good) then wáu /d nor ! have faidstia'eteill, bra itwar cull!. But we fay it iseuil 1, andyearemainethin them that haste becoeb:ptized.Andwhen lulïau goethon aadvrgeth his affection, that neuertheles the guilt was taken away, yet (faith he) Rearms quo homine m ream facit,nan quo ip fa rea efl, y t homicidii reartis te! - ' liturjaalrquo ,nontarnenideobonutneft. That is, That guilt útaken area jwherewithfhee ffaineth inaiti,nai wherewith it is flamedit felfe iris [ifs. As the pair and the defers of mur- ther a man may he quitof, and freed from, and yet not the wichedn ;lfe it felfe in a nature changed for that cau fe,but remained, euerfltll.Gcod tfièrefote yeti fie concupifcence is not. And indifferent it is not. For the Apoffl e flatly giucthitan harder name, laying; That when bee would haste done good, he waofoyoaled ,thateuik was prefect wrehhin. 1fRom.7.ìi. the fpirit ofGod call it euill,heware wepsefume pot to call it ìndifferenr,and beware more howweplay with the pleafure of it, and take delight t'o doe it. Againe, what conclufion carrie all thole exhortations to cruciifie',' Crucifie the aide man with all his luftr,and that pearcingplaint ofan Apoflles mouth',O wretched man that Iamm,istboThal delirter me from this body of death? l know, ¡know that in me, that r, , in my flefhdsiellerh no good,I fay what conclufion Carrie they all,but thia,that concupifcènce is neither good nor indifferent,but flatly cufil. - Quell. How thenfa/lerh it out,r hat it condemneth vs not ? e4nf, The Apofkle anfwereth in the 2 5.vtrfe, I thanke God through lefua Christ our L 3 Lord,
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