IIO ;canr. z.. ~. An Expojition, with Notes CHAP.r. little check that you give to them is like the fpdnkling of water upon the coals, the fire burneth the more fiercely: This is that which the Apoll:le calleth 'if'ct9& s'if'J9vp..EM, the paj]ionatenefs of luft; we tranOate it a little too flatly, the lt¥ft of concupifcence, 1 Thcf.4·'5. It noteth a raging earnefl:nefs. This violence is mofl: difcerned 1n the irregular motions of the fenfual appetite, which are moll fenfible, becaufe they difl:urb reafon, vex the fonl, opprefs thi! body: but 'cis alfo in other fins; the Apofl:le lpeaketl:1 of it elfe– where, Rom. r. 17. They burnedin their tuft one towards another, 'Tis when Reafon is fo difiurbed and opprelfed, that there can be no refifl:ance ; yea, Grace it felf is over-born. 3. When they urge and vex the foul till fulfilled, which is often expretfed in Scripture by alanguour and {ick,ztefs : Now this is fuch an heighth and excefs of affection as is only due to objects that are rriofi excellent and fpiritual ; otherwife 'cis a note of the power of lufl:: To be * jick_Jor Chrift is but aduty; fo 'Worthy an objefl will warrant the highefl affeElion : but to be fick for any outward and carnal objetl, noteth the impetuoufnefs and violence offin in the foul. Thus Am;-~on wasjick..Jor Tamar, 2 Sam.r 3.2. that was a ficknefs to death, the ficknefs of lufl: and uncleannefs. A h11b was~ Jick..ofC()Vctoufnefs, I Kings zr ·4· and Haman for honour, Efl. 5. All violent affections urge the foul , and make it impatient; and becaufe affections are the nails andpins that ryebody and foul together, leave a faintnefs and weaknefs in the body. This violence of lufl: may inform us, t. Why wicked men are fo m~dupon fin, and give themfelves over to ic, to their ()Wn difadv~ntage; they draw iniquity With cart·ropes, Ifa.5. 18. As beafis that-are under the yoke put out all their fl:rength, to draw the load that is behind them : So thefe draw on wickednefs to their difadvantage, commit it, though it be difficult and inconvenient. So 'cis fa id, Jer. 9. 5. That they we~ry thcmfelve.r to commit iniquity. What's the reafon of all this? there is a violence in fin, which they cannot withfl:and. z. Why the childr~n of God cannot do as they would, with· Hand a temptation fo refolutely, perform duties fo acceptably; lufis may be firong upon . th~m alfo: 'Iis obfervable, that James fait'h, Every man is tempted, takingin the godly to.o : Awicked man clothnot~ing but fin, his ~orks are meerly evil; but agodly ~mans arenot purelyg'orJd'; Rom:7.I9o Thegood that /WfJUid, 1do ' not
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