Bates - BT775 B274 1675

ni Contain sr An'O3aeD¢mptt®li. ig Betides, The reftraint was from that which was ve- Chap. I. ry grateful and alluring to both the partsof Mans corn- iV'1J pounded Nature. The SenfitiveAppetite is ftrongly excited by the Luit of the Eye; and this fruit being beautiful to the fight, the forbearance was an excellent Gen, 3.6. exercife of vertue in keeping the lower appetite in obedience. Again, The delire of Knowledge is ex- tremely quick and eareft, and in appearance molt worthy of the rational Nature; Nuilsra animofuavior Lactan. cibua, 'Tis the molt high and lufcious food of the Soul. Now the Tree of Knowledge was forbidden; So that the obfervanceof the Law was the more eminent, in keeping the intellecInal Appetite in Mediocrity. In fhort, God required Obedience as a Sacrifice. For the Prohibition being in a matter of natural Pleafure, Obfequii gl- and a curb to Curiofity, which is the Luft and Con- maj c,quod cupifcence of the Mind after things conceal'd ; by a quis minus reverent regard to it, Man preferited his Soul and Body "lit. P[,n. toGod as a living Sacrifice, which was his reafonable Rom. s2. t fervice, Da CHAP.

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