~68 Tbe Jure Trial o/ Vprightnejs. crear.c perpetual trouble to th~mfcl~cs and orhe.rs. Such a Soul and. fu ch a Body unit"'d are li ke nro Malc~<t Ctors fafined W!dt one Cham. In fl10rt, accord1~g to the Elemc1~ j <;raJis o f our Bodies, ObjeCts affect our Sei?fcs, and the F~.n~y, With t 1u! lower Ap :_ ntc , ar? the Centre of the SeniCs, and there IS 10 near an a~IVtty and ~eferencc bcrw:c rhc Pa1l1ons ~nd the rcafonablc Facnltics, that the Underflandmg and \\'Ill rec.::i1 e Imprcf~ lions accord lllgly, as rhe Pafiions arc excited and moved. 'Ti s ob~Crvablc, :hat the ~orrupt Nature in the Language of Scripture, is ufually call'd Fief!), not only as·~~~ tr'lnfimttcd by Carnal ~ropagation, but as 'tis drawn fo~Th by Carnal O bjc_Cts , and cxci:CI~ d by d~c Carnal Fa_culncs. And as rhe fame Confl:itutton is heightnet; ~~~ iOmc, and ts 111 a renu!Tcr d~gree m othcrs,fO the Lufl:s proper to ir are more or lcfs cxorb ta t~t; as rhcf.1n~e fort of :Vtnes p~oduce a fl:ronger or weaker G~aJ_Jc; a_ccordingro the_ qua1tty of the Atr and S01l whcrcm they are }'lamed. That VICIOUS Inclinations fl·rmg fwm rhc different Temperament of Mens Bodies, there is pregnant proof in the 'iftblc ~iverlity of Lufl:s rhat are peculiar in _degrees of Eminence in fome F<!milies, fomc Counrncs, and thcfeveral Ages of M ens Ltvcs. \Ve often fee hereditary Vices rranf: mitred by dcfccnr : Some Familics are voluptuous, orhcrs vindictive ; fome ford id and ~~~~;t::;~a~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~s/c~lu~f; t~~~ee ~~~~~~~i~~;s ~~~~~sg~~~~;;~~ J~f~~~~!i~c~~~~r.Pa~~ti~; J~ff: f1ominum rem ~lun ar~s, according to the Imp~eilion made on the N artves by rhc Air and Diet they ~i~;;;c~tn~t~: :~re _dt fl:i ngudh'd by their >t proper Vtces ( n_?t fo ~c~1era lly found i_n other Nations)' as by alia: ~ud ~~e\ rhct r Countenances: fome arc formal and iupcramous, _orhcrs Wtldandb~rbarous ; fOme t · dJmdtlml· arc cr:! fty an~ treacherous, others are wanton and Juxunous. As fome D1fcafes reign in in v?~~ma~ fome Counmcs, th~t are lcfs frequent, and not fO fata~ in other places. The Apoftle ":enmrn ~ro· rell~ us of _the Crcr1ans,. Tha_r thry are always Lyars, ev1l Beafls, and flow Bellies· their H~~L. ~~~- h ab~tual Vtces_fafl:ned tlus umve~Jal CharaCter upon tl_1em. ' 1 • q . And a~cor~mg to rhc..Aitcranon _made in the Bod1es of Men in the fevcral Ages of Life, thetr Ytcious Affect~ons · nm 111 fevcral Channels :_ the Spring is the fame, corrupt N ature; and rhc Iifue Will be the fame, the Lake of F1rc; but the Courfe is different. St. Jolm difl:inguifhes the corrupt Inclinations ~hat are predominant in the World, under , John '· Three Titles , )!Je Luf/s of the Flejh, and the Luf/s of tbe Eyes, and Pride of Life: Thefe Lu!l:s have their proper Seafons, and fuccefftvely rake the Throne in Mens Hearts. •rn:r volup- In Youth, the Lufl:s_that in propriety arc called the ,. Luf/s of the Flejh, imperi~ufly t~!e)&du :r ~u- reign. Y ourh is a kmd of natmal Drunkenncfs, the Blo?d runs Race~, and WJth a ;::[~~~t:~: Heat and R :!pturc hurries many into fcnfual Excefs and RIOts. Youth IS highly pre· mums cum beRiis, & idt o in ~c.udum numero h~betur, quifquis efl his fcd,l is volupraribus przvinUus. A•l. Gt!. .t C:1!n'ns_in fumpruou s, ealily dccci ~ed, and ·t· refradary to Rcafon: The fuperior Faculties, the \'lflll!" ~bih, UnJerfbndi~g and Wi_ll, a,re b2fcly fervile to rhe carnal Appetites. The wife Preacher :r-;;~011 us int imates tins in his bitter Irony; Rejoice, 0 young Man in thJ Youth, and let thy Heart Ecclef. ti. cbear t hee in tbe days of thy [outb, Cmd walk in tbe ways of thy Heart, and i11 the jig!Jt of ~;;dlo~~' ~:fi:e;,"o;~~ [%:((/{;~{:,r::':Rn~~'~ ;;/~,~r~f ~~:e;~/"~I:~;:for;'t~:~ A~~%i~ emphatically warns Jimotb_x, rhough a mortified young Man, Flee youthful Luf/s. In rhc maturer Age, the fenfual Pafiions are cooler, lefs vigorous and active, and y omhful Lufls arc changed for other Lufls rhat arc not fo fcandalous, and leave not fuch a vifiblc fl ain, but arc as dcfl:ructive to the Soul. 'Tis very obtervable in humane Na· rure, rhat as the Affections in their fenf1ble Operations decay, rhe Unde~ltanding im· proves and recovers its ruling Power : 'tis viftble in many Infianccs, that Men in their ilaid Age defpifc rhofe things thar had a ravilhing force upon them in their unfctled C.on\·erlis flu- Yourh. l3ut when the M111d is tainted Wtth a faJfe eflcem of prefent rlungs, (as 'ns m diis z tas. ~~i· all rhofe who are in a State of polluted Nature) it leads the \Vill and Affections to purQ~~~;i~ ~~~;; rt~e Riches and Dignitic~ .. Car?al WiJ({om is difiingui~1 'd by ~t.Ja~nes into Three k_inds; !5' a~•CJTias, tJS eartbi:J, fenf ual, de'I.Jdijh, Wl[h refpcc:t to the tempttng Objeds m the World, Riches, mfemt ho Pleafures, Honours. The Senfual \Vifdom is in comriving and appoiming the Means thar may accomplifl1 the Ddires of the Flelh. After the Flefl1 is fatisfied, rhc earthly Wifdom detigns earthly Things, and ufes fuch Means as are fit to obtai11 them: to afcend in Power and Command, or to raifc Efiarcs, with wretched neglect ofrhe K ingdom of Heaven and its Rightcoufi1efs , rhat fl10uld be fought in the fir{l place, and wirh rhc moll ardent Affcdions and Endeavours. In conjunction with this, the devilifh Wifdom 1S praChfed; _for Pride and Ambition arc Satan's. Original Sin, as Envy and Slander are his aCtual Stns. H e is r ontinulllly vex'd at the Recovery of f.:1llen Man, and is his ~onfl:anr Accufer. .A nd whi!fl: M en arc eagerly co~tending for the \Vorld, they arc ~xctted from Inrcreft ~nd Envy, to blafl: and defeat thctr Concurrents that wouJd be fupcrtor or equal ro r~hl~
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