530 Sinfull lulls corrupt Coule and body. yfe I: Pfal. r4. ;. Job. 14.6. leis good to take notice of our corrupt e- fface, that wee may lay hold ofCleift. rfe a, Andto put off an cftate fo corrupted. Epheliai»r, Chap.q.. V E R.22 their oldconverfation is with them, juftifie themfelvcs, asif the worft piece wereoutward, that within theybeareas goodmindes as others, though in their lives they arcnot fo lrengthened: now thefeare wide; for who fo doth put offthe old man, muff and will put his workes off alto. Now followeth the defcription of the old man. r. Sct downe from this, that he is corrupted;which is ferdowne by the caufe, through lofts; which are noted by the qualityof them,deceitfulllufls. This old frame I would have you put off, is that corruptedefface of foule and body which is caufedby finne, even by themanifold lulls wherewith we are compafl'ed, which lofts are exceeding deceitfull both to infrnu- ate themfelves for tobee entertained, and to plead for the retaining of them once admitted. Here therefore are 3. things ro beconfit. dered. I . That lulls breede thecorruptionoffoule and body. a. That not this or that fingle finne, but a multitude of luls are in the unregenerate, the oldman corrupt through tufts, 3. That the!tiffs of the fiefhare guileful!, very full of deceit, corrupt with deceivea6le lulls. For the firff, we muff know that finfull lulls they bring corruption throughout the whole man, foule and body; they corrupt the Louie, not inregardof the effentiali life of it, for fo the foule is of an im- mortal!, incorruptiblenature, but in regard of the life of God which fometime it had, and foundneffeof grace wherewith it was cloathed; in this refped lul hath brought forth death and corruption on the foule.For what is all kindof lulling, but a deathofthe foule t What are the notions of this, but !finches ftreaming from the inherentcor. ruptione And the body how it is corrupted we neede not fpeake, when fomeone little member hath armies of difeafes which befet it. For lookeas a mothbred ina garment, doth fret and confume it, fo finne bred in us by our owne freewills at the deviils fuggeftion, doth more corrupt andconfume us. Whichmuff teach us, fiat,to take notice of our elate by nature, We are allofus corrupted, our foules and our bodies have death feared in them; fo that we have caufe tolay hold of him that is the way, the truth andthe life; that (though we flinke in the grave)can raife us up. Becaufc we fcc not this corruption worke out in the írength of it, therefore wecanhardly be perfwadedof it; but all poyfoned bodies dye not prefently. And looke as woodwormes cate the heart of a board, when no hole appeareth in the top : So it is with lul, all outwardly feemeth well, when corruption hath taken deepe hold of us. It muffmake us willing toput off this old man, to thinke that it is altogether corrupted : Who would notpart with old rotten appareil that mighthave new! who wouldnot let anold rotten houfebe pul. leddowne that a new might be builded a So we fhould, feiag the old manisall corrupted, eafily and willingly forgoe this efare, that we
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