VE R. 29. -- Epbefians, Chap. 5. 661 in himfelfe, which likea gentle fire doth dry his bones, which doth make himeatehis own liver,and aftera fort become hisown hangman. VERSE 29. For lumen ever yet hated his own flefh, but ruurifheth and cherifheth it,even as the Lorddoth the Church. It is tobe noted whenhe faith, hone hateth,&gc.that it is a monflrosss DoE¡. 3. unnatttrallpart to be unkindto the wife. But for the better underflandingofit, 3. things are tobe confidered. e. That this is tobe underflood with caution: for force may be found that hate their flcíh:as thofeDenatifis that would throw themfelves down from the top ofhills, and morti.. fie their flefh: thofe Baalites that launced themfelves, and Col. z. many cruelly murder themfelves; therefore it is to be conceived with this limitation,that none in his right wit, and reafondoth hate his flefh. 2. It is to marked that there is a double felf-love, One finfull, a difeafeof thefeTaft times, zTing. 3. z. a cherilhing of it in fulfilling the Tufts ofit,which isa viperous love that eateth oat all love toGod, to our foules, to others, for it maketh a man affeâed,as iftheworld were made for him. z. There is a felfe-love which is a wtyn, graven in the bowells of man, which when it is fanétified, becom. meth that ruleof mans love; which is then good when it is ordered rightly in regard of God, in refpeót of our owne foule, fo farre that the body may ¡till be in fubje. &ion to the foule. 3. When it feeketh not it felfe onely, but is diligent abroad : fo that here is no warrant for fuch Epicures, as tricke theirskinne, and have noother tradeof life, for he allea- gerh the natural! inftinEt, not the excefTive vice, which in deed is upon the matterhatredofthe flefh, not love. Thirdly, we mutt remember in what the love ofthe flefh flandeth: r. Men hate it not, that is, they doe not intreate it defpightfully, grieve it, &c. a. They provide to cherifh it, all a mans labourisfor his mouth, Ecclef. 6.7. backeandbelly. 3. Amandoth cherifh miniftring things, that ferve for ftrength and comfort, and fuccouring it againft annoyances, asperfons more tender doe fo fotter, that they will not let the windeblowon it : which therefore doth prove, that it is an unnaturall thing tobaite and grieve thewife, it is as if one fhould dig and rafe his owne flefh, tobe careleffe of her, whether flre linke or fwim, todenyher comforts, and filch tenderufage as a man dothgive to hisflefh. As thofe monfters are here alfoto be whipped, that de- fraud themfelves of their portion, deny themfelves comforts, marty- ring after a manner, their owne flefh. TheTaft thing to be marked is, that we me cherijb our wives, as Doll: Chrifi sloth thefaithfuáfoules whoare ofhisAlband body. Now this his chertfhing and Potteringof the beleevingfoule, is to be gathered from fundrie parts oflove we marke in him : As r. he doth avoyde and fhun
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