S eC T. IX. ofConverfton,orTurning unto God. 459 to Idoferrie ; therefore its thought God did exercife them in filch a bodily wayof worfhip; and fo many external and gloriousoCeremonies were commanded them, that if 'addible, they might not desire Idolatrous worfhip. The Corinthians, their fin was uncleanneffe and Wantonneffe, therefore the ApoftleBoth fo much prcfle Argthnencsagainftthat. TheÇreçi4.sare branded tobe akvayes Lyars ; and the Apottle confirmeth this teftimony. Thus Nations have their proper fans, as well as particular perlons, yea particular Towns andVillages, by one reafonor other, are obferved robe more prone to tome kindof fn then others : But I (hall limit my Pelf to particular mens darling corruptions, which' is the root co be plucked up, the Fountain to bedryedup ; and every Cheiftian fhould be fofara fpirituall Phy(ìci- into himfelf, as tobe able to know, whatis chatparticular finto which he is moft inclined; for at chitbreach helland damnationwill enter. Be,: to make thispoint naked and open, confider, That Original! fn, though it Conti ierst;= bethe feed of ail kindof wiclednefre; and there cannot 6e an ineance given of any onsaboo[be- horridcrime, in the World, bat thin Wouldcarry a man unto it, yet this poifon ire every loved and dal= manvents it [elfin one Wsy,rather than.anather : Even as inevery mansbody there ling fin,' a feedand principle of death ; yet in force there is a proneneffe toone kind of I. difeafe more than to another; and this may be called that mans proper fin, his evil! way. As Philofophy telsus, Thoughall the individuals of one kind agree id one common fpecifical nature, yet every one bath a particular difference, whereby it is diftinguifhed fromanother, which they call Heeciety ; fo its here, though there be many lins sued in commonby all, yet feveral men have their particular corrup- tions, which are like the Princeof Dzvits, that commandsall their ocher fins. 1té true, there is no fin committed by anyman, buethou haftcaufe to bleute God, that thou art not as defperatelyintangled in it;as others. - Therefore what the Pfalmilt fpeaks of the worthof wicked men, and higheftenemies to the Churchof God; the 9poflle Roman: 3. applyerh to everie man. Yet everie man bath his inclina- tion to one kind of linne rather chap another : and this difference of darling- beloved rinses may stile from two errands, the one internal , the other ex- ternal. The iaternall caufl of a belovedfines the complexion and badilyconfliention of a man s Foras one mans bodyinclines totholerickdifeafes, another to inelancholick; Thr. e,Con of fo thevery natural conftitution, while a man is under the power of Gnne, hurrieth `hc arenCe of ding Geis one way rather than another :Not that this excáfetha man, to lay,its his inclination inmen. to dothus and thus, he cannot help it, for fandi lying grace will work ina seas, contrarie inclination, put another predominant principle within him; and betides this Bothnot extenuate,but aggravatehis fn; for the more it is rooted, and clean vethto him, the more difficult will his recoverie be; fo then a mans peculiar fin, thathe is moti addhied unto, may arife from his bodily conftitu:ion, that may be a more prepared initrument for tome vice rather than another. Or our darlingfang ti may mire from lameexternal! caul:, and theymay be thefe. F.rit , Cu/lame and safe in famekind affnas, Frequent cuflome doth at !aft breed an habituateddelight, and becomes a fecund nature fo that men who have been in long Captivityand ferviee CO tufts, they willingly have their cares boated, and are never willing to leave that Service. We fee dayly fad experience of this truth. Men who through long continuance in Gnne, have now turned it into their nature , They fay of that $n, asChriut ofgrace, One thing is need They add Dreen(aaefre to Thirfl, as L554.Ife, calls it, Deuteronomio 29. a9. That is, after they have committed Gnne, they are vehement and fervent for it a- gain. Secondly, elldarling Sin may wife from the condition, or relation wa .ire in Theremay be force temptations fumble to the inward fulls of anheart, that we cannot leave filch fins, unleffe we quiteforfake fuch acondition, or calling. 7u. dal hisbeloved fin was Covetoufneffe ; and his condition he was in , carrying Non á she
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