1 M brs of Efeítttad Caddin. Sáçr.XII. flefhlylnfls. Hefìndes no delight in God, nofweetneffe in Ordinances, no joy in the holy Ghoft. His affedions are let uponearthly things and, not heavenly. As theSwine delights not tin pleafant gardens and medows, but in clirty and miery places ; fo neitherBoth the flefhlywife man take any joy in the alts of Religion, he knoweth not the meaningof thefweetneffeand excellency of any grace, but is carriedout in allthe delight of his foul upon thefe earthly objefts. His thoughts are there, his affechionsthere, his difcourfe and words there ; and herein youmay evenadmjre to fee what parts, skill and difcerning manymen have in thematters ofthe world, but in matters of Religion Meer Ideots and very fools. Oh they willone dayfee their madneffe I Could.I tell the way to growrich, and not theway to Heaven ? Could I tell how to fave my felf here; and not to fave my foul hereafter ? Olt thenbe ashamed all youwho have know- ledge andparts about worldly things, but Ozark ignorant men in matters ofgod - lineffe. 2. Secondly, Wifemen after the fiejhat theyfavour only the things of the Hess, fo' They have In they havean irreconcilable enmityto the things of God. The more flefhly wifdome incurable en- and humane craft a manbath, the more wrerchd enemyaìaddverfaryhe is al-, mi:q to the wa estowhatis good ; they are the S reat politickwife roen that do tnolt abhor thingsofGod. and fçorn Religion. Thus the Apoflle Rcm.8. Thewifdom ofthefiefs is enmity againfi God; what a brand and black infamy Both this Text call upon all fubtt wifemen; Their wifdom (that which they boaft of, they glory in the belt they have, which the world admireth them for) this is enmity, not diflike, not diftalte or averfneffe, but enmity the highell degree of oppofitïon;and enmity in theablraL% nothing but enmity : There is not a cram or a drop of any love or compliance with the things ofGod. That as the Serpent, though a wife crea- ture,yet is full of poifonand venom;fuch are all min of parts,and wit,and quick abilities,if not fanfìifïed They bane wifdom but againlGod;they have wit buta-' gainitgodlines;they have craftbot tooppofe godlines: So that many men would have hadcaller condemnation at the day of Judgment, ifthey hadbeen fools and mad men, rather then fuch wife men ; better thou' avert à'man drivenout of thy wits,raving and talking thou dolt notknow whar,then to be fsadvifedlyand deli- beratly oppofingof thewaies ofGod:O thencónfider,whether themore wifdom andthemore parts thou haft, thouart not themore atheiftical, the more crafty adverfary towhat is holy. Whether that be notthe onlyobflacle,whÿ thou dolt not fubmit to thewaies ofGod ; Thy lufts donor hinder thee,thy prophaneneffe cloth not hinderthee, but thy carnal policy, and thy flefhly wifdom, becaufe godlineffe is a way of felf-denial, ofdanger and oppofitionin this world; there- fore thy heart cannotcomply withit. Thirdly, The wife menafter thefirfb they arefubtilre invent diflinIlions and ex. Subtil to cover cafes to palliate andcover theirfins. God tels the Ifraelites.by the Prophet, That (tone. they dog deep, and didbide their coon!' u (Is Lem, covering thenfelves, but not with the covering of Gods Spirit, 110.30.1. This wifdom after the flefh, Adam immediate- ly upon his fall gave a teftimony of, when he put offhis (Moe from himfelf- to Eve, and Eveagain upon theSerpent. It was Sau/awifdom after the flefh that made himdilobey Gods Commandment, makingfair pretences; And the Pro- phet Hofeabringethin the lfraelites, who by unjufi and unlawful wales did heap up treafure, comforting himfelf with this, Therefhouldnoiniquirybefound in him,Holt z.8.And thofe fade teachers whobrought in the worfhippingofAn- gels, They hadflefhlY wifdom, astheApofle cals it, Col.z.a3. All the evafions, diftin@ions and palliations that menhave either to covertheir fins, ortoextenu- ate them, or to make them no fins,are the foie ,flueof flefhly wifdome; There- fore you are exceedingly deceived, if you think drunkenneffe, fornication and fuch fins of the fleft are onlydamnable; no there isthewifdome of the flefh; There is a flefhlyminde, a corrupt minde, which the Scripturemakes damnable as well as theft. Thofe many diftinftions in Poperyabout,worfhipping ofImages, which
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