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áói

Ón

;Eaecllé

icy

óf

the

.Soul.

that

body

of thine

that

is

vifible.,Which

loth

infinitely corn

cern

thee

to

look

to.

For

firfl

,

Wee

fee

that

there are

aEliens

in men

that

are

be-

yond

that

which,cancerns the

body

at

all: And

therefore

furel}r

there

is

a

fpirit in

man,

befides

what the

body

is;

the

highefi

aflions ofmen

are

fuch

as

do

not

concern the body,,

as

thus,

Theknowledge of the heavens, the knowledge

of

Angels,

of

fpirits, what bath

the

body,

to

do with

fuch things?

the know-

ledge of

the

myfteries

of

the

Gofpel

,

and

the converfing

with them

,

they

are

ábfira6ted notions

from all kinde

of

bodily fubflances; the knowledge ofGod

and

Chrift,

yea

the

very knowledge

of

Mathematical

notions,

many

notions

there are inArts

and

Sciences that are abfira;ii

from

all

bodily

things; certainly

then

tiíere

is

a

fpirit

in

man beyond

that bo-

dily

fubflance

that

do

h.'appear

common with the brutebeafts.

Yet

fecondly,

There

is

a

powder

in

man

to

curb his

body,

to

deny

himfelfof that

which is moli

fuitable

to

the

body

;

faith

inreottoiyG),

Panl,

i.Cor.

9. 27.,

1

keep

under

my

body, and bring

it

into

.suba$um

feu

fabjeUion.,

Surely

there,

is

fomewhat,inman that

is

above

the

d'eiatumpremo,.body

,

that

bath

fo

inuch

command of

the

body,

ask

it

ap-'

ên

eaptivitatem

rcafiuco,vel,ut

peals

the

f

p

iri.

t

of ìnánbath to beat

down the

bod

y

'

f

thou.

wand,

beef!

a

nangtven

tó thine

appetite,

when

thou

fitte

t-the

table

Prov.a

3.1,1.

of

a

great

air,put

a

knife

to

thy

throat,.

a

man

is

áble,ro

curb

his

appetite

;

though

the

body hash

never

fo

f

rung; a

defire

to

fuch

and

filch

things, yét the

foul

of

man

is

'able

to

curb,

Saah.t8.8s9.. his

body

and,

deny it

If

thy

risks

hand

off

end

tbee,cut

it

off,

et

thy

rtght

eye

offend

rhee,pl+ck

t.eut.

There is

-apower

in

man to deny the

body

that,

which

it

deliires

never

fo

much,

.

which

a

beafl

cannot, th

at

cannot

deny that

which

is

fuitable

to

his

fenfe every way,except

therein

fome

fironger

fenfitive.

thing

to

take

him

off: But

man

is

able

to deny

his

ferife,,

when there

is,no

fenfitive.

obje.&

before him to take him

off

:

By

that dominion

that

the

foul

of

man

bath

over

his

body,

bee

is

able to

curb"

his

body, andxo denyhis body,

therefore.

fur

1y

there is

a

fpirit

in

man

1

,

3. ,Again,

That

which

the

Seri

pttere

make.t

the

cbief

411òsí,

of

manta

confif

in

which have any

referense.Fo

Cod,

is

fucb.

things