Sl2 Chap. 34. An Expofition upon the B.oIe. ofJ o B. Verf.z5. ing ? The more perishing we are , the more reafon we have CO looke after and labour for thofe things which doe not, which can- not periiE. When the Apofile faith (t Pet: r. 18. ) We are not redeemed with corruptible things from our vaine converfation, &c. He dòth not inflance in flowers or fruits of the earth, which quickly rot, but intwld and Giver, which are the moll durable and Tatting metalls;even there are corruptible ; but we cur (elves as to this bodyly life,are corruptible, not only as gold and fiiver, but as the molt fading flowers and rummer fruits of the earth. Further , From that other defcription ofdeath, as 'Lis called 6 returning again ;onto dúfl, We learne. . (Alan is of the dull. Ware mantas to hisbody, were of the dull when he began to live, he could not be fayd to return unto dull when he dyeth, or departs this life. Many men pore upon their pede,Yree , and their minds five! with pride,becaufe they are of fuch or fuch anc- nie defcent ; but let them remember,man is ofthe du/.The foule or.fpir-it ofrands indeed from above,as was fhewed before and the body ofman is (.1 grant) a compound of all the foute Ele- ments..Our bodyly Epirus ( fay Naturalifis )are of the fire , our breath of theayre,our blood of the water,and our fief and bones are moll properlyof the dull ofthe earth ; yet the whole body of man is denominated duff or earth, or as the Apoflle fületh it (eCor: 5. 1. ) 'Tis an earthly houfe; If our earthly houfe of this tabernaclewerediffolved. For though we may truely fay, there is warer,and ayre,and fire in this houfe,yet becaufe earth is the pre- dominant Elemenr, thewhole body beares the denomination of that. God is not fayd to forme man of the water,or ayre,or fire, but of the dui/ of the ground (Gen: e.7.) though all thofe as well as earth were ingredients in the compofition and formation of mans body. As manwith refpe& to his fpiritualls and moralls, is denominated from that which ischief in him, fo with refpe& to his natural's. Every man bath the feeds and principles of all fin in him , yet many men are knowne and expreffed by force fpeciall fin. Thus one is calleda covetous man , another amalicious man, rc. becaufe covetoufneiíe andmalice are their predominant fins , inpracîice, though the principles of all otherfins are in them. So
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