1o6 Chap. 41. an Expofstion upon the Book of y O 1g. Vesf. II. Lord ; and all things vifible have been redeemed by him from prefentperifhing,, and a world of them in this world, that they fhóuldneverperdi, but bave everlafting life, John 3. 16. From, this general Aífertion,rbat whatfoever is under the whole heaven rs theLords, take there following Inferences. Firfl, Then theDevil isa Ijar, a great lyar; for ((Nat. 4.) ffa in his loft ault spina Chrift,he boafled that he would give him all the Kingdoms of the earth, and theglory of their, whereas the truth is, he bath not a fhoe latchet at hisdifpofe : While the De- vil faith, all is mine, the truth is, nothing is his but a lye, of that he is the father. As he bath not given abeing to the leaft worm; fo he cannot difpofe ofthe Icafl w.orm,,'heis not worth aftraw,far all is the Lords. Secondly, Hencewe learn, That there is a lying fpirit in enefi of, the children of men, even in all them who look upon any thing they bave as their own. There is a l nfe in which we have a right to, andapropriety inwhat We have, and may call it ours; but that fpirit which moves inmoth of thechildrenof men, is a lying fpirit, when they fay, this and that is their own. David (Pfal.I z. 4.) brings in the wicked, laying, with our tongue willwe prevail, our lips are our Own, who is LordOver irs ? What, have not we, who have fo manyLordfhips, the Lordfhip ofour felves, the L©rdfhip of that little pieceOf our felves, our lips ? But were not their lips their own ? not, in the fenfe they fpake ir, as if they were accountable to none for them ; for their next word was, Who is Lordover us ? Thus moft do, they lookupon their lips, and all the members of their bodyas their own; but what faiththe lApoflle (i Cor.6. z©.) Glori f e God inyour body, and in your fpirita which are Gods, And (verf.19.) Te are notyourown. Your body is not your own, but it is the Lords; then much lets are the things that youhave your oWn ; your Land is not your own, nor your sattel your own ; the beafls of the earth are not your own, nor the fithes of the Seayour own; nor isa hair of your head your oiwn, nor a pin upon your fleeve they are all the Lords. Ilknot then a lying fpiritwhich poffeffeth very many among the children of men, who look upon themfelves, and what they have, as their own ? Their holies and lands are their own, their gold and filver are their own ; whois Lord over them or theirs ? O let fuch =ember, that them[elves, their houfes and lands, their gold and filver
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