Chap. to. An Expofition upon the Book of J O B. lied: 9 . 5', overcome by temptation, and our obnoxioufnefs to fin. Sin is (in its kind) as fpiritual, as grace is, yet our finful corruption is figuratively called, thefle(h. Onereafon (I conceive) of which may be this, becaufe fla[h, taken properly, is an occafionof fin. éu7rfetsare.: As the fcntitive part is a fervant, fo a mare to the rational, much addy,tana,en- more to the fpiritual. The tleth is at once the organ, and the duct trorivir; burthen of the tptrit. TheApoftle calling Saints to`rnn the race lt5sruzfiv,adu. of holinefs with patience, gives avery futable advice, Let us lay leror:bu afide every weight, that is, all carnal cumber ; he that Would t&ftibus' que thew himfelf light of foot, will not take a burden upon his back, cürrentibsx iá he tacks off his very garments; to which the next words ofthe fladio nonfont Apolile fecal to allude, Gaff off every weight, and the fin which apse. dothfo eafily befet us : So a garment doth, efpecially a long .gar- :ment, which in runningdaggles and folds about our heels. The .reafon why our linfull corruption is compared to fuch a garment, is,becaufe it is fo much affitled by this body ofclay,the flcfh,which is as along garment to the Soul, hanging about it, and befetting t, on every fide. From which fenfe yob feetns thus to move the Lord, Suppofe I havefinned (he had tfid, ver. 7.) Thou knowtJt I am not wicked, butfuppofe I leavefinned) and have hadmyfailings, yet, Lord, ¡Re- member than haft made me as the clay, I am not a purefpirit, as An- gels are, I have a body of earth about me, which clogs and binders me in every duty, which many ways endangers me unto every fin,' God him( if takes up this as an argument to (pare finful man (Pfal.78. 39 ) When the people of Ifrael rebelled againÉft him, He many a time turnedhis anger away, and did not ftir up all his wrath. What fraid him ? The next words give a reafon ; for he remembredthat they were but flefb ; that is, weak and very fob jeE unto tìn. This argument prevails again' Pfal. ro 3.14..) Like as a father fparetb his children,fo the Lordpitïrth them that fear him ; Why? For he knometh their frame, he remembreth that thryaredujt. As if the very matter out of which man was firfl made, though without sin, were tbme difadvantage to him in the refilling of tin. It was a d'ifadvantage before man had any fin in him, how 'fnu h more is it-now.; when motf men have nothing at all in them but fin,and the'betl have very much. That which is born ofthe flrJb (faith Chriti, fob. 3. 6.) is fltfh. His meaningis, corrupt nature can produce none but corrupt acts. It is a truth alto, that our lure nature, bccaufe it was conftituted (as of other parts, fo) T t t cif
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