5o6. An Expofition upon theBook of J O B. Verf. of flesh (the foul like a fparkling diamond, being Let in clay) was thereby rendred more prone to fleshly or finful ads. Natu- ral fleßi (in itr beft. fi'ate), it more apt to bring forthfpirituzl flefh- .4ageli idcirco (namelyfm) t hen afpirzt-rs. Ant that's a reafou among otters, irrenribilitrrr which fome give,.why.God was fo irreconcileably angry with peccoverunt, the Angels which fell,whyhe didnever fo much as mention them, uia rant° ro- in a way.of mercy; or difcovered.a- thought. of them for good :: Bare face. their fall (L,fày) one reafon..given is this, Becaufe God could pampa quan ' to set tom., not remember that Angels were made.as the clay, orformedout of the enemixtio non dull.; They,, were created fpirits, pure fpirits, they had no clogs, tenebat. Greg; of fl and blond about them, no fogs, no mitts ? vappuring up, Metal. is 5°4 efh. from a fenfitive part to cloud their, intellef ual.. They, had the more power to continue pure, becaufe they were free from any earthly and elementary mixtures. Their lin was -a compound of more evils, becaufe their,. nature was fo limpie. Angels having no temperwithout thetas, no Beth about them,turned. themfelves away from God, mcerly upon the freedom of their- own wills.. As every good anion is by fo much the betters by how much; it hath a freer concurrence of our wills s fo is every evil anion fo.much the worfe. The fin we commit is the greater, by how muèh we have had the lets provocation to commit it.. The fill of our firfi parents in eating of the forbidden- fruit, was aggra vatcd in it fell, becaufe God gave them fuch plenty and variety of other fruits to eat ; but it was leaned in comparifon of the.. Angels fin, becaufe they had more provocations to fin, then the Angels had.. The bait of the temptation againfl our tirft. parents, was laid in their-conflitution, which being corporal and. earthly; mu(} needs be delighted with earthly objeffs. Theforbidden fruit was pleafant to the eye, there the flclh took ir, And it was pleafant to the taft`e, there the Életh took it again. Thefe provoca- bans man had over and beides that of the Angels, a hopp or: a delire to mend his condition, and to become like unto God: A body of earth bath a fuitalelenefs to all earthly allurements. Eve- toy like hath anatural tendancy and motion towards its like. This moves the Lord .to pity, fiaful man,, though man .mull not hence plead. impunity for tin.. The rneafure and -degrees of fin upon fuch alings ateabated, but the ads do not therefore put -off:the nature of fin. A. finner.inAufl andclay cannot be excufed, yet io not fo muchpolluted, andmore tobe pittied then afinningfpirit. And that's a. third notion inwhich we may expowid job, befeech-, ing-
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