570 Chap. i4. do Expofition upon the Bookof Jo n. Verfh4. drofs ofthe Mettal, the drofs of Mans Nature is harder to fe- parate then the droffe ofMettal ; the lead in that infernal fur- nace will not confume, nor will the Billows break, yet the droffe ofLufI will not out ofReprobates. And as fire and brimflone (hall notfetch this uncleanneffe out of Reprobates in the next fo Grace andMercydo not fetch it fully out of the Elea in this life ; they who are renewed and regenerate, are yet in part Carnal and corrupt. Grace is in a contipual conflift with corrup.: tion, but Glory onlymakes a total conqueif. Thirdly, It is an aboundinguncleanneffe, it isnot in the hand or face only, but in andupòn the whole Man, it goes quite through. There is not the leaf} part free : Man from Head to Heel, from top to toe is defcribed unclean,(Pfalm. 14. Rom, 3 . The Lord looked down from Heaven, to feeif there were any that I didìsnderiland andfeet after God : they are allgone out of the may, and become vile, vileall over. There is a double univerfality of this uncleannefs. Firft, it doth defile ad men. Secondly, all of man , Not one man in the world but is unclean , and not one part in anyMan but is unclean ; furvey him in his Underfland- ing, Will, Memory, Affe&ions, Confcience,Eye,Hand,Tongne, Feet, all the parts of the Body, and powers of the Soul are un- clean. As Gracefaniti(ies,fofn defiles nfl where it is, even Body, Soul, andSpirit, a Tim. 5. 23 concupifcen- Fourthly, It is anactive or a powerful uncleanneffe, ftirring tines appe- up an unholy war in man, againfl the holy will of God: an in- sits s inordi- ordinate appetite accompanies it, or it is an inordinary appetite natrss per caufing the inferiour partsof the Soul flubbornly to refill the fu- .quemftiperi- periour, or the fliperiour bafely tofübmit unto,and ferve the in- wra inferori- feriour. This makes Lull a King and Reafon a Slave, yea, this bus turpiter wouldmake Grace a Slave. As Fault experience teacheth us, ferviunt, aut (Rom.7. 23. ) But I feeanother law in my members warring againft inferiora fu the law of the mind, andbringing me into captivity to the law of fin, periorikcs which is in my members. That is, it doth captivateme in part, and contumaciter bath a defign to captivate me altogether. reluffantur. Fif:h?y, it is a diffufive, oran infectious uncleanneffe, like a Janfone Leprofie or a Plague. Now, as good is by fomuch the better, by howmuch it is the morediffafive , fo evil is fo much the worfe by how much it is the more diffcdìve. This evil is diffufive two wayes. Firft, by wayofPropagation, from Adam toall his po- íterity. Secondly, byway of Imitation,and fo one man doing evil,
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