58o Chap: 24. An Expofirion upon the Bookof J o B. Verf. 15. union then that &f flefh, and therefore heought tomaintains the highs ofhonour and purity, both in mind and body ; and as he is one Spirit with the Lord; fo to make it good that he is guided and governed by one Spirit, and that The h&ly One. We have a fourth argument at the 18 h verte, Flee fornication, why fo ? The rea(on is added, every fin that a man doth is without the body, but he that committethfornication, fnnetb againff bis own body. But are all other fins without the body ? I anfater ; firft,otherfinnes havé the bodyas an inftrument for the committing of them ; ifa man tieále, the body is an inftrument, if a mancommit murther, thebody is an instrument, but in this fin the body is more inttru- mentall then in other fins, the body is chiefly inflrumentall,in this fin; fo that comparatively to this , every fin that a mandoth is without the body. And therefore this fin is more againft the body the other fins are. Againe, fecondly, when the Apoftle faith, everyfin is without the body, he is to be underftood ofthofe firmes which are cxternal,otherwifeevery fin that a man commits is not without the body, there are a thoufand as of fin that are done within the body, or in the foul, envy, wrath, malice, are firmes within the body, being bred and a&ed in the Spirit. But we may fay ofevery fin which is excernall, ( about which the difcourfe there is)that comparatively to this finofadultery,& fornication, it is without the body. I anfwer , thirdly Thebody is not only the ilrumer,r of this fin, but the obje& of it allo; for the un- cleine perfondoth not only tin with his body, but he fins againft his bad. ; Adultery leaves that blot and brand ofignominy and bafene(fe upon the body, which noother fin Both, making it the member of a harlot, as was toucht before, and degrading it from that excellent honour whereuntoGod advanced it, even in a na. Corail con ideration, much more degrading it from that honour, w.hereuotoGod hath advanced it in a fpirituall confideration. And as that was the Apoflles third argument, fo, upon ano- ther relation of the bódies of beleevers, he makes his 5th argu- ment, which is layd down at the 19 h verte what ? know you not thatyour body is the Temple of the Holy Gbofl,whicb is in you,which ye bave of God,andye are not your own ; As if he had faid,e4Tem- ple is a holy and racred thing, and will ye defile the Temple of the Holy çb,fl ? The l ewes, how angry were they? what anuproar did they make,wheu they thought Paul had brought Greeks into the
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