c 724 OftbeChu!!exile caufe byreafonoftheir loue towards them, theyare ready to beat their command, that theymay Gill enjoy them ; and by reafonof that truft and confidence which they repofe in them , whereby they depend upon them for fufficiency and defence, as much or more then thebafeft feruant, upon hispowerful Ma(ter.Yea hereby they become flaues to their ownevileaffe6tious and ncgle6ting both what Gods word, or theirowne reafon requireth, they fuffer rhemfelues to be wholly tranfported by theirowne concupifccnee,for thefa- tisfying oftheir carnali delires : andas their paflìons and af. feaions are ruled by thefeearthly obieéts, foare they wholy ruled by their palìons; not affecting things becaufe they are r7nllatliber good, but efteeming themgood,becaufè they affect them. ell, qui¡bitpfi The which gouernment of paffion and carnal! concupi- nonimperas. fcence, as it is moft tyrannicall,fo it argues the molt bale Pythagoras and obie61feruitudeofwordly men, who are fubicét vn- apud Stoba- to it feeing they are in afarce worfe condition then the um. lifers. who are oppreffed with the molt men tyranny Fo ny. y r that onely ruleth but the outwad aétions this alto the inward thoughts; that but at fometimes, this continually; that with fome hopeoffreedome, they hauing fonte deuce to bedeliuered whenopportunity ferueth ;but this defperate and hopelelle, feeingnot onely their bodies, but their wits .4n non felons altoareembondaged, foas they hauenot fo much as adelire cui dominato, to be let at liberty. Finaliy,as hereby they become flaues to peecatum, ra theirowne concu ifcence fo being carnali and corru t maxtmè ? nits P $ p , to forte i #dig- maketh themalfo theferuantsof finne; not daring to doea. niusiudices my thingwhich God commanded", when it will hinder hominemtibi them from obtaining their earthly delires; and running d,minotium headlong irsany wicked courfe which promifeth to fatisfie Bernard. their carnali concu ifcence nowwhat can be more inifera- Bernard. p , Rom.6.2o. ble then the feruiceoffinne, which freeth vs from righteouf; s.Tim.a,x6. nelle, as theApo(tle teacheth vs,and makethmen all() to be- s. Setis.6. come theflauesofSatan ; whilft for the obtaining of thefe That worldly worldly vanities, theyare readyby finning to doe fatanswil, theirowner and topie by ditleafingGod? their owners P Y P a plies totban- But though thefe worldly things fhould fubie61: men to Piny. the liaueryofnothingelfe; yet thefctuiccwhich they who let
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