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8o6
Of
Mortificariov.
leffe fenfe
of
paine.
And this
is
implied
by
our
Sauiour
Chrífi,
whereas hee
inioyneth
vs,
if
our
right
hand or
eye
offend
vs,
to cut it
of}
and plucke
it
out
:
and plainly
expref
Co13.5.
fed
by the
Apoflle
Taal,
Co1.3.5.
U
1ortife
therefore your
members
which
are
in
the
earth,
fornication,
vncleannef,
the
inordinate
offe
lion,
euill
concupifcence
and
couetaufnefhe,
&c.
where calling
thefe
Ganes
by
the
name
of
members,hee
inti-
mateth
thus
rnuch,that they
are
as
deare vnto
vs as
the
mem-
bers
ofour
bodie,
and alto
that
it
is
as
vnpleafant and
pain
-
full
unto
vs
to forfake
our naturali corruptions,
as
to bee
de-
priued
ofthe
hand,eye,orfoote.But
though
this worke
bee
moll hard,
yet it
is
moll
neceffaric
;
for
the bell things that
are in
the
flefh
and vnregenerate
part,
euen
the
rnrfedarae
Routs.
6.7.
8.
thereof
is
death and
enm:tie
a
-wing
God;
becaur
it
is
not
tub-
ieLl
to
the
law
of
God,
neither
indeede
can
bee,
Rom.8.6.7. nei-
ther
can
we doe
any
thing
pleafing
vnto
God
fo
long
as
wee
are
in
the
flefh,as
it
is
verfe 8.
Lafily,ifwe
liue
after the flcfh,
we fhall die,
even
the euerlafiing death
of
bodie and foule;
but
if
wee
mortifie the deedes
of
the
bodie
by the fpirit wee
(hall liue,
euen the life
of
holincfle
and
righteoufheffe vpon
earth, and the
life
ofglorie
and eternall
happineffe in
Cods
kingdomc.
And therefore
if
it
be neceflarie to bce
in
amitie
rfalm
63.4,
with God,whofe
loo'ing
kindnef
is
better
then
life
;
or
to
per
-
forme obedience
vnto the
law
ofGod,
or to
doe any
thing
pleating
in
his
fight, or to
efcape
death
and
damnation,or to
enjoy
life
and eternall faluation, then
is
it
alto
neceffarie
to
mortifie
the
fleth and
the
luffs
thereof, how hard
and
vn-
pleafant
foeuer this worke feemeth vnto
vs. So
that the dif-
ficultie
muff
not
difcourage
vs,
but rather
double
our
dili.
gence
:and
becaufe
it
is
a
paine intollerable
to part with our
finnes,fo lon
°
as
they
remaille
like
li
uely
members
ofthe
bo-
die
of
our
fleh,
therefore
as
Chirurgians
(to
make
the paine
tollerable to
the
patient)
doe
firfl
vfe
meanes
to
mortifie
the
member
which they
purpofe
to
cut off;
fo
let
vs vfe
all
good
meanes
to
weaken
the flrength
of
finne,
and to mortifie our
carnali
affeions,
and then wee (hall
fuller
them to be
suite
cut
offand
taken from
vs
without
any
extraardinarie
paflioti
or
fenfe
ofpaine,
And