74 An Expojition of the cpijlle ~------------------- ------- rs;,~ but as a Man is C1id to be in Drink, or in Love, that is, he is overcome with·it, It ~ ts a prcdommant pnnctple. And mdeed. tho Arijlotle gave~he dcfimtion ofa Man, That he was a Reafonable Cre:ature,havmg an Underflandmg and aWill; yet Di– vmtty tells us plamly that Mams Flefh, tfyou wtll !peakTheologtcally, take Chrifl's· definition, and it is fo : Why? becaufe lools. what Flefh is to him, as he is Man that Sin is to him now, it is his Nature, it is his Form: Therefore if! wouli:l de: fine a Man, I would define him to be a flefhly Creat\lre, as Arijlotle defin'd him a rational Creature; therefore in 1 'Cor. 3· .C1ith the Apoflle, Ye rr>tdk._tl< Me11, are ye not carnal? and to be cart1al and flefhly, ts all one. When thou haft feen there– fore corrupt Flefh as the root ofall, then go and look to thy Lufls, all the cor– ruption that inth~ life, it is from the flirring ofLufls in thee; all the corruption in theWorld, ts fatd to be through Lufls, 2 Pet. 3· 4· therefore go and look efpc– cially to them. And, laflly, then, go to thy Actions; or, if you will, begin at your Actions, and fo go to your Lufls, and next to the Flelb: for, indeed, there is the pedigree ofSin. If a Man would be humbled, let him view his Actions, let him look into his Hean, fee all his Lufls, and all the Engines that act" them ; and when he hath done, let him go down to the fpawn ofall, and then to that birth which was the means of conveying it. SER.M
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