94 An . Expojition of the Epijlle ~ Religion, any Elevation, any pitch .ofReligion that a Man fets upon and is zea– ~ lous for, ifit doth not rife up to Spiritualnefs, all his Zeal for that Religion it is but Lull:. Thefc:: you fee are the direct Lufl:s that are in the mind ofMan. 2. There are alfo Lufl:s that are orta, that fpring from hence; As from Pride and Self-love.. Look what Excellency a?y man affecteth, if it be eclipfed by ano– ther, Envy anfeth ; tf any oppofe lum m tt, Hatred anfeth ; tfany hinder him in it, Revenge arifeth. Thefe now are not d1rect Lufl:s, bnt are Lufl:s that arife up– on a rebound, when the delires ofa Man's heart are crofl:, and yet they are Lufis. You (hall find that m Gal. 5· 20, 21. that Eovymgs, Murders, and Witcbcrafts, and all thcfe, are called Lufrs: do but compare the I 6th verfe, where he bids them not to fulfil the Lu((s ofthe Flefh; and then be !ltews them what the works ofthe Flcfh arc that arile from the!e Luf.is, faith he, Idolatry, Witcbcr.Jt, Hatred, Vari– ance, Emulttli01u,H1raJh, Strife, Seditio1u, Her~{ies, E1iv)ings, Mt~rtherJ, &c. Now would one think that Witchcraft were a Lufr ? No man hath a mind to go and give his Soul to the Devil fimply; it is not a directlufl:,but thus: WhenSaul was put to it for a Kingdom, tpcn he goes to the Devil. When Men would have what they . inordinatdyddire, and cannot get it by other means, thenA<·hemttamovebo,; they do not go to the Devil Gmply, f<Jr no man naturally delighteth to converle with him; nay, there is naturally an aver!i1efs to it in the heart ofMan: but it is a col– bteralluf.i, it aril<th fi·om the other. And fo cloth Envying, and fo cloth Wrath and Sedition: Wl>ente come Envyings amongfl )OH? come they 110t he11ce, even ofyour Lu.Jis? f.tith the Apo!He, ] am. r. · I come now to the uext thing, which having dilpatched, I have explained this part of the Text. You underHand what is meant by the Luf1s·ofthe F!ejh, and of the Mind. Thtre is one word more mull: be opened, and that is, F11/jilling the De– fires oft/.Je Flejb, and ofthe Mind. The word is 'lf1l10ilms, if! fhould tran!late it,l would tran!late it thus, according to the phrafe we now ufe, alling their Lu.Jis ; it is, ifyou will fo render it, doing t/,eir Lu.Jis: we tr~n(]ate itwell, fidji1ling their Lus1s; either_by outward actions, or by a cominuation ofinward thoughts and fancies, or mu110g upon fuch things as the Soul would have, or defires. It ts elfewhere called, obeymg of Luf1s; fo Rom. {j, 12. lt is called, ferving of Lu.Jis, [o Tit. 3· 3· It is ealled, perfeuing or camp/eat– ing a Man's L11Jfs; fo Gal. 5· 16. It notetl1 out to us thefe five things in an un– .regwp-are tmn. lt noteth, . 1. That Lufl:s are the ground of all his aCl:ions. And therefore you.fhall find }n 2 Pet.1.4. that all the Corruption that is in the World is C1id to be thro11gh lujlt. It is fome lufr, fome inordinate delire, either in the Underfl:andiog or Fancy, or prher of the outward Senfes, which is the ground ofall the Corruption that is in the World ; that as all the Grace that is in the Heart, is in and through Chrifl:, fo all the Corruption that is in the World it is through Lull:. I could give you a World ofScriptures for it, that Luf.is are the foundation of all action in a carnal Man ; not a thought fiirreth, not a confent, not a confultation that the Heart bath (examine it wben you will) but a Lull: is in the bottom of it ; that is, an inordi– nate defire and love to fomething that the Heart would have, that fets all thefe on work. Now that Lull is the ground of all ai1ion, and that, is one part ofthe meaning, it is clear by what bath been faid. Do but lay all thefe together. The Soul of Man, in the firf.i place, it is nothing but emptinefs ofGood, it is meer want, meer !lomack, nothing but defires, it would have fomewhat; it wants, and it would be fill'd : therefore that which we tranOate committing Sin withgreedimfl, inEph+ it is in the Original, to have eno11gh, it would have fomething it wants; the Soul wants now, and being corrupt, it cannot go to God ; it [pies out fome objeCts fu– table to it, that it thinks will fill up that want, and which ifonce it could enjoy, it fhould have plealure; which is always a conjunction oftwo things Curable: when _a man's delires, and what he delireth meet, then cloth pleafiue arile. As now in !'J41.7_8. 8. when they asked Q!)ails (they !l10u!d hav~ been content with Manna) tt tsfatd, they Mi{ed meat for tbeir /11fh For lull: IS notlung e!fe but theextendmg of ~he Soul (which is a wanting hungry thmg) to fomethmg 1t defires, and fptesout fomethmg furable unto it felf. But now, when the ~oul hath put forth delires t~ * . th!~
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