324 Comefrom allfin to Chrit. blindstheeye that it cannot comfortably behold t. a Sun : one allowed fin fodiffempers the f)ule that it cannot receive any benefit by the ordinances ofGod ; as one {trong difeafe, fodifaffic`teth thebody, that it fruftrates the ufe of the food : One fwayingcorruption fo alienates the heart, that it can- not love Chrift,, as one {tranger in the boforne of the -wife . fo takes up her affection, that the cannot love the husband. One perfon inthehoufe fo keepes the pofl'eíon that another can takenopoífeßîon. One domineering in fo pofjeffeth the foule, that Chrift bathno poltedion there : One chain dif.: ables the prifoner to come forth and returne to his owne bode : One fettering and binding loft holds man faß. in Sa- tans prifon, and difables him to come to Chrift, though a womanhave but one husband, yet the cannot marry a fecond uñtili that husband is dead ; the foule married, though but to one luft, cannot marry it felfe to Chrift, untill -that luft is mortified and dead. One covetous lull in 7udas ; one inceit- nons loft inRHered; one ambitious luft in many of the chiefs Rulers ; one worldly loft in theyoung-man, was offtrength enough, to with-hold each ofthem fromChrift, tocontinue them all without Chrift; mans thoughts ofintereft in Chrift remaining under the power ofany one luft are but vainc and . idle dreamcs. He that comes not univerfaly. from the world, from himfelfe and every fìnfull lift, never comes tru- lyuntoChrift. Ifraelcame not to Canaan until' they for fooke :Egypt, renounced the fervice ofPharaoh,faw the 0_,E- gyptians drowned in the waters, and left not a hoofe in - gypt behind them. Mancometh not to Chrift umili he for- fakes the world,renounceth the ferviceofSatan, drowns eve- ry luft in the tears oftrueRepentance, and leavesnot a hoof, notoneaffetion of his foule behind him, under the jarifdi- ction and commandofthe world ; the love of theWorld isen- mity With God, the ferviceofany fin is Rebellion againft God. ;.Mans eonß. 3 By mans terminating and confining. himfelfe Withinhim- ning himfd1eJej%, not going out of h,mf if;;, nor looking beyond him - wichcn himfelf felfe to Chrift, bu: doing all things for himfelfe and re- ferring all unto himfelfe ; That (faith our Saviour) Which Ioh. ;.á. jis Y of the flefh ti fle(h ; he that is altogether fleihly.audhath ro
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