410 I'VW`MkAhlkikOMIS,*2041Ver1 ' TheOld-man,andtheNew-man. IoHN 3.6. That which ic darneoffiefh iE f1es, andthatmhich lu hankofthelPirit iafpirFt. 11, of x+c His verle is a reafon toprone, that the New-birth required to fal- the verfe. uation,mufibeby the Spirit of God,orelfeit cannot be. Our uíours argument maybee reduced into this forme : That New- birthwhich isrequired , is fuch as mayfur éheramans entrance into the Kingdomeofheaven. But vnleffcit beea New-birth ef: fefitedby the Spirit, it cannot furthera mans entrance intothe Kingdomeof Heaueo. Therefore either it mullbee a Birth by the_Spirit,orelfe it is in vain: The firft part ofthe reafon is manifelt r for ourSauioursfirft ground, was tou- chinga beingborne againe, tothe end one might fee the kingdome of God. Now the fecund part,namely,that if it benotaNew birthby the Spirit,aman is therebyneuera whit the meterheauen,is here maintainedonthis wife:That Nety-birthwhich can makea man no better then Ftefh, cannotfurther his en- trance into theK(ngdome' ofGod. But that kind ofbeingborne againewhich thouNicodamreedolt imagine, can makea manno better then Fh/h : Therefore fucha birth can neuer bringa man to Heauen.Thehill branch ofthis reafon is euident,forfte/h fignifying, in the language of the Scripture nothing but cor_ ruption,cannotfurther a man towards heauen,but rather the contrary. The fe_ coudpart(that fuchabitthasNicedemx.thoughton, could make man nobet. 7oleow. ter then Fh/h,is here auouched: Thatwhich is honk ofFlefhis Flef isTbe thingborne qua(ecjt prig. iQaccorde'ngto thatwhereofais borne ; oftheflcflo isborne nothing but carnal,ac. cpiagenerati- cording as onthe other t[de,of Ipiriris bred that vs h(0h.k fpirituall. Thusmay erasdead& the drift ofthis verfe appeare;It is in aword,thus;toprooue,that as theremull be aNew-birthb -{fore a man canbe faued,fo, that Nevw .birthmuffnot be fuck asa mans Ertl was: Tot by that he (hall beonely carnall,íind the carnall manis altogether vncapableofthe kingdomeofGod:hemuff be !some oftheSpirit,fo (hall hebecomes fpirituallman,and thenhe may haueancatie paffaga into life. So much touching the (cope: The fenfe is That which bathbeen faid,may inpart let vs feethe fettle ofthewords:yet it opened, is neceffary that I open them fomewhatmore particularly. The words Flefh and Spirit are chifely tobeenquired into. By 1'lefsis meant, the whole frnfull corruption of our naturall d ate, Yo'b-(hall find it vied to that fettle , as anti. cntlyas the k. guageofGodhimfelfebefore the floud:ofmanhe then faid, Be aGen.e3, lebstflea, a very heape, alumpe, amaffeofcorruption. Thediftinßionis Secu0Son nn- notambit-mbar the word Flefh,is takentwomanner ofwaies inScripture,either tarso. forsmatter,'fubftanceinnat a as whenAdtmlaidofEut,SbeeisFle e &creadum cut- ix Ìr f pax, FI b,andP4,.1,A1FiefhlenotoncmennerofFle /lic,&c.orforamatterofquality, b Gemea3 ascorruption innature and fo is the word in PoohEpiftles oftenvfed, as, lnno) ct Cor.t5.39 Fief), dmeleth Hogoodnefed, which Walbexotafter the Fiefht andelfewhere. Here dRom,7.ta 51sf/s is the whole natureof man suit is corrupted. Thefame is meant byF/efb, feRoma,t, which iscalled,rbeBodo rnxof tbeBod ò deathg,theoldmanh.Itisfaidb Di. Rom7,54 nines,that our naturali corruption is called Hells: t.Becaufeit is conueied y Rom. 7,a bEphef, 04. man to man,fromthe father to the fonne.by the feedofflefh.a.Becaufe it is pra- @ifed and esercifed in the members ofourfleUr, which arenaturallyweaponsof sRom,b,r3, varghteeeofnei two ßenai. 3.Becaufe ifis nourifhed andencreafedby outward and fle(hlyobiefts : vpan which third reafon the conceit is built, that this is
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