94 VE R s.q. An Expojition, with Notes glory 13 feen in any c~ature, the greater chtc~ 'tis to a temptatio;:, tOr-to far 'tis amemo-Pial ofGod, and thereflre fome have obferved, That d.eiires jimply;inclearJ are moll ufually ftirred up towards de– formed objeEh: Beauty in it felf is Come flritl?tre and re(embl~mce of the div ine Majefly and Glory, and therefore cannot but check motions altogether bruitifh• 'Iis very obfervable that of the Ape· fl:le·Peter, 2 Pet. I+ The corruption that is in the 'World through tuft:The world is only the obj-:ct,the caufe is lufi. The R.eafon why men are covetous, orfinfual, or cjfemi11ate, is not ingold,or Wine, or WQmen,lbut in mens naughty ftffeUioxs and di!pojitions. So alto 'c.is ~ery obfervable, that when the Apofrle John would fum up the Concems of that World which is oppofite to the Love ofGod, he dnth not name the objeas, but the lujls, the fault's there, he dorh not fay, Whatfoever is in the World u pleafures, or hon·ours, or pro– jit-.r, but the luft of the eyes,the lufl ofthe flefo,and the pride oflife; and addc;;ch,Thefe are not ofthe Father, but-of the World, I Ioh.2. . I 6. that is, not ofGod, as riches, and honour, and other outward things are; but thefe are pares of that wotld chat m.,nbath made, the world in our own bowels, ·as the poyfon is not in the ~ower, but in the jpiders nature. z. By afcribing fin to the defeCt and faint operation of t!Je di– flinegract~ men willfay, they could do no otherwife, they had no more grace given themby God, Prov. I 9· 3· The foalijhn~(s of man perverteth hu Waies, and his heart fretteth againfl the Lr>rd. '!'hey (ay, 'cwas long of God, he did not give more grace; -~< they Ju-.verf. 10 cdrrupt' themfetves i11- "What they ~ow, and then complaine, God gave no power ; Men naturally look uponGod as a l· haraoh, re– quiring brielz. 'Where- he gave no [/raw. The fervam in the Gofpel would make his Mlflfler· in the fault, why he dtd not ;m• prova his Talent, Math. 25. 24· 1 k.,new than 'Wert an hard man, reaping where thau htlft not [ow11, lf?tdgatheYing were th()se hust not flrowed,and therefore I "'ent and hid theT{)i/ent,as if that were · all the caufe. , ~· When men,lay all rheir mifcariages upon t/,eirf ate, and the ull'happ)' fiar!, that fhone at their bitch; thefe arebut blirh jltn;: sat. God:·him~l.f,va.ilea under reftaFPiom uptm the creuture. Ahs, 1/?ho i5 ~t that bPmgetb·out Ma~~(lroth in his feafpnf t hat otdereth the ftars in their courf~ ? is it not tML()rd ? To thjs fo t y u mly refer theln tht\t .ftort?Je' ~t,dX) CYe'atUres, beCaU C heyd:.t'enot 0• penly
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