106 VBRS.I4· An Expo{ition, with Notes therefore the Old Tefl:ament runneth in that firain, imaginations, counfels, &c. and at length were bruitijh in their dejires, and _more prone togrofs fins: and therefore in the N~w 'cis lufls, con. cupifcence, &c. However, th1s I obferve, that m the Old Tefl:a– ment there is fame word, belonging to the 'Will and defires, adjoyn– ed to thofe words of the underflanding, as the imaginations of their 19Wn hearts, the counfe!s of their f!Wn hearts; that is, fuch imaginations as were frirred up and provoked by their .own hearts and defires .: All this is premifed to lhew you, why the Scripture choofeth to exprefs fin by lujf andconcupifcence. . b fid d · {I. As aTower. . Now luff may e con 1 ere two ways, A An 2. san ~.t-. I. As a Power, and fo it noteth thathabitual~ primitive, and ra-' dical indifpofition to Good, and a difpofition to evil that is in all the faculties, the whole dunghil ofcorruption, which reeketh fame– times in the Underfranding by evil thoughts, fometimes in the Will by tufts and forrupt dejires, and is the mother out of.whofe womb all fin cometh; and as 'cis called lu{l or concupifcmce, fo 'cis called flejh, the oppofitc contrary principle toJPirit, Gal. 5. 17• The jlefb lufteth againft the JPirit: there 'cis called flefh, and its radical ACllufting. 2. Look upon it as an A f1, and aCl:ual lufi: or concnpifcence, and 'cis nothing elfe put the rijings and firft motions of this flefhly na– ture that is in us: Thefe luil:ings :are of two forts, thofe of the lower, and thofe of the upper Souf; the Apofi:le calleth them, Epl;ef. 2. 3· the wills ofthe jlefb, at;d ofthe mirJde. · I. Thewills of theJlefo are thofe lower and more bruitifh appe~ tites, which are the rile ofluft, wantonnefs, drunkennefs, gluttony, called by way rof emphafis, the lufis of the flefh: I Job. 2. 16. What ever is in the world is the lufls of the flejb, the lu{ls of the . eyes, and thepride of !tfe: By thelufi:s of the flefh are meant the neighings of the Soul after outward pleafurcs; and all manner of fen– - fual and carnal delights; Now thefe, when they are improved into ~ A1·j~ .Ethic. grofs and irregular AClions, ftinl< in the nofhils ofnature : In* A· ltb. 7· c:1p. 6. rljfotle they are called, 6?n9up.£cu .3-»euJJE~~,- bruitifb and belluine, not onely becaufe we have them in common with th€ beafis, bat becaufe they degenerate into abruitifh excefs : Thus you fee what ..., lufts of the fle(h are. I confefs they are fometimes taken more large·· Jy, for any ri!ings ofcorrupt nature,it J;>eing moft natural to us tobe ·- . · · ·- · .. ·· - enflaved
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