CHAP.I. upon the Epiflle of JAM E s. VBRS . l)· Sin.j That is, atl:ual fin; forth~ P_apifis go befid~ the fcope, when they infer hence, That lufl: Without confent ts nor truly fin: Our Saviour faith plainly , That the firfl: titillations are fin– fol; M.et.; .28. Who ever look.ph upon a ;vomim to luft after her, bath committ~ adultery with her already in hu heart: Though there be but fuch an imperfeEl co#fent, as is occafioned by a glPT-n– cing thought~'ds adultery. But you will fay,How i~ this place to be reconciled W!th that of Paul,Rom.7.8.where he fatth,Smwrought in himall manmr of luft; and here 'cis !aid, Luft bringeth forth fin? I anfwer, By ftn, Paul underfianderh that which James cal– leth here tuft, that is, evil nature, or the wicked bent of the fpirit; and by tuft, the a8:ual excitation of evil nature: But, by fin,James underfiandeth the aCl:ual formation and accomplithment of thofe imperfect: defires that are in the Soul. · Andjin,When 'tu ftnijhed,J That is, aClml!y accomplithed, and by frequent ads fl:rengthened, and feded im~an h.:rbit But why -doth the Apofile fay, when'tu finifo,d, are all the refi venial? all corrupt motions,till fin be drawn either to afull conjent,orana[ht– al accompli(hmcnt, or aperfeEl habit? I anfwer, I· The Apof,He cloth not di.fl:inguilh between fin and fin, but fpcaketh of the intire courfcandmethodof the fame fin, of the whole flux and c;>rder, and fo rather lheweth what·dearh and hell fo!lowcrh, then how 'ds de– ferved: Every fin is mortal in its own nature, and bindeth over the finner to death and punifhment ; but ufually men confummate and perfect: fin, ere it lighteth upon them. 2. Deathmay be ap– plyed as the commo~Jfruit to every degree in thisferies, to the con– ception as well as the produtlion, .and to the produaion as wtll as the confum"!ation o_£ ir -~ T~eCrPT-nd-father, andgreat Grtmd– fother hathan mterefi mthe chtld,as well as the immediate parent; and dea.th is abrat,that may be layd not only atfi..;udoor, but lufls. · 3• 'Tisgood to note, that 1ames fpeakech here according to the appearance of things to men; when lufi bringeth forth, and the births and conceptions of the Soul .are perfeCl:ed into a fcandalous grofs fin, men are fenfible of the danger and merit of ir. Bringcth forth] That is, bindeth the Soul over to it ; for in this fucceffion there is adifference, tuft is the mgtherof fin, but fin is the. m.erit ol_death; and fo Cajetan gloffeth well, generat meri– torse, tt bringeth forth, as the workyieldeth the wages• .Death.] 'Tis b.ut a modefi word for damnation; the firft and Cl fcc~a ...
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