Nf01J the Epiftle of JAM Jt s. VB R '·7,8· Charmer' Jayeth one ear clofe to the gmund, and cov~reth the other I with his tayl.- But now we read in th~ Text, s erptNIJ hA11e hem tamed,11nd are tllmed.: But all the Magtckof the GofpeJ, the fweet Spdls ofGrace, will not cure the heart ofman. -So the Ox, a creature ofgreat fitength, is obedient to man; a-weaker creature : but we kick with the heel againfr God; as the Prophet, I{tli.I. ; .. .Thj ;· Ox k._no»!tth hid ow;ur, and the AfJ his mafters crib: hut 111) pet~- ple doth not !(now; lfrllel do~h not confider. - Fall~n man may go · to fehooho the beafrs to learn mildnefs. and obedience; and yet God bath- more ptJWC!r to fubdue, and we have more reafon to obey. . _ l· . The greAtnefs of m.tns folly anJ impotenCJ in governing hi& Obflrv. %. own Soul, 'Fhough he tameth other things-, he doth'00t tame bimftlf. We feek to r~cover our lofs of dominion over the creatures, J but who feeketh to recover chat power which he once had oyer his own Soul ?'How C\ln we look Jo have onr dominion intire over beafis, an~ inferior creatures, when by the irregularifY of our lulls / we make our felves as one of them? Pfal.49·U·He is M the bettfts that pcrifb. We all affeCl:foveraignty, but not holinefs h: Men feek . ) to conquer others, but not themfelves. Solomon fa-it , He that r11/eth hu ownJPir-it·, u !Jet-ttr then he thAt winneth 11 City : that's the nobler conquefi, but we effecbit not• . We would ·recover our lordlbip-over the creatures; .but- fiill remain capti~es to our own ' lui~s ~ Do,mat feram;non domat lingl!am ; ..twas 1 Auftine~~ corn.,. 1Aug. Serm. 4 • ] plamr, We do not tame the beafi mour ownbofoms. lhe evd de verbis Do"'• tengue is -the worfi Serpent,; and the moft rabid and cur!l: of all mini. the fierce beafi:s-, is the Rayler: and therefore SQ/omon tiith, Prov. ~ 1.19, It is better- todwell in a Wilderltefs, then with 4 contmti- ~ oHI 11nd~tngry.wom.:~n. In·the wilde Dtfert there are Lyons, and Bears, an4 Tygers, but thefe affault usbut now and then, and thefe can but rent the skin; but acontentious woman is like a,Tyger, that fidl lyeth in our bofoms, with tharp and bitter WQrds, ever ready to fret ouc our hearts. · . 3· The deepnefs of mammifery, Onr own Art and skill-is able Ohferv•.3'1.-' to·tame the iiercdl -beaffs,. and make them ferviceable ;. bet~ils as firong as Lyon-s and Elephants, fifbes that do as it were inhabit an.. e>ther w~rld, hirds as fwift almoft as a thought, Ser;pcnts hurtful ~dnox:toas : !3ut alas,there is more rebfllton inour affed:ions ; fin JS fironger, all.our Ar:t will not tame.ic. W t:. may teach. beafls-tG \, '1~-b b- 3 do.
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