upon the EpiJ!le of J A M E s. VBRS.i .. Co~e they not hence,eve1a fromyour lujh,J w.; ~ nJ'oy{;v,from your pleafures, as 'ds in the M~rgin : L uft and pleafure are ofte~ . put for each other, and fomet1mes they are coupled, as Ttt. 3•3· Serving divers luf!s- andpleafuru; both note the uffe\fion of a wicked man eo .fin : Lu{t noteth properly the earneH motionof the Soul afce'r Gn, pleafure the contentment it ftnderh in fin: Sin u .-r. jleafure to Wick.§d men,it: tal<eth up their defires of delights; 2 Pet. 2.13.- Tak..e pleafure to riot ttlWlJ the da; time: 2 Thcf{ 2.12. Had p!eafure in unrightiotl[nefi. Pleafure is aGgn' of a pcrfdl: habit, and 'cis hatdly left : Bewareof adelight in fin,wht'n actsot l,Jnclean– nefs, or thoughts of reveFnge are fweet to you ; or when you pleafe ybur felf in furmifes of vanity, and proud rdletl:ions upon your honour and greatnefs in the wmld. Lord, il ever ~n overcom~,let it be my buttherl, and not my pleafurc; 'cis a fad ~nd high degree to rejfJ_Jce to do evil. Which War in JoNr members? J There are fcveral forts of wars in the heart of mao : Inawicked mans heart there may be cornbates; 1: Be~w~en~ man a~d his C~m.fcience. _h An Heathen \:ould b Arift. EtfJi.t,. J fay, ;ct~/ct.~fi ct.v1(<)v ·+uxu, their Soul ts mamutmy; and elfewhere, · fpeaking of aWiCked man, eh '71'0~ >ctV1dV qJ11..1it(;~ £xr~, he is DOt J friends with himfdf: Awicked man and his'Confciencc are at odds and difference. 2. Becween•conviffion and corruption : Sin ilormeth at the light that difmvereth it, ,and the law ofthe mcmbtrs rifeth up againft the law of the mit.d. 3• Between corruption and corruption; lufis are contrary 6ne to anot4er, anti therefore juflle for the throne, and ufually take it by turns. As our AnceRors fenc for the Saxons to drive out the Pills; fo do carnal meMdrive out one lufi by another, and; like the Lunatid< in the Gorptl, Jdat. 17. pellfometimes in the \'-vt>tter, andfometirms in the fire. As dlfeafes are contrary, not only to health,-but to themfelves; fo are fins; net only to grace,but to one another; ~nd we ought not feek to cure a dead paljie by aburning Jeaver. But now in agodly man the war is becw~en fin and grVJce; flefbly counfel, and enlightened reafon: Now thefe Wars are faid to be in their members ; by members are underH:ood both inward and outward faculties, which are employ~ ed as infimmems of fin; and the inward faculties are called tnem– bers elfewhere, Bom. 7'· 2 3. The l11.w in tke members: He meaneth - the firong indhiarion and bent of the will and affections againfl: tha kcowledg of ·the trutb. So Rom.6.q. Give not up)Ottr members H hh 2. tfl
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