. VE R.S,lo An Expofition, WithNotes to be Weapo;u of unrighteoufnefl; that is, your faculties which a~-e exercifed in_and by the members of the body ; and becau[e of the analogy and proportion that they carry to the outward members; .. as the eye to the underfranding, the will to the hand,&c. - 0/Jfervat. r. I. Luft is the mak§-bate itJ acommunity. Covetouf'nefs, pride and ambition make men injurious and infolent. I. Covecoufnefs maketh us to contend with thofe that have any thing chu we co– vet, as Ahab with N aboth; hence thofe injuries and vexatious fuics _i Ex cupidita: between neighbor and neighbor: i Hence publique contentions; tzblt-1,9dw, i j]l· Mencare not how they overturn all publique welfare, fo they may dM dl[cm·dt.e · h r h. · [ · h h · d 1d r: pdft· nts hen/ aream t 01e t mgs uponw 11c c e1r covetous an earna ettres ~a[c~~tttr: 'have fafiened.The AHyrian King did defiroy a!ldcut off Nations not T ull ius, lib, I, a few, to add to the greame(s of his Empire, Ifai 10.7. 2. Pride is de flniiM. . the Cockatrice egg that difdo{eth th~ fiery flying Serpent; P-;:ov. 1 3· I o. B] pride cometh contention: Pride enduretb no equals; Ham:ms thiril: of blood came from his haughtinefs; the Apofiles {lrove who fhould be greatefi. j . Ambition; Diotrephes his lo– ving the preheminence, diil:urbed the Churches of A Ji 11, 3 Joh. v.r o. 4.Envy ;Abrafgamand Lots Herdmenfell out,Gen, r 3·7· fwo great ones cannot endure one another near them : Gal. 5. 26. L {t us not be defireus of vain-glory, provoking one another,' envying one ano– ther. Obflrv. 2 _. 2. When evils abound in a place, 'tugood to look__ after therife and ·caufc of them. Men engage in an heat, and do not know wherefore: Ufually lurt is at the bottom; the fight of the caufe will llume u~ : Is tt not becau fe I would be greater then others? \ more pompous and high rhen they ? Grammarians talk of findmg out the Root, and Phrlofophers of finding om the Caufe; fo may ChriHians al:o. 'Tis good to 11ft things to the bran and bottom ; From whence cloth this come? I Cor. 3· 3· w hile there u amorJg you cnvyiHg , jlrifc,anddivijiom, arey _enot carnal? 'Tis good to check the fcrvor of an eog1gement by fuch a paufe and confidera-, ciao. Ob[trv. 3• 3· Lufl Ma Tyr;~,nt, that \\?arreth in the Sou!, and "Warreth Jtgainjitke Soul.- r •.It warreth in the Soul; it abufe.th your af– feCtions,. to carry on the rebdlion againil: Heaven;. Gal.). 17. The Jiejb ltJfteth ~tgainft the Spirit, &c. The Spirit no fooner prefent– eth a good motion, bot the Aetb rifeth up in defiance againfi it; _·there is pride, and paffi~n,and carchly·minded~efs,envy, f~~~~}j~~
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