upon the Epifl~e 1 JAM E _s•. • :Verfe 4· Te..A~ultercrs and Adut~erc.[Jes~ k;,n~~J~ n~t that-the - fricndjhip of th~ 'World' z.s en~t.~·i 'Wtf~ 'Go1? ' 'Wkofo-. ever therefore wtll be afriendofthe 'Werld,u ~nenemy of God, · · · · Becaufe they were fo overcorpe with worldly tuHs,' ·~hat t.he~r very prayers and ~eyotionary_acts looked tha~ ~ar, hecorn:~~.~ r6 lhew the .danger and hat~oufnef~ ~f thefe Jufis'; the ~rRumentsof this Verfe are two: r ! They wdl make you commit adulter) : 2. They will make youenemies r,o God. . · ·· · Ye cA'dulterers .mdeAdulter~J{es,] Th1_s mufl: ,be undcrfl:o'bd fpiricually, asappeareth by the following wcir'-.~,and 'rf,re drfft of the Context,which js to inveigh againll: thofe· lul1~ ~nd_ph::afures which inveigle the ·Soul, ·and withdraw it fr.OmGod: .Now rhefe are fpi~ · ricualAdulterers,whom the love of the world al!enareth and efirang– eth from the Lord _: The metaphor is elfewhere ufed, /Vlat. I 1.39. & 16-4- Thu evil and adulterous genertttion, · ...- . Know ye notJ He appealeth to thefr''confcien~es; ~tisa robfing quefiion: Worldly men.do not ji?tt out of ignordnccfo much a&' incogitancj; they do not confider. , · · · 'That the fri end/hip of the World] By n q;J)..tct ,.1; x.6~p.~ fie un– derfiandeth an emancipation-ofour affections to the pleafures, pro– fits and lufis of the world. Men fiudy to pleafe thei r friends ,; and · they arefriewd.r ofthe 'World therefore, ·chat feek to gra.tifie Wotldly . men. or worldly Jufis, and court outward ·vanities :rather rhen re– nounce them; apra~He nnfuitable to Religion : You mayufe the world, but not feek the friendlbip of it : Thofe that wo1tld be dan– dled upon the Worlds k;,nces, lofe a friend of Chrifi: As to infrance, in pleafing the men of the world, Gal. r. ie. -1{I ye~: ple.:~fe men , ! ~ere Not the{ervant of Chriff. So for gratifying ofwo: idly lulls; we may ufe the comforts of the world, but may not ferve·the lujts and pleajures o£ it, that's a defcription of che carnal Hate, Tit. 3• 3· l.renmit;withC!o!:l?J When ·you ~egjn topleafe the' w:6! td; 1 youwage war agamfl: Heaven, ana.bid opel(ldefiance to the Lo···dof Hofts.; .the love of God-and' :Care •of obedience '-is ab:it'ed, ·)uft fo much as .the ·~orld prev.aileth ' in you: There is a _like ex.prd1ion, Rom. 8. 7• ·The. carnal mimJ u enmit) againft God; averj cand Lll adverfe 441
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