;; .!''' An Expo{itiot~, withNotes we {hoke it with_a gentle cenfure, ·and fay, He is agoodman, .but a little covetom and 'Worldly, (foe. th1t's enough to entitle him Gods enemy~ The world reckoneth fins not by the inw11erd con– trariety to God, but by the outwllfrd excejfes,and aflt offihhinefl; and therefore becaufe covetous perfons do not break out into acts foul and thameful, they have much of the honour and refpect of the wotld: Pfal.49•I3·Their 'Wa1 i.r fo/ly,yet their poflerit] approve thtir fayi1•gs; ·that is,praife and efieem fnch a kjnd oflife. Senfual perfons are like bealls, and therefore the object of common fcorn ; but worldlinefs fui.teth more wirh carnal reafoo, and is a fin more humane aod rational :P[a/;Io.3. They blefs thecovet~U&,wbom the Lordabhorreth: The Lord abhorreth them, but men blefs them; for they do not meafure fins fo much by the inward enmity, as by the outward excefl. Gods hatred arifeth fr9m his owftl Purity, but mans from the e.werna/ inconvenienciuof di{gr11.ce and lojl. Ver(e,;. DoJe think._the Scripture faith in vt~~in,TheJPirit that dr'Pelleth in U&!ufleth to envy? This Scriptnre hath been much vexed with the feveral Expofiti– ons of thofe rhat have dealt in ic, becaufe it dotb not: eafily appear of what Scripture or of what Spirit the Apofile fpeaketh. Twg Opi– nions are mofi worchy of regard. Some interpret it of the Spzrit ofGod, others of the corruptJPirit of man. Tho{e that refer it to the Spirit ofGod read it with a double Interrogation, thus; Doth the Scripture jpe11k_ in vain? Doth tht Spirit that dweileth in m lufl to envy.? And they interpret it thus; Do the Scriptures {peak in vain to this drift & purpofe,towhich I have fpoken to you?mf'aning the fentences hfr fpoken, which are every where fcattered' through– out the Word: Doth the Spirit that i.r in us luft to erivy? that is, the Spirit ofGod, cloth ttlufi in fuch acarnal manner? Their Rea· fons are three. 1. Becaufe the fentence fuppofed to be in the-latter parr ofthe Text is no where found inScripture, and thereforefome areforced to S, eo the thift of fome ancient Book of Piety now Jolt. 2. The m'Xt is, Betauooof that phraf~, TheJfririt which dwelleth in us, which is mofi property andmoO: ufualfy applyed to the Spirit of God,who isgiven to us;,t·bat hemay dwell in us; but is not fo 'pro– per to our corruption, which ufually is not called aJPirit, at at leaft not~JPirit dwelling in us. ~· The third is ttkenfrom the tirft clau~f .
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