Ver. 12. the 8th Chapter of the. ROMANS. 99 3. We fhould deny our felves.even lawful pleafures, when they begin to exercif a dominion over us, t Cor. 6. r 2. All things are lawfrtl for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 'Tis a miferable fervitude to be brought-under the power of any pleafure,either in meat, drink, or recreations 5 inchanted with the witchery of gaining, . tho it grieve the fpirit, wrong the foul, defraud God of his time, rob the poor of what fhoufd feed charity, yet they are inflaved. SERMON XV. Y s ROM. VIII.'I2. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the fiefh, to live after the flefh, N the Words we have, I. A note of Inference. 2. The truth inferred : In this latter we find, f. ACimpellation, Brethren. 2. An Aiertion,That wears debtors, 3. An in}lance or exemplification, to whom we are debtors. The Ne- gative is expreffed, not to the flefla, to live after the flefls; And the affìr- »iativt is implied, and mutt be fupplied out of the Context, To the fpirit, to live in obe- dience to the holy fpirit. I. The lnferetie, ( therefore )he reafoneth from their priviledges 5 the priviledg is affert- ed v. I. There is no condemnation to them that are inChrifl, who walk not after thefle/h, but after thefpirit: 'Tis applied to the Chriltian Romans, v. g. But ye are not in the flefh, but in thefpirit. Thefe reafonings are pertinent and infinuative from the priviledg afferted, Exhortation mutt follow DoEtrine, for then it pierceth deeper, and lticketh longer. On the Other fide,Doflrine becometh more lively,when there is an edg fet upon it by Exhor- tation, from the priviledg implied ;certainly priviledges infer duty, and therefore hi- ving comforted. them With the retn'embrance ei theidcondition, he doth alfo mind them of their obligation, re are not in theflefh, but in the fpirit ; therefore we are are not deb= tors to the flefh to walk after the flefh ; but to walk after the fpirit. 2. The truth inferred ; Where Aft obferve the compellation, ( Brethren ) a word of love and equality; of love to fweetea the exhortation;for men are unwilling to difpleafe the fleth; of equality, for be taketh the fame obligation uponhimfelf; this debt bindeth all, high and low,learned or unlearned, minifters or people ; greatnefs Both not exempt from this bond,nor meannefs exclude it. 2. The affertion, that we are debtors. Man would fain be fui juris ,at his own difpofe; affelieth a fupremacy and dominion over his own allions, Pfal. r 2. 4. Our tongues are nur own, who Ls Lord over us? But this can never be ; we were made by another,and for another, therefore we are debtors', 144mitar ícµìv. 3. Theexempliflestion, to whom : Negatively, not to the fl fb; this is exptetly denied foá two reafons, becaufe the fleth maketh a claim to us ; it bath a double claim, one by uftr- pation ; when God is laid, aide, fell interpofeth as the next heir; and that which we- count our fell, is the flefh, which Both all in all with men ;'the other is in pretence, it feemeth to challenge a tight by Gods allowance; fomething is due to the body, and net man yet ever hated his own fleth ; but we mullydittinguith of fle(h as 'tis taken for the body, and natural fübttance ; fo we are debtors to thebody by neceWity oÈ natúre, for 8 N 2 we
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