40o Chap.5., LA!Connnenurienon- cotflon to the pefh. . Thefenie. Neill] hereby thePapas vnderfland Senfualit, orcarnal! appetites : but hereby is ment the corruption of4! the powersof the foule, euenof reaion and confuence. Paul faith, that the rinfdarn or vnderflandingofthefielh it enmity to God. $ `.Inn..S. 7. flefillines therefore pertaines to thevnderitancling.1 Againe,hc faith of Comethat they arepuffedvp irrthelnind of thei fiefh,Col. 2. i 8. andhe willes theEpheitans to . be renewed in the .ipirit oftheirininds. Eph. 4.23. I Themeaning then of the rule is this,Nfenotthe benefit. of 'ÍQ fpirituall libertic as an occafion to thc .liefh to hue according to theklcfh. Here I confider three things, what is' the abufe oil libertic ? where is this abufe to be found? and what is tht rioliti 0 vfe thereofi The&II quefbon is,whatis the abufe of Chniflian libertici 1; Anf. To vfe it as an occafionof flethly andcarnali !Annie: & that isdone 3. wales. The firli is, when men make more things indifferent thE godeuer made. Thus theCorinthians vied Or- nication as a thing indifferent . 1. Cor. 6. To many in there .daies drunkennes ansi furfetting is hin-a thing indifferent. Men 29 -vfc not todiftinguifh a thing indifferent and the vfeofit : but they commonly thinke that if the thing be indifferent in it fee,: then alfo thevieofit is indifferent . Thus all abufes of meat, &hike, apparrell, all riotingand gaming, dicingand carding, .8ce. are excufcci by the names of things indifferent. 2; Secondly,our libertic isabufedly an immoderatevfe-ofthe gifts ofgod. The vfeof them is immoderate .; . wales, firfl in refpeet of time,-aswhen Dimesfareddeliciesep andwas arraied in rich attire-esser ydal. Thus many gentlemen and others of- fend, when they turne recreation into an occupation.Secondly ;* the giftsofgodare immoderatly vied, in refpeaof themfelues; as when men Exceed in eating and drinking, asthe_prophet faith,Deut. 29.l 9.addingdrunkenly' to thirft.Thirdly,in refpeft of thecallin,,,,1 andconditionsofmen:for euery man is to vie kthe giftsof Godaccording to his place and condition . They 35 then offend,that bceingbut ineaneperfons.& liuingby trades, ' yet for theirdiet and apparrel,areas great gentlemen& gentle- women. Thirdly, liberty is abufedwhen the blcliings of God are 4nadeinftruments and (as it.were) flagges and banners to _f1Y_
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