414 Chap.S. ACommexüarie vpon according to the lawesof nature, in ourcommon dealings. We minde earthly things : and therefore we are carnall. It isa principle with many, that ifwe kecpe theChurch, oblerue the Qucenes laws (which are indeed to be obtérued) and auoid o. penaudgrofle finnes, wedo all that God requires at our ha-ds. .S Hereupon towalke in the fpirit , is thought to be a workeof precifenes, more then ncedcs. And they which deetne it to be a worke ofpreciCenes,walke not in the fpitit.And indeede they which haue receiued the grcatefl mcafure of the fpirit,muft fay with Paul,that they are carnall, fouldunderfinne. Rom.. i 4. to Secondly, this rule telleth vs , that we mull become fpiritu. all men,fuch as makeconfcience ofeuery finne,and doe things lawfull in fpirituall manner, in faith,and obedience , andnot as carnall men doe them carnally. It may be faide, that Minf1ers -ofthe wordmu fl be fpirituall men. I anfwcr, ifthouwhatfoe- 15 uer thouart,benot fpiritúall,thou hall no part in Chrifl.Rom. 8. And the rather , thou mull be fpirituall ; bccaufe a naturali Mau maydoe the outward duties ofreligion in a carnal] fort. Thirdly, wemuti not judge anymans eflate before God,by any one,or fome few actions, either good or badde, but by his tQ walking, or by the courfe of his life, which , if it be carnal! , it &ewer the partie tobecarnali : ifit be fpirituall, It fhewes him tobe fpirituall. Thebenefitthat arifcth by thekeeping ofthe rule followes, in thefe words, re/hallnotfulfillthe lußsofthe fiefh. s5 FleA] the corruptionofnature ; the rooteofall finnes. Lufff]inordinate motions in the minde, will, and affcftions. Thus largely is lull taken in the tenth Commandement,which ,condemneth the firfl motions tonull. Falftll] fulfilling, is not a Pimpledoingofmill , but theac- 30 complifhing of lull with loue , pleafure , and full confent of will: as an perfeucrance in euill , by adding finne to finne. Aqueibon. How farre doth the child ofGod procecdc in the lull of the Beth ? Anj:v. He is afÏaulted by the lulls otthe fiefh : but,hedoth not accomplifh them. Moreplainly : there .35 are flue degrees of lull, Suggeflios ,delight , csnfint, the al}e, pertuerance in the 47e. Suggeflron, and delight, whereby the minde is drawne away,are incident to the child ofGod : Con- feat is not, ordinarily :and ifat-any time the childof God con tent to the lulls ofhisflefb,it isbut in part,and againfl his Fur' pofe,
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