theEpi/fPete theggietiatt. Chap.S 423 ofI tel you-before(asI alfohaue told you before)that theywhich do filch 5 things, Thal notinherit thekingdom ofGod. Paul before déliuered his rule in generali tearmes, Çis:c xe eerapn to thefiefb : and,fNlñi/l act the hi, of theflefh. Nowhe Io proceedes further in way ofdeclaration, tomake a Catalogue or rehearfall of the particular workcs of the f?efh, which were in vfe, and knowne to the Galatians. And this he doth for waightiecaufe. For we are full ofblindnes,and fee notour cor- ruption : and we are full of hypocrifie, and therefore readie to 15 eftcemeour (clues fpirituall , when we are carnali. And there- fore this Catalogue ferucs fitly as a table orglalle, to difcouer the corruption of mans heart, by the fruits thereof. After Pauls example, euery man (hall doe well to-makea Catalogue of thefinites ofhis whole life. By this meanes {hall 20 we beuer know our (clues ,.and take a manife& viewof our finnefull condition. In this Catalogue, I confider three things : thecondition of theworkes oftheflefh: the kinds ofthem: and the puni fhment thereof. Thecondition is , that the wor kes of the flesh arc laid 25 to be manifefl not onely to God , but euen to men that haue the light ofreafon,andnatural! confcience. Hence it followes, that there is matter futñcient for the condemnation of them that neuer knew the Gofpel. For though the flelh it Idlebe fccret and hidden, yet the workes of the fiefh are manifefl to 30 the natural! man. And this muff further admonifh vs, neuer to hideor excufeour finns,but freely to coniclie the before God, . and before men alto, when neede requires. Whether wecon feffe them or no, they are manifefl : and the ingenuous con- felling or vncoucringof them, is the way to cower them. Pfal.. r. 35 32. Tuchin thekinds or forts ofthe workes ofthe Herb, they are in number feauenteene : and I may reduce them tofours heads.Thcfief fort,are againfl chaflitie,the fecond,againfl re- ligion, the third,againfl charitie, the laft,againfl temperance. The workesofthe fkkfh againftchaflitie,are foure; and they are
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