45° Chap.;. ACommenrarie vpon ture. Theywill be faucd byfaith : but their faith is nothingels but fidelitie. They fay theyworfhip God , but this worn; is nothing els,but their good meaning , and their gooddealing. Thefemen arccontent that atriaThal! be theirs: but they will not be Chrifls,and fuller himto haue a Lordthipouer them. S I I. If thou be Chrifls, then commend thy foule , and life, and all that thou haft, into the hands ofChrifl. Thiswas the prailife of131 d,Pfa1, 22. ofChrifl vpon the croflè:ofPaul,2. Tim r. t 2. And this praffife is the onelyway to obtainefafetie and protethon. For Chrifl nodoubtwill keepehis owne. la I I L Comfort. Ifthoube Chrifls, he will care for thee, and, nothing (hall be wanting vnto thee that is for thygood. Ioh,` x;7.29.. Rorm 8: 3 3. Therefore remember this leflon , Neuer grieve buermuch ,neuer careouerrnuch, neuer reioyce otter- much in the things of this world. If thou were(} at thine own t; difpofing and finding , it werefoniewhat: but there is one that cares for thee, namelyChrifl. The fecondpoint to he confidered, is,what is the f cfh? Anf It is thecorruption of the whole natureof man. For the right conceivingofthis,vve mull make adrflinfiion of three things, io i Mans nature, the faculties ofnature ,and thecorruption of both ,which corruption hash twoparts: the Joffe of the image ofGod,and apronnes to all wickednes.Moreouer,this ditlin- fìion mull bewithout feparation of nature from faculties, or of corruption from tither: foal wemay fay truly, that the na 25. Lure, and thepowers ofthe fouleofman,are corrupted. In the fleth are two-things. A e lion,r,and Le I. Byaiet7ionf, vnderfland inordinate affeaions, which thew themfeluesand beare (way in carnal! men, as anger inCain, lout ofpleafures more then of God ,in the men ofthe fall times. 2. Tim. t.;. 30 immoderate forrow in Ahab,when he could not obtaineIda. boths vineyard. r .King. 21.4. Lif.r are inordinate and infatiabledelres after the thingsof this world,a ;riches,honours,pleafures,&c.of this fortarecone- toufnes, gluttonie,,pride,the Juil ofthe f efh,&c. 35 The vfe. By this we fee whata Carnal! man is, namely, one that is carried away with forne inordinate afcf}ion,or forne in- ordinate tuff. Herod did many good things at theaduifcand motion of Iohn Baptifl,.whome he reucrenced': yet was he a carnal! man. For he was~pofTeffid within inordinate loueof big:
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