Creation ofthe.[reede. ofMan. ~--~--~~~----~ inthat the foules ofmen haue being and COil- A cye.oto the ground-war a; but n~nwasmade Zocb,,.. tinuance as well forth ofthe bodies ofmen as to goe vpright;andwhcras all other creatures r. inthefamc:;andarcaswelfubicChotorments ham: but foure muskles toturne their eyes Cohtmb as the body is. And wbe_reas we. can and doe roundabout, man·hath a fifih tu pull his eyes '·S·"P·• putinpra~ife !Undryachons ofhfe,Cenfe,movp toheaucn-wa.rd.Nowwhatdoth rhi9 teach tion,vnderlhndmg,wedolt only by the powvs/. fur<ly,that how!beucr we fee)<e for other er andvertue ofthe foule. things,yet firll: ofall, and aboue all,\v~ fhonld Hence arifcth the difference betwecne the feek<: for \he kingdome ofheanen ,& the righfoules ofmen, and beall:s- The foules ofmen teoufnefle thereof' ~nd thatour whole deiire are fub!l:ances; but the foules of other creathouId bee fet to enioy the bletfed elhte of tures feemenot tobe fitb!l:ances;becaufe they Gods ehildten inheauen. Secondly,it teaches haue no boingout ofthebod.ies inwhich they vs ill receiuing-Goch creatures, to returne are:but rather they arecertain peculiar qualit,ltankfulnes vnto God, by lifting vp·the heart ues ariliogof the matter ofrhcbody,:and vato heauen forthe f~me. Thefe a>e very needGcn·H· nifhing with it. llndit may be for this caufe, fbll and.profitablele!lons i-q thele dayes; for thatlbe f••ito{the btajiufoidtob" in the blood, B moll: men indeed<: g0evpright: but looke inI,Cor. l ~ ·4f• Heb.u.9 wheras the like is not faid ofthe fouleof man. to their liues,a!ldthey migh• as wcU ·goon all And thongh mens foul<s be fpirits as angels foure: for in their ronaerfation they fet their are, yetadiffcrencemull:bemade.Forangels whole hearts vpon rho earth·, as the beafi · cannot bevnited with bodies, foasbothfuall doth, and their eyes vpoathe things of this · mak-e one whole and entire perwn, whereas World:hercby they doe abaft themlelues, and mensfoulesmay: yea the foule coupled with c!eface rheirbodies,& beingmen,makezhernthe bodie is not onely the moooer ,of the fdues as beall:s: we fhall fee great number$ of body,bu: the principal! caufe that makes man men ~hat run and ride from place to place, to to be a man. proutdeforthe bodie, but to feeke the kingThe beginning of the foule is not ofthe dome of heauen, where their foulcs fhould eacnce ofGod; vnletfe wee will make euery dwell after this life m ioy for euer; they will mans foule to be God : neither doth it fpring not ll:irre one foore. ofthe f.'>Ulc oftheparents, for the foule can Thirdly,mans body by creation, was made no more beget afoule, then an Angel! can be- "templeframed by Godsown hands for himgetan Angell. And Ad•m i.caUed a liuing felfe.tod')'ellin;thereforeour duty is.tokeepe foule,and not aquickening foule. And earthly C our bodies pu,eand cleane, and not to futfcr fathers are called thef•thm •f •Nrj,dut, and then'lto be inl1:11olment$, wlx:reby,to pradifr not ofour foulcs. Itremainesthereforeas bethe iinne<;If the heart- If:;a man had a faire r,Cor.r~ ing moll: agreeable to the Scriptures, thatthe houfe whe•in'hcmqll: entertaiitea Prince: and ' 9• foales of men are then created by Godof nothould lnake·th!:reofa fwine-ll:yc, or.a fuble, thing.wlieh they are infufed into the body. would not all men fay, that' he did greatly aAnd though the foules ofmen haue a begiQbufe both the.houfe am;! the Prince ?•euen fo ning, yet they haue no end, but are eternall. mans body hetillg at ~hdir£! madeii pallace And when they are faid to dy,it is not becaufe for the euer-humg God;,ifa man iliall abufe it they ceafe at any timeto fubiill: or haue being bydrunkennes, fwearing, lying, farniC<ttiorr, in nature, but beoaufe they ceal<: to be righteor any vncleannetfe, he doth make itin ll:ead ous,orto haue fellowfhip with God. ofa tell)pie foe :he holy Gho!l:, to be a{\ye or Whereas ourbodiesareGodsworkemanll:able.for the duiell. For the more filthie a fhip, we mull: glorifie himin our bodies, and mans body i~,the mote fit it isro beadweJiing all thcaClionsof body and foule, our eating place for Gone and Satan. .J r.Cor.6. and drinking_, ourliuingand dying, n\u!l: beo Fourthly, man by creatioA was niade a ;~Cor. referred to his glory: yea we mull: nothurtor D goQclly cr~aturein the bletfed image ofGod: ••·>'·· a_b,_,fe our body, but prefent them as holy and, bur'T>y Ad•rm fall men Ioihhe fame, aod are ltumg facrtfices vnto God. Andwhereas God now become thedeformedchildrenofwuth: Rom.u. mad~ vs of th~ dull: ofthe earth,we arenotto ourdutietherefore is, to labourtogetagaine glorte and boall our ICiues, butrather to rake ourfirll: image, and indeauor bur felues to beoccafion to praife th~ great good~es ofGod, come new cceatures. Ifa Noble man ihould that"fth vouch£1fed to honour vs beeing but !l:aine his blood by treafon after his death the dull: a!•d~fl'~"· And afterthat ':'<\!'is create.d, poll:eritie will neuer bee a;rell:, till they haue what1shtshfe? alas It 1s nothtn!l buq little got·away the fpot: Man. by.Adtm! fall,is be- ' breath: lloppe his mouth and _h•s noll:hrtlls, come alimme ofthe diuell,a rehell and a iraland he tsbut a dead man.By thtsweareput m toragalllll.Godsmaiell:y: and this isthell:ate , mmde toconfider ofour fraile and vncertaine o~ euery one ofvs, bynature weare at enmity cll:ate, and to lay afide allc\mfid>tJCe tn ou~ With God, and therefore \veoughttohbour fclnes:and for this caufe the l'rophet Cf•J teaaboueall things in the world,tobe rellored in Er,_,_,._ cbeth vstohaue no confidenGe.in man, beChrilltoourfirll:ell:ate ancl perfcClion that caufe his breath is in his noll:hrils. Againe,let fo we may become bolic:ofhis bone . fl~fh of vs marke the frame and fhape ofmansbody. hi• fleth; becing iu!l:ified aod fanClifitd·hy his A11 other creatures goe With their bodies and obedience,death,a!ld pa&ion: '• 0 2 Fifthly,-------.
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