428 I 0 F TH: & lull:s we fee what theyare,rJDhn 2. alllull:sare . referred'to thofe three heads, the lujfs ofthe Eye . the lujis ofthe Fle(b,andtheprideufLift. Now if , thou wouldell: know· - whether Chrift hath taught theeor:·noj whether thou h1ll:>this .cvi- .denee ofbeing in theCovemmt with him,conli ;. derwherher the truthbe fo . farre taught thee,. that thefe lufrs-are-difiolved by it: For I eflu Chrijl cttmeinto the worldto dijfolue tufts; as the lufts adfc from errour,fo theyare di!folvedby Tb~rooteof truth : .B.elov~d; the roote from_, which -every : . Mhscrrcur4 • lufr growes;is-fom6'errour, fome mifi:ake;now· · · take away the foundation ofit ; and the lull: dyes •.So that,when chrijl teacheth the right knowledge, when ,he reveales.hi~ - trurh to .usj as .a Prophet, he takes away , the roote, the oottome and foundation ofa lufr, and when' the foundation is taken away, the worke of the DevlU _ is di(folved .in ,us, ,it falles -to the I ; AllluR:s ref4t red to three huds. ·••Lufto(tbe : n,es. . ground. · As for-example, to give you -an ·inll:ance of – it in thofe three lufts~ towhich all the lulls in the world are referred: The /ejft ofthe Eyes, that is, when ·,a ,Man lookes upon wealth; and riches, and · whatfoever ,a -Man 1ookes upon, EWdiaft.r~ . it is but the fightf of ·the eye; Ecclejiaft. 5o Whatis-- the reafon tk at men-loveriches~·That they. feeke them, and ·heape them up aboue · meafurc= ~ Jtis·becaufe a Man is deceived; hee tbinkes there is fuch ·a worth ·in ·riches, and that they willll:and him 'in fuch a ffe-ad, he hath ·, an · high .opinion of.them, and thence comes.
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