Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P74 S2 1637

all unrighteou, fnefe and ungodline. 55 of the tenivall Appetite not to be fo great a matter. SE R M. II. But to take luis ovine words, hee faith, the fame as it i is in Beaus; It is true, if it were with us, as it is with Beaus, it were no finne, and fo not a thing which gives us caufe to be fo much humbled : for in Beaf}s the fenfuall Appetite bath no fuperiour government, but is fupreme. To expref'e it to you, Take a horfe simile. in a pafure that is loofe, and free, if he runne up and downe and play, we finde no fault with him, for hee is loofe ; but if he doth this under the bridle, when the rider is on his backe, will you not now reckon him a fliffe- necked horfe, and count it a fault in him, for there is a rider on his backe. So for this fenfu- all Appetite in Beans, where there is libertie, and no fuperiour command to keepe them in order, the Beaus are not to be blamed. But take a man where G o D bath let reafon above the ,fenfuall Appetite, and grace above reafon to guide it; in him this fen. fnall Appetite rebels againu reafon, which it fhould obey, and this fnewes it to be a great frnne in men, confider ing:that reafon íhould be the rule to guide, and keepe in the fenfuall Appetite, for G o n hath given it for that purpofe. Indeed fome defires are naturall, C H R a s r defired life, which was law. full, and a right objed of delire; but take this with- all, it was perfehly fubjugated and brought under, and made obedient to the will of G o n, as His will was holy and fantified : So wee may defire meat and drinke, but many times the Law of God may f9rbid ir, as in many cafes it doth, for it may differ front the will of G o D, as it is holy, and yet ioit;kite it may be; right. Here is no more but fub- E 4 ordination

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