The Spiritual) death in .6nne 2 wearyofit ; he is too (trait-laced in it, and there- fore cannot brooke it. A godly mate hath an in- wardaptneffe and inclination to ferve God, as fire naturally inclines togoe upward: indeed heemay fometimes contract impurity, and have force cor- ruptions, yet they are but as mudin a cleere and living fountaine,theyare Toone wathedaway; but wicked men are like ditches which are full of mudde at their belt, and there it lyes and con- tinues. Secondly, anotherpofitive ligne of this dead- neffe, is, Whena man lies in any living luit, orAM g ft;if 1. known fanne for as a mortali difeafeand life any cannotltand together,no morecana living lulland the lifeofgrace. That is a living luft, when al- though fonmetimes hee may have fits of refitting, whatcú loci, yet he alwaycs gives over, and ftillyeelds to that luft, Paying, It is theirnature, and they cannot choofe but commit it, theyknow not howto re- kit it ; when asifthere was forne prefent judge- ment threatned the; upon the cornrniffion of ir, then thou couldeftforbearc This I call a living tuft, andalthough it be but one, yetif other lulls tempted theeas much as that,thou wouldeít com- mitthem alto : ifthou forfakeft otherfirmes, be- cattle they arefuns, whyforfakeft thounot this alto ? Gal. S. 24. They that are Cbrifis, have cracifi- edthefle(1), with theafedionsand Imp. There is in every man abodyofTuft ; ifany memberof that body be unmortified, he is yet a dead man. i rim. 5. 6. Sheewhich liveth inpleafire,is deadwhilefhee is E dive.
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