Tbefinfulneffe of ,£inne. of Chrifl is horrible and affrightfuli to him, and tt tree ,word ip him, tis out of terror, and not out of love ; his name may well bee'called Legion, for the lwarmes,the services, the strength, the War of lofts in the heart :'T:s a torment to luit to come out of a man, and to a man to be di1'poffeit,of his lufls,there will be paine at the parting -of tin, the uncleane spirit will teare when lie Erma come out : but in this principally he was the picture of our e- 'vill nature, in that nee was exceeding fierce and untame- 1llatrh S rs. able, no man dierhaffe by him; no chaines were trorsg e- M rko ç. ;,q. nough to hold him: and t his is th :. cbara&er of wicked men To breake bands and cords afä'nder, and to be their owne Ffal, z.3. Lords,. Pra1. r 2.4. Examples of this fierceneffe of nature the Scripture loth give us abundantly. The Ierves are for this proper - i Ier.. z,}. ty compar'd to a swift Dromedary, or to a wilde affe lid 8,txtuawis of desires, that fnar ffeth op the wind, as the ufe of Horses ï,,,,,, ;,,xs. is in their lu1 'l,'ánd cannot be turned. To a Horje ru/hing co=rx 9ela. into the batted; 'tis a similitude from the inundation and Clem. Alex. precipitancy Of torrents , that carry downe all before Ierem. 3,6. them. To a back\e- Eliding Heifer, whom no bounds can 1of. 4. 16. hold, but he will breake forth into a large place,and have roome to traverle his wayes. To a wilde eAfe, that goes Hof. 8.9. where his owne will and lull carries him, alone by him- felfe, no Rider to guide him, no bridle to reftraine him, no pretence of God to dire} him, no Law of God co over -rule him, but alone by himfelfe, as his owne Lord. Efay 5'7. to. with very Ferceneüè they did even weary them/elves in ]erern.9. 5. their »ray. Notably did this rage Phew it felfe in the So- domites ; they re j eá} Lots entreaties, they revile his per - fon, they grow more outragiouc, and pre(jed in even to G,etr. t cj.9, teare open the houle. Like whereunto was the rage of the Pharilees and lewes again ft Chriil, when he had fìal- 1 ly convinced them of their hn,and his owne innocency,' , and they could hold dilpute no longer with him, they Irunne from arguments to Rones and raylings, Thou at a SFtraari- aA
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