f Heb.15.4. t a Cor.7.9. u I Cor.6.I;. x Col,s.z;. y I co 6. i 9. z Rom.6.c3. a I Cor.6.zo. CHAP. 4., An Expofition vport thefirft `' E R. a} clean, that is, their bodies, or inflruments of gene- ration. That fig ft interpretation, S. eAtefilne fell into by this occalon. Dealing againft Pelagians in the qualion Originali finite, and the manner how it is conueyed to pofteriry, he was thus vrged by lidian: The foule is crea- ted pure, the body propagated by a lawful! aft of gene - ratign in the mariage bed : for that bed f is vndefiled : by what chinks creeps in this infection of nature? Saint A3- fine anlwers , that howfoeuer the vie of the mariage bed be, for thefiibflance of the act, vndefiled,yet may impu- rityinGnuate it felfe, through intemperance and osier. much feruorof delight. Truth is, there is as well Colin. gall, as Virginal! chaflity ; .which hands, not onely in keeping our faith inuiolate to the wife of our couenant 5 but alfo in the temperate and moderate vfe of the ma- riage bed. And I am halfe ofhis mind in this; wlaarfo- euer in that aft is not either for procreation, or preven- tion offornication, comes of euill. Rather by theveffell vnderfland the body. Not that the heart bath liberty to lull, fo the body bee kept from the act of vncleannefle : t burning lufs are commanded to be remedied ; but lb fpeakes he fittingly to reforme o- pinions corrupt and monhirous ; that to the a body was permitted a kind of liberty, fo the heart were kept pure . from that vncleannel %. Po ffe ffe : that-is,keepe and rule the body in holinefte: vnderfland it chaflity and freedome from pollution by vncleane lull. Honour of the body, flands in two things : Firft, x Health andchearfulnefle,Secondly,dedi- cation of it to the holy Ghoft, as 3' aTemple for him to dwell in ; and an 2 infirument to bee vied to the glorie of God. tie f umme is this ; that not the heart onely ,6 ut the body alto muff bee preferued in chaJity. a Glorifie God in your bodies andfofeles : they are both the Lords ; his Crea- tures,
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