CHnn.zI x. !1 Commentetrie Von the 456 mine owne good,andvrge me thereto with the remembrance ofhis for- mer grace towards me? Oa what an vnthanktull creature were I,:ffo e- quail a futte fhould not preuaile with me, but goe vnrefpeeted ! In a word, let vs be glad of inch a gentle fchoolt:after, which inuiteth vs by filth allurements, which if they be not offorce to mooue, and preuaile with men, there remainethnothing but that the terrors and curies ofthe lawe returne againe vpon them, and thefe (hall fchoole and tame them wellenough. Nowwee come to the former of the leffons which grace teacheth, namely, to denie, 1.vndodlinefe, a. worldly lugs. By vngodlineffe is meant properly euery tranfgrelìonofthe firfi table, namely, all irreligion and open defpight ofGod andhis ordinances; all negligent all() and deceit_ full feruing ofhim: an inbredandmother hauing fo many finnes fucking vpon her, as thereare wales whereby any or all the fotvre firfi cenao.ar, commandements are tranfgreffed. And more indireeîly the fnnes ofthe fecond table are included,fo farre as they proceede from the neglect of the former. Syworldly !mils are meant two things : 5. the luf}ofvnlawfull things, which tend to our owne hurt, or our neighbours,in bodie,goods,name, &c. a. the vnlawfull or immoderate lull of things lawful!, which are t.Ioh.a.t6. brought to three heads. r. The lofts of theflefb, that is,defire tohue loft- ly, to fare daintily anddelicioufly euery day , and that the foule may take the cafe; and much more the fruits ofthefe, dsvnchafi delires, lull- full and rowing affections, and Iooks;loofe and vncleane words and pra- efifes. a. Lugof the eyes , the couetous and craning ele, the cull) ele, which can fee nothing but it wifheth it: the exceffìue leeking andhol- dingofearthly things, immoderatedelire ofriches. Achan will haue the curled Babylonifhwedge and garmenr; and Ahab will fall fiche on his bed for Naboths vineyard. 3. Pride oflife, ambition, chilli after prefer- ments, flare, credit, popularitie , blind felfe-loue, contempt of others, boafling, rafh confidence, &c. tuliswhyat. All theleare called worldly lufis, becaufe r, they arenet of thefather, ledwotldIy. 6ut of the world, that is, either in the bet} vieofthefe things fo affe6led, a they areofthe world, and refpeet the prefent life ; they are not diuine things but tend unto the worldwholly and are corruptible with the world which patfeth away: fo as it were madneffe to place the kingdom ofGodinfuch things, asmeare,drinke,honours,pleafures, though ne- net fo lawfully vied: Or elle thefe lulls are the defires'of worldly men: for naturally mens hearts feed vpon thefe lulls, till grace worke fame change inchem, that they can fee God inChrifi become their father,who a contenteth themwith bitter and Tweeter portions. 2. They are fo cal- led, i;4
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