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:
fleshly
objects
are
his
chief desire: But
the
spiritual
man
despises them
all, in
comparison
of
the unseen desira-
bles of
the
spiritual
world.
The
.men
of
this
world take
pains
.to
gratify
their
senses,
and indulge every
fleshly
appetite,among the entertainments
of
this
present world;
but
those who
are
holy, mortify
their
sinful passions,
and
set their
affections on things above,
Col. iii.
1,
&c.
They
look
and
aim
at
things
that
are
unseen,
that are
eternal,
while
the
men of this
world :look only
at
the
things
that
are
visible and temporal,
e Cor.
iv.
I
8.
The
sinful
many,
or
multitude
of
sinners,
say,
Who
will
show us
any good
?.,.,
But they
seek
it
only
among corn,
wine,
and
oil,
&c.
The saint
prays
to
his
God, Lord,
lift upon
me
the light
.of
thy
countenance;
and
this
shall
put
gladness into
my
heart, more
than in the
time
that
their
corn
and
their
wine
increased,
Ps.
iv.
6,
7.
This
is
the first reason
why
holiness
is
described
by
the
word
spirit.
IIdly.
Holiness
is
represented
by
the
spirit, because
it
is-
communicated
to us
by
God
the father
of
our spi-
rits,
even as sin
is
conveyed down to
us by
the
parents
of
our
flesh.
It
is
wrought
in
us by his
blessed
Spirit,
whose
character it
is
to he holy.
In
Rom. viii.
13,
14.
yóu
see
holiness
described
as
receiving its very
nature
and operation
in us
from the Spirit
of
God.
As
many
as
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God,
they
are the
Sons
of
God;
and
it
is by
the
spirit
we
mortify the deeds
of
the
flesh,
or
body,
that
so
we may
live. As
they
that
are
born
of
the
flesh
are
flesh,
so
they
that are
born
of the
spirit are
spirit, ..John
iii. 6.
This
is
the language
of
our Lord Jesus
Christ. They
who
have
past through no
renewing and reforming change
of heart
since
their na-
tural
birth, they are
still in
a
natural
sinful state,
and
the principles
of
sin
are
prevalent
in
them
;
but
they
who
have been
thus changed
and renewed
by
the
blessed
Spirit
of
God,
hive
a new
and spiritual
natural
principle
and
temper
given to them,
and are made
holy. As by being
born
of
man,
we
become.
the children
of
Adam,
and
gain
a
sinful
nature
;
so by
being born
of
God,
we become'
the
.sons
of
God,
and
gain
a
divine,
.a
holy
nature. We
are born
of God
unto
holiness, as
we
were
born of
flesh
unto sin;
1
John
iii.
9.
He
that
is
born
of
God sinneth
not;
that
is,
sin
is
not
his
nature
and
delight,
nor
his