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FLESI{ AND SP1YiIT, &C.
ESfiRM.
IV.
power of
flesh
and
sense
:
It
is
by
the powers
of
the soul
enlightened
and renewed,
that
we corne
to see the value
and
excellency
of
religion,
and spiritual
things
above
temporal
;
and are inclined
to
chuse
God
for
our
only
happiness, and
Jesus Christ
as
the
way to the
Father.
The understanding and
will
are faculties
of
the soul,
and
the
flesh
has no
part
in
their operations, The
soul
of
a
believer
seems
to
be
the more proper, immediate,
and
receptive subject
of
the sanctifying
influences
of the
Spi-
rit of God
;
and
this
will
appear
by
consulting
the;
word
of
God, or
the
experiences
of
men.
The
word
of God
leads
us very
naturally
into
this
sen-
timent
by
its
constant
language.
The
apostle speaks
in-
deed
in one
place
of
being sanctified
wholly,
and
our
whole spirit,
soul,
and
body,
being
preserved
blame
less,
&c.
1
l
Bess. v. 23.
But
he
much
oftener
expr?essei
sanctification
by
the renewing
of
the mind,
Rom.
xii.
2..
Renewing
of
the Spirit
of
the
mind,
Eph.
iv.
23.
Though
the outward
man,
or
body,
perish,
yet the in-
ward
man, or spirit,
is
renewed day
by
day,
2
Cor.
iv.
16.
And the
constant
language
of
the
scripture calling
sin
flesh,
and
holiness spirit,
in
the saint, inirnates
that
there
is
more
sin
in the
flesh,
and
more holiness in
the:
spirit of
one
that
is
sanctified.
Thus
we
read
in
St.
Paul's
discourse
from the 16th ver.
of
Romans
vii. to
the
25th,,
where
you
find him
all along
distinguishing the
flesh
and
the
mind.
By
one
of
them
he
complains in
a
variety
of
expressions,
that
he
is
led away
to sin,
while
the
other
of
them approves and
pursues
after
holiness; and
though
the
words
flesh
and spirit are
often used for
the.
princi-
ples
of
sin
and
holiness,
yet it
may be
remarked,
that
he
does
not
confine
himself here
to
these terms,
but
uses
also the words body, members,
to
represent
sin
;
in-
ward
man,
and
mind, when
he points to the springs
of
holiness
;
which would
lead one very
naturally
to
believe
that
there
.
is
more sanctification
in
the mind or
soul
of
a
believer, and more
of
the occasions
of
sin
remaining
in
bis.
body
or
flesh.
We
may
find
this also in
a great measure
from
our
own
experience:
We
are
tempted
to
many more
sins by
our
various carnal appetites and
senses,
than
by
the mere in-
Qlinations
that
belong
to
the mind,
which
are purely
in-
Wkiectual.
There
are indeed the
lusts
or
sinful desires