210 An Expofetion upon Chap, Ti M. What it the doEírine or infiruT2i- on from hence? (erve herre, Rvther S t L. To let before us the wofull that all and wretched condition of mans na- the ttnre e ture, filch as it is before new birth ; aerate f i which appears in this : that the Law n'" `° `heOl which fhould f rve to call men to God, avi6 teeing even the cloth make them the more to fly from him,and to run away headlong unto fin veth ad -g nntage to an; It rn ;ontrary with the regenerate! ROAß. a8. and death.' For as ftubborne difeafes (as the Canker or Leprofie, which) by laying to of remedies become the worfe:even fuch is the loft of our finful hearts,encreafed by the remedie. Afo, as an untamed horfe which the more he is (purred forward, the more he goeth backward, and as a wicked fon, who being commanded a duty,doth the more labour againfl it: even fo it fareth with our corrupt minds,they give themfelves the more to do evill, the more they be forbidden them: and this cloth bewray the moll untoward difpofïtion of our crooked nature,altogether(before grace received) adverfe and eltranged from God, and all goodnels. Trse. What rife and profit is to be made of this DoElrine? Sri. Firs, it taketh the whole fault ofourfins from the Law, and layeth it where it ought to be, even upon the naughtinefs of our nature. For the cofip gene- Law is no more to be blamed by becom- :,,,,, p ing the occafion of fo great and many itpratr tat evils, then a Phyfitian is to be blamed, t4í4., in be. a,_ if upon the forbidding cold drink unto .u..., rx a tick man, the patient fhould more pr44,bea, Am acne.. frequently thirfl after it. Secondly, 4444 x114 that there is nothing fo good, but it To,,, may become the occafion through our default, of grievous evils ; as God, his works, his benefits, hisjudgments, his creatures, yea his Gofpel, and his Son, proveth a itoneofflumbling,and a rock of offence. T i M. What other rife of Ibis former do.. Urine.? S n L. The exceeding vicious quality of our poifoned nature,fhould caufe all men by all polfible means to leek to have it renewed.Secondly, fuck as have their nature already cured and changed by the grace of new birth, mutt fee that there is caufe for them to be humbled, both in regardthat theywere once under the power of this poifoned corruption, and have Sill the remnants of it (tick- ing in them, and foliciting them to of- fend. Thirdly, it mutt admonifb all which come to heare Gods word, to heare it with fear and prayer, that they be not made the worfe by it through the faul t of their own wicked nature. T t u. What is meant bere by Concu- pifcence? S r L. By Concupifcence is meant a- All naugh. &uaillufts or evill delires both unvo- tr°" firR °'° and foe. luntary and voluntary. For it is plain- cons: roth ly ditlinguithed from fin (which is ori- ginall Coucu ifcence) as fruit from the Tv,. .. root. And byVall manner of Concupi- fcencel is meant all evill delires and mo- tions ofall kinds and forts, either a- gainfl holinefs required in the fiat, or righteoufnefs commanded in the fecond Table of the Law. Tim. Were not theft in men before they knew the Commandement, _Icing he faith, they are wrought by it? S i L. Yes,thefewickedmotions age both in us, and are fomewhat known of us before we have the knowledge of the Commandement which forbids them: but they are not known fo fully and fo abfolutely, nor the great force of them fo fully felt,as after the true know - ledg of the Law is once had. T r sr. What do theft words [wrought in me] poet see in mind of? S r L. That if this happen to Paul, what may happen to us? The cafe of Paul is every mans cafe :for we are all by nature alike perverts; and our naturali perverfnefs will be as ready upon the do &nine of the Law, forbidding and condemning our lulls and inward evill motions, to break out and more to be enraged and encreafed by that which fhould do it good: which though wé do not perceive till afterwards (as Paul did I not) yet when it is perceived, it fhould move us to jutlifie the Law, and con- ¡lam our (elves after Pauls example. T t M, Is there any other doeirive ortt of the former words? S I L. Yea, namely , that originali Con cu.ifcence
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