. Foure godly and learned treatises ... HOW TO MORTIFIE FORNICATION. Colo s a ns 3. therefore your members which are ufenthe earth :Formcation^uncleanmjfe^mrdwateaffeclio^evillcon^ctijtifcencejwdcwetmfnejfe, which is Idolatry. Aving handled in generallthc Do-drine of Mortification5acc<ardingtothe Method of the Apoftle, I amnow cometo defcend tothe confide-ring of particulars, as they are layddowne in myTextsand would fpeakof them in the order as they are ranked by the holySpirit, but that the affinity and ncereneffe betwixtthree of thefe finfies, namely, Fornication, Unclean-
. Foure godly and learned treatises ... HOW TO MORTIFIE FORNICATION. Colo s a ns 3. therefore your members which are ufenthe earth :Formcation^uncleanmjfe^mrdwateaffeclio^evillcon^ctijtifcencejwdcwetmfnejfe, which is Idolatry. Aving handled in generallthc Do-drine of Mortification5acc<ardingtothe Method of the Apoftle, I amnow cometo defcend tothe confide-ring of particulars, as they are layddowne in myTextsand would fpeakof them in the order as they are ranked by the holySpirit, but that the affinity and ncereneffe betwixtthree of thefe finfies, namely, Fornication, Unclean-nefle,andevill Concupifcence,makes metoconfoundthem, and promifcuoufly to mingle them us therfore confider firft of the nature of every ofthefe finnes particularly by themfelves,and afterward make. ^3o» to mortifie Fornication. 117 makefome ufe and application to our felves of themaltogether. Tke Dodirine that arifes ingenerall from thefewords, is, That AH Vncleameffe is a thing GodmMbave mortifiedDefirland quite destroyed out of the hearts that be woulddwell in. All filrhinefle and uncleannelfe is a member of theoldman;novv in fuch as Chrifl: dvvels in, the old manis crucified, he is dead with Chrift; now hee that isdead with him, is freed from him: and againe,he thatisinthefecond Adam^ hath power to mortific .themembers of the old man. All Gods children muft bepurified and clenfed from al pollutions the Apoftleexpreflely commands us^Epbef. Be ye followers ^gphefj,God as deare children: that is,be yelike unto God yourFather, as childrenrefembletheirnaturall fathers*now God is pure and holy, therefore muft ye be foalio: and then it folio wes, verf 3. But form;cationymddluncleanneffe^r covetoufneffe^ let it not be encenameda-mongJlyou,as becommeth Saints: that is, let all f
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