First, In respect of all the powers and faculties of the mind, soul and body, which, as a Leprosy, it hath in every part infected, and as a general flood it hath wholly over-flown: As God himself speaketh of the heart, that the whole pframe of it is only evil continually, Gen. 6 The mind qfirst, the Queen and Lady Mistress of all other faculties, which the Philosophers so much extol, is reckoned amongst the most corrupt parts of man, 1. Tim. 6. 5. and 2. Timoth. 3. 8. Men corrupted in their mind. So Rom. 1. the Apostle attributeth to all men by nature, an rheart without understanding, and a smind void of judgement. Wherefore, Rom. 12. 2. he doth exhort us, Be transformed in the renewing of your mind. And Ephes. 4. 23. Be renewed in tthe spirit of your mind. So calling the very power and strength of our mind, or that which is most inward in the mind: The mind, as it were, of the mind it self, to show, that in those parts that of all other ought to be the soundest: and where the force of reason should be greatest, here this corruption hath taken fastest hold. Wherefore in another place he speaketh of that most excellent upower and faculty of the soul, whereby we reason, and discourse, and draw one thing out of another; That xthe eyes of your discoursing part may be enlightened; as being of it self full of darkness, as yother-where he saith. And Rom. 1. 21. he reckoneth up in the number there set down, Men vain in their reasonings; and the will of the flesh and reasoning part are joined together, as both corrupt and naught, Ephes. 2. 3. Neither is the mind only, but the conscience also is defiled: for so the Apostle testifieth, Titus 1. 5. To the unclean nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience is defiled.
First, In respect of all the powers and faculties of the minde, soule and bodie, which, as a Leprosie, it hath in euery part infected, and as a generall floud it hath wholy ouer-flowne: As God himselfe speaketh of the heart, that the whole pframe of it is onely euill continually, Gen. 6 The minde qfirst, the Queene and Ladie Mistris of all other faculties, which the Philosophers so much extoll, is reckoned amongst the most corrupt parts of man, 1. Tim. 6. 5. and 2. Timoth. 3. 8. Men corrupted in their mude. So Rom. 1. the Apostle attributeth to all men by nature, an rheart without vnderstanding, and a sminde voyde of iudgement. Wherefore, Rom. 12. 2. hee doth exhort vs, Be transformed in the renewing of your minde. And Ephes. 4. 23. Be renewed in tthe spirit of your minde. So calling the very power and strength of our minde, or that which is most inward in the minde: The minde, as it were, of the minde it selfe, to shew, that in those parts that of all other ought to bee the soundest: and where the force of reason should bee greatest, here this corruption hath taken fastest hold. Wherefore in another place he speaketh of that most excellent upower and facultie of the soule, whereby we reason, and discourse, and draw one thing out of another; That xthe eyes of your discoursing part may be inlightned; as being of it selfe full of darknesse, as yother-where hee saith. And
- pGen. 6. 5.
- q[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- rRom. 1. 21.
- sRom. 1. 28.
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- u[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- xEphes. 1. 18.
- yEphes. 4. 18.
