The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

And lastly, to show that this contagion sticketh to our whole body, and all the parts and members of it, the same Apostle expresseth sinful lusts, by the name of the lusts of the body, Rom. 6. 5. Because they stick in our flesh, and the soul by these lusts moveth the body, as the body again by them soliciteth and provoketh the soul. This corruption of all our parts, quite estranged from the life of God, the Apostle elegantly setteth forth, and particularly doth enumerate, Ephes. 4. 17, 18, 19. our minds to be vain and ignorant, our discoursing part to be darkened, the heart, which there he putteth for the desire, will, affections, to be hardened, benumbed and greedily carried unto sin; our selves, that is, our bodies, to be fit instruments of all uncleanness. This therefore ⟨p. 240⟩I say and testify in the Lord, that ye walk no more as the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, darkened in their discoursing parts, being estranged from the life of God, through the ignorance which is in them, by the hardness of their own heart, which after they have cast off all sorrow, have given themselves to wantonness, to work all manner of uncleanness with greediness.

And lastly, to shew that this contagion sticketh to our whole bodie, and all the parts and members of it, the same Apostle expresseth sinfull lusts, by the name of the lusts of the bodie, Rom. 6. 5. Because they sticke in our flesh, and the soule by these lusts mooueth the bodie, as the bodie againe by them solliciteth and prouoketh the soule. This corruption of all our parts, quite estranged from the life of God, the Apostle elegantly setteth forth, and particularly doth enumerate, Ephes. 4. 17, 18, 19. our mindes to bee vaine and ignorant, our discoursing part to be darkened, the heart, which there he putteth for the desire, will, affections, to bee hardened, benummed and greedily carryed vnto sinne; our selues, that is, our bodies, to be fit instruments of all vncleannesse. This therefore ⟨p. 240⟩