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An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustratedAn analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated
An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated by doctrines out of every text and applied by their uses for a further progress in holiness / by ... William Ames ...An analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated by doctrines out of every text and applyed by their uses for a further progresse in holinesse / by ... William Ames ...
London: printed by E.G. for John Rothwell, 1641London: printed by E.G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1641
Letter 1 › Chapter 2 › Verse 11-12 › The Doctrines arising herehence.
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Doct. 2. All the faithful ought to abstain from the lusts of of the flesh.
Doct. 2. All the faithfull ought to abstaine from the lusts of of the flesh.
But by this phrase are signified not only the inclinations of the body, but all those that belong to the old man: for there is something to be sanctified even in the very spirit of our minds, 1 Thes. 5. 23. and therefore some lust of the flesh is seated in the spirit; but these lusts are in general said to be of the flesh because they are most of all manifested in those things which belong to the body and the flesh: for most men care for and look after nothing else almost but those things that belong to this present life.
But by this phrase are signified not only the inclinations of the body, but all those that belong to the old man: for there is something to be sanctified even in the very spirit of our minds, 1 Thes. 5. 23. and therefore some lust of the flesh is seated in the spirit; but these lusts are in generall said to be of the •lesh because they are most of all manifested in those things which belong to the body and the flesh: for most men care for and looke after nothing else almost but those things that belong to this present life.
Reas. 1. Because the flesh together with the lusts thereof was crucified with Christ.