4. The world is to be crucified, as it is the matter of our flesh-pleasing, or the food of our carnal affections, and the fuel of our concupiscence. The grand Idol that is exalted against the Lord, is Carnal Self: This is the God of all the unregenerate: ⟨p. 15⟩This hath their hearts, their care, their labours. The pleasing of this flesh is the end of the unsanctified, and therefore the summary capital sin, which virtually containeth all the rest; Even as the Pleasing of God is the End of every Saint, and therefore the summary capital duty which virtually containeth all other duties: The world is an Idol subservient to the flesh, as being the matter of its delight, and the means by which its End is attained; as in the contrary state, the Mediator is subservient to the Father, as being the matter of his delight, in whom he is well-pleased, and the means by whom he obtaineth his Ends, in making his people also well-pleasing in his eyes. The Devil also is an Idol of the ungodly; but that is in a subserviency to the world and to the flesh, as by the bait of worldly things he pleaseth the flesh: as in the contrary state the Holy Ghost is in office subordinate to the Son and to the Father, in that he bringeth us to Christ, by whom we must have access to the Father. In the Carnal Trinity then you may see, that as the flesh is the Principal and Ultimate End, and hath the first place, so the world is the nearest means to that End, and hath the second place: and as there is no coming to the Father or Pleasing him but by the Son, so is there no way of Pleasing the flesh but by the world. So that by this you may perceive in what relation we stand to the sensual seducing world, and on what grounds, and how far it is necessary that we crucify it: The fixed determination of our Sovereign is, that if we live after the flesh we shall die, but if by the Spirit we mortify the deeds of the body, we shall live, Rom. 8. 13. To live after the flesh, is by loving the world, and enjoying it as our felicity; and to mortify the deeds of it by the Spirit, is by withdrawing this fuel and food that doth maintain them, and by crucifying and killing the world as to such ends. Our work is to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof, Rom. 13. 14. It is the world that is this provision for the fulfilling of our fleshly lusts.
4. The world is to be crucified, as it is the matter of our fleshpleasing, or the food of our carnal affections, and the fuel of our concupiscence. The grand Idol that is exalted against the Lord, is Carnal Self: This is the God of all the unregenerate: ⟨p. 15⟩This hath their hearts, their care, their labours. The pleasing of this flesh is the end of the unsanctified, and therefore the summary capital sin, which virtually containeth all the rest; Even as the Pleasing of God is the End of every Saint, and therefore the summary capital duty which virtually containeth all other duties: The world is an Idol subservient to the flesh, as being the matter of its delight, and the means by which its End is attained; as in the contrary state, the Mediator is subservient to the Father, as being the matter of his delight, in whom he is well-pleased, and the means by whom he obtaineth his Ends, in making his people also well-pleasing in his eyes. The Devil also is an Idol of the ungodly; but that is in a suberviency to the world and to the flesh, as by the bait of worldly things he pleaseth the flesh: as in the contrary state the Holy Ghost is in office subordinate to the Son and to the Father, in that he bringeth us to Christ, by whom we must have access to the Father. In the Carnal Trinity then you may see, that as the flesh is the Principall and Ultimate End, and hath the first place, so the world is the nearest means to that End, and hath the second place: and as there is no coming to the Father or Pleasing him but by the Son, so is there no way of Pleasing the flesh but by the world. So that by this you may perceive in what relation we stand to the sensual seducing world, and on what grounds, and how far it is necessary that we crucifie it: The fixed determination of our Soveraign is, that if we live after the flesh we shall die, but if by the Spirit we mortifie the deeds of the body, we shall live, Rom. 8. 13. To live after the flesh, is by loving the world, and enjoying it as our felicity; and to mortifie the deeds of it by the Spirit, is by withdrawing this fuel and food that doth maintain them, and by crucifying and killing the world as to such ends. Our work is to put on the Lord Iesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof, Rom. 13. 14. It is the world that is this provision for the fulfilling of our fleshly lusts.
