Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

Seventhly, Though a good man may be very carnal, yet he is very sensible of his carnality, and is much humbled; for when I saw, said David, the prosperous estate of the wicked, then I had such carnal reasonings as these, I have cleansed my hands in vain; but says he, I was a beast therein, Psal. 73.22. The more a man looks into the spirituality of the law, the more he will be sensible of his own carnality, Now a good man looks much upon that. As for the law, says Paul, Rom. 7.14 That is holy, spiritual, good, but I am carnal. Who was a more spiritual Christian then Paul? yet he was sensible of his ⟨p. 125⟩carnality. Why? because his eye was upon the spirituality of the law; Now so it is with all those that truly fear the Lord; they do not stand and compare themselves with others: For that would augment their carnality, but they compare themselves with the law and word of God; and so they are exceeding sensible of their own carnality, and are humbled for it. So that then now you see. There is a difference; And what that difference is; And though the carnality of the good Professor be not so bad as the carnality of the world, and the men thereof, yet it is evil; the best of this carnality is naught, and if you ask me

Seventhly, Though a good man may be very carnal, yet he is very sensible of his carnality, and is much humbled; for when I saw, said David, the prosperous estate of the wicked, then I had such carnal reasonings as these, I have cleansed my hands in vain; but says he, I was a beast therein, Psal. 73.22. The more a man looks into the spirituality of the law, the more he will be sensible of his own carnality, Now a good man looks much upon that. As for the law, saies Paul, Rom. 7.14 That is holy, spirituall, good, but I am carnal. Who was a more spiritual Christian then Paul? yet he was sensible of his ⟨p. 125⟩carnality. Why? because his eye was upon the spirituality of the law; Now so it is with all those that truly fear the Lord; they do not stand and compare themselves with others: For that would augment their carnality, but they compare themselves with the law and word of God; and so they are exceeding sensible of their own carnality, and are humbled for it. So that then now you see. There is a difference; And what that difference is; And though the carnality of the good Professor be not so bad as the carnality of the world, and the men thereof, yet it is evil; the best of this carnality is naught, and if you ask me