That the very body of a man is sinful and needeth sanctification, is plain from these Texts, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Having these promises, let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness; This is spoken to those also that are regenerated, none is perfect, they must be perfecting; As Apelles, when he drew his line would write faciebat in the Imperfect tense, not fecit, as if he had finished it, he would be still making it more exact; so should we be in our best holy duties, Amabam not amavi, credebane, not credidi, there remaineth a further complement and fullness to be added to our best graces; Now this perfection is by cleansing of the flesh and spirit, that is the body and the soul. It is a great error among some Papists, that they hold the spirit and mind of a man free from original contagion, and therefore confine it only to the inferior bodily parts, but that hath sufficiently been confuted, yet we deny not but the bodily part of man is likewise greatly contaminated, and like an impure vessel defileth whatsoever cometh into it. The uncleanness of the body appeareth also from that command Rom. 12. 1. where the Apostle enjoineth, that we should present our bodies a living Sacrifice, holy and acceptable; So that whatsoever we do by our body it is to be holy and acceptable unto God: Now this exhortation was needless, if we did not naturally offer up our bodies a sacrifice to sin, and to the Devil: For merely a natural man serveth sin and the Devil with all the parts of his body: Therefore the Apostle speaking to persons converted, Rom. 7. 19. saith, As ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, so now yield your members servants to righteousness; Thy eye was once the Devils and sins, thy tongue was, thy ear was, by all these sin was constantly committed, so now have a sanctified body, an holy eye, a godly ear, an heavenly tongue, a pure body; And indeed we need not run for Texts of Scripture, experience doth abundantly confirm the preparedness and readiness of the body to all suitable and pleasing iniquity; Consider likewise that pregnant place, Heb. 10. 22. Let us draw near with a pure heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water;
THat the very body of a man is sinfull and needeth sanctification, is plain from these Texts, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Having these promises, let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holinesse; This is spoken to those also that are regenerated, none is perfect, they must be perfecting; As Apelles, when he drew his line would write faciebat in the Imperfect tense, not fecit, as if he had finished it, he would be still making it more exact; so should we be in our best holy duties, Amabam not amavi, credebane, not credidi, there remaineth a further complement and fulness to be added to our best graces; Now this perfection is by cleansing of the flesh and spirit, that is the body and the soul. It is a great errour among some Papists, that they hold the spirit and mind of a man free from original contagion, and therefore confine it only to the inferiour bodily parts, but that hath sufficiently been confuted, yet we deny not but the bodily part of man is likewise greatly contaminated, and like an impure vessel defileth whatsoever cometh into it. The uncleanness of the body appeareth also from that command Rom. 12. 1. where the Apostle enjoyneth, that we should present our bodies a living Sacrifice, holy and acceptable; So that whatsoever we do by our body it is to be holy and acceptable unto God: Now this exhortation was needless, if we did not naturally offer up our bodies a sacrifice to sinne, and to the Devil: For meerly a natural man serveth sinne and the Devil with all the parts of his body: Therefore the Apostle speaking to persons converted, Rom. 7. 19. saith, As ye have yeelded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, so now yeeld your members servants to righteousness; Thy eye was once the Devils and sinnes, thy tongue was, thy ear was, by all these sinne was constantly committed, so now have a sanctified body, an holy eye, a godly ear, an heavenly tongue, a pure body; And indeed we need not runne for Texts of Scripture, experience doth abundantly confirm the preparedness and readiness of the body to all suitable and pleasing iniquity; Consider likewise that pregnant place, Heb. 10. 22. Let us draw near with a pure heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water;
