Thirdly, Herein is the pollution of the body manifested, In that a man doth act more according to the body and the inclinations thereof, then the mind with the dictates thereof; He is body rather then soul, for whereas in mans Creation, the soul had the dominion and the body was made only for the use of the soul, now this order is inverted by original sin, the body prevaileth over the soul, and the soul is enslaved to the propensities thereof; Even Aristotle said, that homo was magis sensus quam intellectus, more sense then understanding, and so more corporeal then spiritual; man is compounded of two parts, which do in their nature extremely differ from each other; the body that is of dust and vile matter, and such materials God would have man formed of even at first, he did not make mans body of some admirable, quintessential matter, as Philosophers say the heavens are made of, but of that which was most vile and contemptible, to teach man humility, even in his very original and most absolute, estate; now in being consistent thus of a body, he doth partake with beasts and agreeth with them; But the other part of man, is spiritual immaterial and immortal substance breathed at first into Adam by God himself, and herein he doth agree with Angels: According to these two constituent principles a man doth act, either according to the soul or the body. In the state of integrity his soul was predominant, he was like an Angel in this particular, but now since man is fallen, his body is principal and chief, and thereupon is become like the brute bea••, living and walking according to the inclinations and temptations of the body; This the Psalmist observed, Psal. 49. 12. Man being. in honour abideth not, he is like the beasts that perish; And vers.20. man that is in honour and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish; Here you see, that though a man be exalted to never so much glory and dignity in the world, yet if he understand not, if he doth not live according to the true principles of reason ⟨p. 378⟩and grace, he is but like a beast, not only in that he perisheth like a beast, but also in that he liveth and walketh like one; Hence it is that the Scripture doth so often compare wicked men to beasts, to the Ass, to the Wolf, to the Dog and Swina, because they fall from the principles of a rational soul, and become like them in their operations:
THirdly, Herein is the pollution of the body manifested, In that a man doth act more according to the body and the inclinations thereof, then the mind with the dictates thereof; He is body rather then soul, for whereas in mans Creation, the soul had the dominion and the body was made only for the use of the soul, now this order is inverted by original sinne, the body prevaileth over the soul, and the soul is enslaved to the propensities thereof; Even Aristotle said, that homo was magis sensus quam intellectus, more sence then understanding, and so more corporeal then spiritual; man is compounded of two parts, which do in their nature extraemly differ from each other; the body that is of dust and vile matter, and such materials God would have man formed of even at first, he did not make mans body of some admirable, quintessential matter, as Philosophers say the heavens are made of, but of that which was most vile and contemptible, to teach man humility, even in his very original and most absolute, estate; now in being consistent thus of a body, he doth partake with beasts and agreeth with them; But the other part of man, is spiritual immaterial and immortal substance breathed at first into Adam by God himself, and herein he doth agree with Angels: According to these two constituent principles a man doth act, either according to the soul or the body. In the state of integrity his soul was predominant, he was like an Angel in this particular, but now since man is fallen, his body is principal and chief, and thereupon is become like the bruit bea••, living and walking according to the inclinations and temptations of the body; This the Psalmist observed, Psal. 49. 12. Man being. in honour abideth not, he is like the beasts that perish; And vers.20. man that is in honour and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish; Here you see, that though a man be exalted to never so much glory and dignity in the world, yet if he understand not, if he doth not live according to the true principles of reason ⟨p. 378⟩and grace, he is but like a beast, not only in that he perisheth like a beast, but also in that he liveth and walketh like one; Hence it is that the Scripture doth so often compare wicked men to beasts, to the Ass, to the Wolf, to the Dog and Swina, because they fall from the principles of a rational soul, and become like them in their operations:
