A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is

Thus you see, That whatsoever a man doth in reference to God, he is wholly carnal and fleshly in it, he is not carried out with a suitable principle of the Spirit, to that which is spiritual, and this may be discovered in many branches; it is also very useful and profitable; for hereby they shall see, that the only things which they rely upon, as religious worship of God, and the evidences of their salvation, are so far from being a true stay to them, that like thorns they will pierce their hands: If a mans spirituals be carnals, How great are his carnals? If his Religion, if his devotion, if the matters of his God, be thus altogether fleshly, What will his sins and corruptions appear to be? We have already instanced in one particular, viz. The Doctrine to be believed, and declared, how carnal a man is in that. We proceed further to illustrate this necessary Truth, and therefore.

Thus you see, That whatsoever a man doth in reference to God, he is wholly carnal and fleshly in it, he is not carried out with a sutable principle of the Spirit, to that which is spiritual, and this may be discovered in many branches; it is also very usefull and profitable; for hereby they shall see, that the onely things which they relie upon, as religious worship of God, and the evidences of their salvation, are so farre from being a true stay to them, that like thorns they will pierce their hands: If a mans spirituals be carnals, How great are his carnals? If his Religion, if his devotion, if the matters of his God, be thus altogether flashly, What will his sins and corruptions appear to be? We have already instanced in one particular, viz. The Doctrine to be believed, and declared, how carnal a man is in that. We proceed further to illustrate this necessary Truth, and therefore.

Secondly, Every natural man in his religious worship, is wholly carnal, as well as in his Doctrine to be believed. For if we consult the Scripture, and observe what was the cause of all that Idolatry and spiritual abomination, for which God did so severely punish the children of Israel, was it not from a carnal fleshly mind within? Therefore you heard, Gal. 5. Idolatry is made a work of the flesh, when they changed the glory of God into the similitude of an Ox, that eateth bay; Was not this to please the eye? And so their goodly Altars, their goodly Images, which the Prophet mentioneth, Were not all these, because of their suitableness to a carnal mind? We need not instance in Pagans or Heathens, who are wholly in darkness, without any supernatural light; But if we take notice of the Christian Church in all the successive Ages thereof, How potent and predominant have carnal principles been in all their Devotions? And is not Popery to this day a full demonstration of this Truth? So that that notable expression of our Saviour,