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Thus we see what are the Lusts of the flesh; they are such as the body affects and is satisfied with, as intemperancy, incontinency, love of pastime, and love of idleness and sleep, these are the lusts of the flesh.

Thus we see what are the Lusts of the flesh; they are such as the body affects and is satisfied with, as intemperancy, incontinency, love of pastime, and love of idlenesse and sleep, these are the lusts of the flesh.

Now for the Reasons why we should wean our selves from these Lusts, which may be as so many motives to dissuade us from them.

Now for the Reasons why we should wean our selves from these Lusts, which may be as so many motives to disswade us from them.

Rea. 1 All these Lusts are so many Enemies to our Souls, 1 Pet. 3.11. they are the diseases of our Spirits, now if we satisfy any disease in our body, we feed the disease and make it worse; So we cannot satisfy any of these Lusts, but the more we feed them the stronger they grow: They are like the Dropsy, the more you drink the more you may, so satisfying increases the disease, the more you obey a Tyrant and submit your selves to him, the more authority he claims over you, and the more will be Lord it over you: so if you once give up your selves to obey these lusts and let them reign, they will Lord it over you, and keep you in greater subjection, Rom. 6.12. so that when a man pleads for his Lust, but this once that I may fulfil my Lust, and I hope I shall never do it again, but I will bid farewell to it: if I now take leave to go into evil Company for one merry meeting, I shall hereafter deal with them no more,