The application of redemption

First, Lord at the Root and rise of a sinful practice, §1whence it springs, inwardly, otherwise we shall never come to the core of a Corruption, or see where the loathsomeness of a lust lies. The sting of the Serpent is small, and the skin pleasing, but the poison is spreading and deadly. Beware that there be not a root of bitterness, Heb. 12. 15. Thus our Saviour he leads his Disciples to the right discovery of their carriage when they asked whether they might not imitate the practice of Elijah, to call […] […] down from Heaven upon the heads of the Samaritans, because of their unkind dealing, Luke, 9. 54. Did one look but at the out-side of the expression, the pattern they propound, and the pretence they made, there would no great matter of discovery appear; therefore our Saviour leads them inward, says he, You know not what spirits you are of. The voice is the voice of Jacob; your pretence is fair, as Elijah his zeal was good; but you have not the spirit of Elijah, not the love of God, but the love of your selves, even the spirit of self-love and pride, &c. there is little exception that can be taken from any thing that appears outwardly, their Imposthumed matter lay within. The spirit of sin is in the spirit of a mans practice; may be it's but a short and snappish speech, a wayward carriage in a silent manner, and […], thou goest away, and sayest nothing. But from what spirit came this? From thy heart in hideous disdain and contempt, with […] of hatred, as though it had been a fiend of Hell, look to thy spirit.

First, Lood at the Root and rise of a sinful practice, §1whence it springs, inwardly, otherwise we shall never come to the core of a Corruption, or see where the loathsomness of a lust lies. The sting of the Serpent is smal, and the skin pleasing, but the poyson is spreading and deadly. Beware that there be not a root of bitterness, Heb. 12. 15. Thus our Savior he leads his Disciples to the right discovery of their carriage when they asked whether they might not imitate the practice of Elias, to call 〈…〉 〈…〉 down from Heaven upon the heads of the Samaritans, because of their unkind dealing,