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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. A natural Man being estranged from ⟨p. 351⟩God, who is an infinite Spirit, must needs be Flesh: Thus God calls the Men of the old World flesh, Gen. 6. 3. thus our Saviour sets out Regeneration by its opposite, That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit, Joh. 3. 6. As the Body separate from the Soul is Flesh, such as moulders into Dust, and putrefies into Worms; so the Soul separate from God is Flesh too, such as turns into the Dust of earthly things, and rots in those Lusts which breed the never-dying Worm in Hell; neither is this Flesh only in the lower Rooms of the Soul, but in the upmost Faculties of Reason and Will. In the Reason there is the cankered flesh of Errors and Heresies, and in the Will there is the dead flesh of Impotency, and the proud flesh of Obstinacy against the Will of God. Hence the Apostle tells us of a [Greek or Hebrew], a mind of flesh, Col. 2. 18. and of [Greek or Hebrew], wills of flesh, Eph. 2. 3. And therefore the true Circumcision is in the heart and in the spirit, Rom. 2. 29. even in the highest Faculties and Powers of the Soul.
2. A natural Man being estranged from ⟨p. 351⟩God, who is an infinite Spirit, must needs be Flesh: Thus God calls the Men of the old World flesh, Gen. 6. 3. thus our Saviour sets out Regeneration by its opposite, That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit, Joh. 3. 6. As the Body separate from the Soul is Flesh, such as moulders into Dust, and putrifies into Worms; so the Soul separate from God is Flesh too, such as turns into the Dust of earthly things, and rots in those Lusts which breed the never-dying Worm in Hell; neither is this Flesh only in the lower Rooms of the Soul, but in the upmost Faculties of Reason and Will. In the Reason there is the cankred flesh of Errors and Heresies, and in the Will there is the dead flesh of Impotency, and the proud flesh of Obstinacy against the Will of God. Hence the Apostle tells us of a , a mind of flesh,