Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Sixthly, Again, that man or woman that walks after the flesh, in a course of sin, to give satisfaction and contentment unto the flesh, that makes it to be the great care and endeavour of it for to satisfy the flesh, such of you, whose consciences tell you, that the contentment of your hearts is some fleshly thing, and that in the course of your lives you walk after the flesh, certainly if you should now die, your souls would be lost; and that is clear out of Rom. 8.1. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, that walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. Therefore those that do not walk after the spirit, but after the flesh, there is condemnation unto them at the present; O! if men had but enlightened and stirring consciences, how easy would it be for men and women to see themselves in a restless condition, and to conclude, that if these things be the truths of God, then I am in such a condition, and though I do not know what God may work for time to come, yet if I should now die, my soul would be lost eternally; and so that other place, in Rom. 8. They that live after the flesh shall die; that is, perish eternally; if your hearts be after the flesh, after fleshly things, and they are the ⟨p. 292⟩things that you mind, and if you would speak as in the presence of God, you cannot but acknowledge that the things of the flesh, are the things that do take up your hearts, that are the adequate objects of your spirits, and you think your great good and contentment lies in them; so that if so be you might but live always in this world, and have those contentments to the flesh, as you desire, you would care for nothing else, but your hearts would be fully satisfied; this is living after the flesh; now the Scripture tells us clearly, that those that live after the flesh thus, shall die. It is your great care that the flesh be satisfied, and it is Gods threat, that when you make it thus your great care to satisfy the flesh, that you shall die, so that this is a perishing condition unto you.

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