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The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…
The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. / Delivered in several sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. / Delivered in severall sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.
London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651
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But it is more difficult to know what is meant by the body, and what by the Spirit? The body is dead, because of sin; but the spirit is life, because of righteousness. I take it, here by the body is meant the body of corruption, the body of sin, that same Original corruption that is in all of us by nature. It cannot be understood of the natural body, because of the opposition to spirit; for by the spirit here cannot be understood our soul or our spirit, for it cannot be said, that any mans spirit or soul is life to righteousness, it may be said that it is enlivened to righteousness, but it cannot be said to be life to righteousness: therefore seeing by the spirit the soul of a man cannot be meant, I think it is clear that by the the body, the body of man cannot be meant. But by the body I conceive (as I said) is meant the body of sin, for so Saint Paul calleth it, Rom. 6.6. That the body of sin might be destroyed.
But it is more difficult to know what is meant by the bodie, and what by the Spirit? The bodie is dead, because of sin; but the spirit is life, because of righteousnesse. I take it, here by the bodie is meant the bodie of corruption, the bodie of sin, that same Original corruption that is in all of us by nature. It cannot be understood of the natural body, because of the opposition to spirit; for by the spirit here cannot be understood our soul or our spirit, for it cannot be said, that any mans spirit or soul is life to righteousnesse, it may be said that it is enlivened to righteousness, but it cannot be said to be life to righteousnesse: therefore seeeing by the spirit the soul of a man cannot be meant, I thinke it is clear that by the the body, the bodie of man cannot be meant. But by the body I conceive (as I said) is meant the body of sin, for so Saint Paul calleth it, Rom. 6.6. That the bodie of sin might be destroyed.
Now this Original corruption is called a body in these respects: 1. Because that it cometh to us by propagation, from the parents of our bodies. 2. To express the baseness of it, for our bodies are but base and vile, as Saint Paul calleth them,