A89503:1082
A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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The next Note is, That sensual persons are evil persons, 1there are three ranks of sinners, those that are given to to fleshly lusts, and they are the sensual, those that are given to the lust of the eyes, and they are the worldly; those ⟨p. 499⟩that are given to pride of life, and those are the proud, the great spirits of the world, see 1 John 2. 16. and Jam; 3. 15. with my comment there: our work now lieth with the sensual, who seem to be the worst sort of sinners, and altogether unfit for any worthy action and exploit: To find them out let us consider what sensuality is; 'tis an inordinate desire and delight in soft and delicate living, there is a due care of the body to keep it serviceable, and an allowed delight in the creature; he that created water, created wine, creatures for our delight as well as our necessity; and false Teachers have often set off themselves with the show of a severer abstinence; Col. 2. 19. 'tic possible that by an undue rigour the body may be used a little too hardly and disabled for better services; but yet we are more usually guilty of the excess, then of the defect, pleasure is born and bred with us, and therefore hath a mighty force and enchantment upon the soul; the first years of humane life are merely governed by sense, and for a great while all our business is to live and grow, and therefore most men miscarry by appetite, and an undue liberty in meats, drinks, and sports; now to state the due bounds, and limits which reason and Religion hath set, is very hard, different tempers and constitutions of body make rules uncertain: in the general, 'tis good to watch, least pleasure become a master, and reason a slave: The two general limits are, 1. The health of the body, 2. The welfare of the soul.
The next Note is, That sensual persons are evil persons, 1there are three ranks of sinners, those that are given to to fleshly lusts, and they are the sensual, those that are given to the lust of the eyes, and they are the worldly; those ⟨p. 499⟩