A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

Christs young man that had kept all those things from his youth, had great possessions, and they were a great snare to his heart, Mat. 19. 22. The sin of the Pharisees ⟨p. 42⟩was vain-glory and ambition: some morsel there is reserved under the tongue, some sin kept with the greater allowance from conscience, and the less shame from abroad, because otherwise the life is fair and honest. 4. There is a greater care about actions then lusts: Wrath, and pride, and wanton thoughts are digested, because there is no violence and uncleanness in the conversation: Civility is all for the carriage, nothing for tempering the affections to such an order and moderation as becometh grace: Paul complaineth of his lusts, and the Law of sin within, Rom. 7. yea of such sinful workings as do not fall under the cognisance and discovery of the light of Nature, Rom. 7. 7. The first risings and stirrings of sin forbidden in the tenth Commandment, the least rebellion of Nature. Thus for Civility.

Christs young man that had kept all those things from his youth, had great possessions, and they were a great snare to his heart, Mat. 19. 22. The sin of the Pharisees ⟨p. 42⟩was vain-glory and ambition: some morsel there is reserved under the tongue, some sin kept with the greater allowance from conscience, and the less shame from abroad, because otherwise the life is fair and honest. 4. There is a greater care about actions then lusts: Wrath, and pride, and wanton thoughts are digested, because there is no violence and un•leanness in the conversation: Civility is all for the carriage, nothing for tempering the affections to such an order and moderation as becometh grace: Paul complaineth of his lusts, and the Law of sin within, Rom. 7. yea of such sinful workings as do not fall under the cognisance and discovery of the light of Nature,