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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80577	An antidote against lust: or, A discourse of uncleanness, shewing its various kinds, great evil, the temptations to it, and most effectual cure. By Robert Carr, minister of the Church of England	Carr, Robert, fl. 1686-1696.	1690 (1690)	Wing C629A; ESTC R231166	82,048	192

my knowledge he hath carried himself soberly modestly piously and indeed every way commendably In my Testimonials for Holy Orders a little while after Utpote qui ex ante-actâ vitâ magnam nobis spem praebuerit Ecclesiae Reipublicae utilem fore imo pene necessarium The two last Ministers of Sussex whom I served when a Curate Mr. J Dn. of Ch. and Mr. Bor. of Tw gave me this Testimony under their hands May 10. 1689. That Mr. R. C. whom we have been acquainted with these three Years is a Person exemplary and unblamable in his Life and Conv●rsation Orthodox in his Faith c. My Conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost Rom. 9. 1. which is as Mille Testes a thousand Witnesses that as God's Grace hath ever preserved me from Whoredom and Adultery Nor do I know that my Will was ever corrupted to have once designed or intended any such thing and if I were to dye the next hour I could not accuse my self of any thing worse which I speak without any Equivocation so have I served God in my Ministry with a pure Heart a good Conscience and a Faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1. 5. Do but judge according to Charity which thinketh no evil and is not forward to suspect the worst Speak with Charity which casteth a Mantle over others Infirmities even as Christ terms the Church his Spouse the fairest among Women Cant. ch 1. v. 8. although she hath many imperfections in her as Mr. Ager's Paraphrase on it This says he is contrary to the practice of the World who if they see a Man that professeth Religion to be filled with many excellent Virtues that be worthy of praise yet if they can with thejr curious eyes but see any imperfection in him they quickly set him upon the Stage c. They are willing to behold his stains and blemishes and to cover him with infamy and reproach but they bury all things that are comely in him in the grave of Oblivion I begg of the Reader so much candour and ingenuity as to receive this Discourse chiefly rational and argumentative with the same honest mind with which it was intended that God would bless it to the great end of doing good and make it effectual for turning many souls unto righteousness that now lye wallowing in the mire of all Filth and Uncleanness and that those who have been more lately washed clean in Baptism and through their tender years yet are undefiled may flee youthful Lusts and escape the pollutions which are in the World and be preserved pure and blameless for that inheritance which is incorruptible undefiled reserved in Heaven for them is the hearty Prayer of Theirs Thine and the Churches Servant R. C. A Discourse of Uncleanness COL III. 5. Mortifie therefore your Members which are upon the earth Fornication Uncleanness inordinate Affection evil Concupiscence and Covetousness which is Idolatry THIS Chapter begins with an Exhortation to heavenly-mindedness that the generous spirit of a Christian may be elevated beyond those terrene and sublunary enjoyments and objects of sense to the invisible things of Faith v. 1. Seek those things which are above prosecute them with might and main use all diligence by the most earnest and serious endeavours for the attainment of those things as St. Paul hath it Phil. 3. 12. following after if that I may apprehend c. or lay hold on eternal Life and pressing forward for the prize of our Calling in Christ Jesus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our calling from above or our heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus v. 13. In the 2d v. positively Set your Affections on the things above the things of the other World those better things that you look for hereafter according to the exceeding great and precious Promises that God hath made you in his Son Negatively and not on the things on Earth the base and mean Objects the poor pittiful things here below as not worthy of your affections of your cares and your thoughts according to the original 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies primarily the application of our minds our reason and understanding sursum sapere as in the Latine to be wise for the things above and not the things on earth The Reasons enforcing this Exhortation are drawn First From their spiritual Resurrection in conformity with Christ If ye be risen with Christ v. 1. or have felt the power of his Resurrection as Phil. 3. 10. or as Eph. 1. 19 20. the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead if this power hath quickned you raised you from sin if this heavenly life and disposition be in you then let the same appear by your heavenly-mindedness 2d Argument From Christ's residence in Heaven in his state of Exaltation where Christ also sitteth on the right hand of God v. 1. in the lat part Is Christ our Head in Heaven and shall we the Members be groveling here on earth should we not rather by our heavenly minds and affections ascend up thither whither Christ is gone before to prepare a place and sitteth to keep possession for us 3d. Arg. Because 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ye are dead from these things below in the 3d. v. by a death unto sin as in our Baptism renouncing and disowning the World the Flesh ●nd the Devil to live no longer according to the course of this World the Lusts of ●he Flesh or the Works of the Devil in●onfistent with the Christian Profession and Practice 4th Arg. From their expectation of a glorious life hereafter at Christ's second ●oming v. 4. For when Christ who is our ●ife shall appear then shall ye also appear ●ith him in glory that therefore we should ●ave our Conversation in Heaven from whence we look for that blessed Hope and he glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Tit. 2. 13. The Apostle having enforced the positiv● part or his Exhortation to heavenly-mindedness with these Arguments falls upo● a farther prosecution of the Negative S● not your Affections on things on earth gi●ing the Colossians and us with them a d●rection how to carry our selves toward● them even in a Mortification of our Members which are upon earth Fornication ● that is of our earthly and sensual Affection Mortificare or to Mortifie in English as much as mortuum facere to make dea● cause to dye or put to death when applied to sin it is a figurative Speech take● from things which have life and probabl● enough from the Sacrifices under the Law which were kill'd and slain by the Priest b●fore they were offered upon the Altar a●swerably to which we must kill the old ma● of sin before we can become a Sacrifice a●ceptable to God by Jesus Christ Killing the Old man or the first Ada● as 1 Cor. 15. 45. Not in respect of t● Substance but the Quality the evil Disp●sitions the corrupt Nature descended a● conveighed to