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virtue_n and_o goodness_n purify_v and_o exalt_v a_o man_n natural_a temper_n and_o make_v his_o very_a look_n more_o clear_a and_o brisk_a 3._o our_o body_n shall_v be_v raise_v in_o power_n this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o school_n call_v the_o agility_n of_o our_o heavenly_a body_n the_o nimbleness_n of_o their_o motion_n by_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v render_v most_o obedient_a and_o able_a instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o this_o state_n our_o body_n be_v no_o better_o than_o clog_v and_o fetter_n which_o confine_v and_o restrain_v the_o freedom_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o hinder_v it_o be_v all_o her_o operation_n the_o corruptible_a body_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o solomon_n press_v down_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o earthly_a tabernacle_n weigh_v down_o the_o mind_n that_o muse_v upon_o many_o thing_n our_o dull_a sluggish_a and_o unactive_a body_n be_v often_o unable_a often_o unready_a and_o backward_o to_o execute_v the_o order_n and_o obey_v the_o command_n 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christian_n in_o their_o baptism_n as_o well_o as_o the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n it_o continual_o tempt_v and_o solicit_v we_o to_o evil_a every_o sense_n be_v a_o snare_n to_o we_o and_o all_o its_o lust_n and_o appetite_n be_v inordinate_a and_o insatiable_a it_o be_v impatient_a of_o christ_n yoke_n and_o refuse_v discipline_n it_o be_v ungovernable_a and_o often_o rebell_v against_o reason_n and_o the_o law_n in_o our_o member_n war_v against_o the_o law_n of_o our_o mind_n and_o bring_v we_o into_o captivity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v in_o our_o member_n and_o when_o the_o spirit_n be_v willing_a the_o flesh_n be_v weak_a so_o that_o the_o best_a man_n be_v force_v to_o keep_v it_o under_o and_o use_v it_o hardly_o lest_o it_o shall_v betray_v they_o into_o folly_n and_o misery_n we_o be_v now_o in_o a_o state_n of_o warfare_n and_o must_v always_o be_v upon_o our_o guard_n and_o watch_v continual_o arm_v and_o defend_v ourselves_o against_o the_o assault_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o all_o its_o violent_a and_o impetuous_a motion_n how_o do_v it_o hinder_v we_o in_o all_o our_o religious_a devotion_n how_o soon_o do_v it_o jade_v our_o mind_n when_o employ_v in_o any_o divine_a or_o spiritual_a meditation_n or_o how_o easy_o by_o its_o bewitch_a and_o enchant_a pleasure_n do_v it_o divert_v they_o from_o such_o noble_a exercise_n so_o that_o st._n paul_n break_v forth_o into_o this_o sad_a and_o mournful_a complaint_n rom._n 7.24_o o_o wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n who_o shall_v death_n shall_v that_o shall_v give_v we_o a_o full_a and_o final_a deliverance_n when_o once_o we_o have_v obtain_v the_o resurrection_n unto_o life_n we_o shall_v not_o any_o more_o feel_v those_o lusting_n of_o the_o flesh_n against_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v here_o so_o troublesome_a and_o uneasy_a to_o we_o our_o flesh_n shall_v then_o cease_v to_o vex_v our_o soul_n with_o its_o evil_a 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mortal_a flesh_n to_o refine_v our_o affection_n and_o raise_v they_o from_o thing_n below_o to_o thing_n above_o to_o take_v off_o our_o heart_n and_o leisurely_o to_o disengage_v they_o from_o thing_n present_a and_o sensible_a and_o to_o use_v and_o accustom_v ourselves_o to_o think_v of_o and_o converse_v with_o thing_n spiritual_a and_o invisible_a that_o so_o our_o soul_n when_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o this_o earthly_a body_n may_v be_v prepare_v and_o dispose_v to_o actuate_v and_o inform_v a_o pure_a and_o spiritual_a one_o as_o have_v before_o hand_n taste_v and_o relish_v spiritual_a delight_n and_o pleasure_n and_o be_v in_o some_o degree_n acquaint_v with_o those_o object_n which_o shall_v then_o be_v present_v to_o we_o a_o soul_n whole_o immerse_v and_o bury_v in_o this_o earthly_a body_n be_v not_o at_o all_o fit_a and_o qualify_v