"And what the apostle here calls tas praxeis tou somatos, "the deeds of the body," he therein expresseth the effect for the cause metonymically; for he intends ten sarka sun tois pathemasi kai tais epithumiais, as he expresseth the same thing, Gal.v. 24, "The flesh with the affections and lusts," whence all the corrupt deeds wherein the body is instrumental do arise."