Chap 5. sea 3· ~df,iJmpaU. fecond Adam regenerates us after his image; from the o~e·\ve-·-re-c~c-i~--e-l_u_ll:_fo_r_lu_fi_t,-a-nd from the other grace for wace. . .. . ' , Now according to th1s threefold Self, there ar~ three b1 anchcs of Self-do) r.l ; for-fomc things arc to be denycd fi mply ancl abfolutely, fomethmgs condltwnally, and · r ofition. fomc thmgs comparatively, and m ccrtamtcfpccts. upon Supp tl · g's are to be denycd fimpl y and abfolurcly, and fo a man is to deny 1 ome 1ln h 1 b f . d ·r frnp;t.f.!f; Firfl: generally, as it imports thew o e ody o corrup~wn, an concup1 - ccnce which we are to mortlfic and fubduc, to cruc.fic and to r,vcngc the bloo:l of Chrill againfl: it, Colof 3· 5. Rom. 8. I3 Secondly, fpewlly 111 regard of thofc r 1 ruptions which we in our part1culars arc more notably earned mito, wluch pcr.ona cor > .r.J f h · · · pf 1 8 D ·d lis thek;cpingofhimJe!f rom zsowntmquuy, a .1 . 23. :~' S~~ne things arc to be denyed ; conditiona~~y, and upon fuppofirion ofGods fpecial call, and fo a man is to de~y. hts. nau;,·alf eih whcnfoevcr tt ltands 111 oppofit10n t l ·n com]'ctition with Chntt, hts glory, Kmgdom, or command. And th1s we un o, or ' · h r l d h I ll are to do: I. Habitually, in preparation oft e 10 U, an t at a wayes. 2. At'tuu y, 1 " ever any thing dear unto us IS 111confiflent w1th the confctence ofour DLoty to ~~~n: 0 And thus Paul regarded neither liberty nor life in comparifon ofthe Gofpelof f grJce and of the name of the Lord J efus, A [fs 20. 2~ . -21. 1 3. 1h1s Mzchazah ~egarded'not hisfafety or reputation in A habs court, 1 King. 22. 14. Thus L evi regarded not his father, or mother, or brethren,. or children 111 th~ zeal of Gods honour, Eeut. 33 . 9 • Thus E7c/z!el regarded not h1s dear w1fe, the dcltght ofhts eye>, when God took her away w1th a ll:roak, and forbade hm1 to mour\' for her, Eu b_, 24 . r6, 17 , 1 8. Thus /vfatthew regardcdnothtsrece1ptofcufiomc, Lhk. 5· 2 7 . Nor .James and .John their nets, thw fhtps,thetr Father,when they were cafled to follow Chrifl:, Matth. + 21, 22. . . 3 . Some things are to be denyed comparatively, and m fome refpcc1; and fo a man is to deny his rmewtd felf, hiS very dutm, vertues,graces. I deny not but m the nature and notion of Dmies we are bound to feck, to pray, to practtfc, to tmprovc, to treafurc up, and exceedingly to value them. ; but in relation unto righteoufne~c, in order to juflification m the fight of God, _and mcompanfon of Chnfl, we mull: e<reem all thefe things but as loj[e and dung, Phtl. 3. 8, 9, 1 o. S E C T. 3· Of the Denyal of Sinful-Self; andfirjl of Cautions. ' F !rfl, we mull: deny Sinfulfelf, and this we arc to deny fimply and ahfolutely, whether it be the whole body of corruptton and conc~tpifcence; or thofe pcrfonaL <-urruptions which we in our particulars are more notably carrycd unto. Concerning b 1 {h ll . C 5 Cautions oth t 1cfc I a g1vc ome { Directions. The Cautions in general are thefe.-- 1. That the denyal of Sinful-[elf is flill imperfeCl: in this life, even iiuhe moll: excellent fci"vants of Chrill: ; the bell: ofus feel in our felves an,ther Law and power of fin r_ebe!ling againjl the law of our mind ; and leadingm into capeivity to the law offi>t that " m our members, Rom. 7· 2 3, 2+ Howfoever f<lf-dmyal is as a deadly wound g1vcn unto fin, whereby it is difablcd to bear rule or commanding power in the heart of a regenerate man, yet f<lf·derryal is not perfeet ; it cloth not fo flay fin, as that we have no fin at all in us, orthat we ceafe .to fin ; there is ll:ill the fap of fin in the heart of the mort regenerate and holy man ; hence fdf-dcnyal is not for a day only, but it mull: be a contmual work; as we have denyed fin to day, fo we mufl: deny it to mom;>w; for fin IS of a quickning nature, it will revive, if it be t:JOt deadly and conti~ually wounded. 2. As this Sclf-denyal isimperfeCl:, fo it is unequal, everyman having a port/o,n: •fgrace ~cc~rdmg to the meafitre of thetift ofChrijl, Ephef. 4· 7· The fame meafure of theSptrtt "not to be expected in all ; all have not the fame mcafurc of farrow for the1r fins th:it others have, yec it may be true, and unfeigned, and fo accepted of God ; the frUits ofrepentance are irtfome 30.in f ome6o. in fome an hundred-fold,Matth. I 3.2 3. Though every true Bclcevcr have the Spirit, Rom. 8. 9· And be a fpirituql perfon, R I Cor. J ::l ! C' lor. < ~H.om. 8.q. AEls ~o. 24. --=:f. 13· ' Kint s 22. · 4 Deur. 'll• 9· t zck :~4 . .6. 17, 18 Luk~ s. 27· Mttri!.).2J,22 Ephcf.4•7• Hath. 13. 2 ;. RoUJ. 8. 9.
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