3I6 What dijference* there between the Conflict Sernn, i 3 3. An Apology,. t. For the Llw as fpiritual,holy,jufl and good,v:1 14,16. Secon_ 1y, For himfelf as under a force, &c.v.t 5,17,20,22,25. The beí1 Gofpel Apology againfl fin, is ( under Chrifl ) a fore or after difcenr, z Cor.7.1 I. This, grace will allow for a good clearing of our felves. 4. A Gratulation,v.2 5.No man ,efp cially n® Godly man,can under the Gofpel want matter of thanks be his condition never fo fad, fince the former is not altogether hopelefs, and the later harp at prefcnt a parc and I nterefl in Chrifl. Coherence. My Text falls under the fecond head. The Apoflles condition was bad before Convert-16n, fad after convey-lion, truly militant and no re- leafe from this warfare, Ecclef.8.8. Chrifl indured the contradiction of (inners, Heb.i 2.3. Chriflians the contradiaion both of fin and finners, and that continually. May they not well complain ? as Pfal.12o.5.6,7. and Gen.25.2 DIvifion of In the words note I. An A& of Obfervation ; Godly men are great the Text. obfervers, efpecially of themfelvr`s, t)er.18 1 know, v.21. I find,and in the Text, I fee. I. The matter obferved ( a Combite or Confliá ) In which note I. The Cörnbatints'ör'Champions; the La1i't of the mind and the Law daft; the.menibersa The fgr»n'of a Being <call.a Lily, Bac. de forms Caiidi Aphor.J.becaufç Fortis like.Laws,and Laws like Farms do ' r ihafe and conllitü'te Natural "and Pólitick Bödies in ¿heir Being, di. llìnclìons and operations. Tfatablas calls it aliam vita, Laws as fortes being principles of action. Grotius diftingui(heth of a fourfold Law. T. Lex Dei, recorded in Scripture. 2. Lex Mentis, the Judgment be. tween things honefl and di(honeft. 3. Lex Membrorxns, the carnal or fenfual Appetite. 4. Lex Peccati, the Cuflome of finning ; to compleat which heads,we mull (with the leave of that Learned Author) add two other diflind}ions, namely, 1. The Law of Original Sin propagated by Generation, which is firengthned by cuflome in evil, and together with our fenfual appetite depraved, makes up the Law of fin. Secondly,The Law of fandtifyingGrfce infufed in Regeneration,which compleats the Law of the mind. z. The equality of this fight in a reciprocal oppofition, fin indwel- 1mg fighting againfiGraceindwelling,and contra. Arab. Cafirametantem, there being a pttcht Battei between Grace and Corruption ; in which Tome Graces and'Corruptions bear the office of Commanders,' others of Common- Souldiers _ails is noted in the Prepofition tam, compare ;.The
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