Serm.I3. in ¿1Tattural and Spiritual Perfons 3, The difparicy of the fight managed by way of rebellion on the part of Sin, by way of Loyalty and Authority on the part of Grace whence Bez,a and Ptfcator renvler it relsellamem. 4.The dubioufnefs of the fight,both parties often fighting as it were aquo M.rte ; fometimes one, fotnetimes the ocher teeming to get the bcccer,as in the bate' between Ifrael and Amaleck,, Exod.t7.I I. 5. The fad event too often on the better fide which is led Capture ; in which term yet there is a mixture of comfort ; Sin when in Triumph atfing as a Tyrant, not as a Lawful Soveraign : The Law of the mind may be overborn by, but never indents with the Law of the members ; as a perfon inflaved by force, but not by contra& ; or as Schoolboys in a mifrule may fhuc their Mailer for a while out of doers ; but at lafi he gets in and they pay dearly for that affront. Withal, note in the Text a mixture of civil and military terms to illuflrate the fpiritual conflict ; there being a Law -fuir, as well as a pitchc Battel, between Grace and Corruption. The Text is limited by, the Apofale to the Regenerate ; yet may in The fcopc of a good and true fence be extended to the unregenerate alto, ha whom the Text, there is a Law of the mind ; namely, the Law of Reafora, though not of Regeneration. Yea, Porphyrisa lib. t `' d naffs ufes the Apoilles phrafe, calling it 76 roecov -rz; vois. Taking therefore the Law of the mind and the Law of th members in a large fenfe, may not every one take up this complain Df the Apolfle? Thence note, In every ma ,efpecially in the Negenerate,there is a ConfliF,f between Do &r; the Law of the Mind,and the Law of the Members. That it is fo appears by a threefold Evidence. The in; 2. By thete[limony of Nature fpeaking in Heathen. Thus Medea; Video meliora, probotn deteriora fegNor. So Simplicius etd Epilletunay, o, 1tio?ov KtYNc c (he iis7Y 14s7iiS agT' a tJTÓY u07cav9,4ss; ' d,'; .tr'0,m7av Aaßûox The irrational appetite difplacts reafon, &s.and leads 'rive. 2.b :e nony of Scripture, and that I.As to the Godly, Gal.S.t7. The lfV againft the Spirit, &c. z. As to the unregenerate, in- ilance in rod who was troubled by this confli& between Luft and Confcience, 2W4rk 6.26. Yea, in the very Heathen, Rom.2.14,I 5.who by not hearkning to Confcience oppofing fin in them, felt Confcienc* accuGng them for fin. 3. By every mans experience. W o finds not every day witlfiti himfelf a contefl of contrary motions and inclinations ? A e we Mt all in this point Rebeccabs,big though not with ?"wins yet With In gait Sf z and 317
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