3 zo what difference is there between the Canflit1 Sertaa i 3 corruption in them may be equal, yet not act cyuzll because of the in- difpofednefs of bodily Organs. Thus force naturally are more chafle, fober and meek than others, and hence their temper advances the com- bare againfa the lufts that oppofe the forementioned virtues. 4. The contrariety of one Jut+ to another.Grace is uniform,and each virtue linked together in a perfeCt fubordinacion: but fin is divided,and oppofite to it felf as well as to Grace. Thus Ambiciou faies Spend, Cc- vetoufnefs faces Spare : Revenge incites to murder, Self-love retirains for fear of an halter. Here now is a cembire, but only between flefh and flesh, between flefh more refined and fleth more corrupted. The belt of thefe may be called a counter - motion (as in duff and clouds agi- t ,ted by contrary winds) but not properly a conflict or fight ; becaufe they proceed not from a true vital principle, there being in a natural man no principle of Spiritual Life. On the other hand ; In the Regenerate the còmbate arifeth from the Antipathy of two contrary Natures perfeßly hating each other, Gal.s. 17. Of all affe ions ( as one notes well ) Love and hatred are firf +,and mofl uncompoundable. A Godly man hates fin as God hates it, not fo much for its danger as for its Loachfomnefs ; as force creatures hate filth fo that they will rather dye than defile chemfelves. One Wolf may fnarl at another, but the quarrel is not laid in their Natures as it is in the Wolf and Lamb, which therefore cannot be reconciled. God in Paradife Eft founded the Trumpet to this All -arm, Gen.3.1 s. pro- claiming an eternal War between this feed of the Woman and of the Serpent. As in perfons, fo much more in principles, there is a mutual abomination. Compare Pfalm 139,22. Prev.29. 29. Pfal. 97. 1o. and 119. 123. and Rom.S.7. Enemies may, but Enmity can never be reconciled. II.They differ in the ObjeS or matter of confliS ; which in a natu- ral man is, 1. Groffer evils that Hartle the Confcience. 2. Infamous evils chit are attended with worldly fear or (hame, or 3. Some particu- lar evils that crofs temper, education,or cuflome,&c. But in fpiritu :l perfons, the matter of conflict} is, I. Little fins as well as gnat. 2. Secret fins as well as open. 3. The firft rifings aswell as chegrofs ass. 4. Sins which promife worldly fafety, credit, pro- fit, contentment, as well as chofe fins that threaten the contrary. s. In a word, all moral evil; hatred and Antipathy being of the whole kind, Pfalne.119. 128. efpecially of thofe evils which molt indanger the New-man, Pfalm 18.23. and fuch as are beloved fins, cilia. 18. serf 8,9. TII.They
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