The Life ofFaith. tot that to whom' youyieldyour Pelves fervants to obey, hie fer- vanes ye are to whomye obey ? whether offin unto death, or of obedience unto rigbteoufnefi, Rom, 8. 13. If ye live after the f efh, ye fhall die; but i fye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body, ye Pail live. S e Gal. 5. 16, 18, 19, 2o, 2t, 22,23. They that are Chrijls, have crucified thefief?), with the affeelions and lufis. V. 24. and 2 z. 19. The foundation of God ffandethfure, having thi' feal, The Lord knoweeb who are hie. And let every one that nameth the Name of Chriff, depart front iniquity. Objca. But it i,faid, Gal. 5.17. Thefill; lieffeth againft the Spirit fa that ye cannot do the things whicbyewould. Anfw. That is, every trueChriftian would fain be perfei'i in Holinefs and f) redience, but cannot, becaufe of the luflings of the f3efh : But it dotti not fay or mean, that any true Chri- ttian would live without wilful grofs, or reigning fin, and can- not that he would live without murder, adultery, theft, or any fin which is tr.ore loved thanhated, but cannot. We cannot do all that we would ; but it doth not follow that we can do nothirg, which we would, or cannot fincerely obey the Gofpel. Obje&. Paul faith, Rom. 7. 15, 18. To will is prefent wits me; but how toperform that which is good Ifindnet : andwhat I would, that I do not. Anfw. The fame anfwer will ferve. To will perfeíl ebedi ence toall Gods Laws, was prefent with Paul ; but not to do it. He would be free from every infirmity, but could not (And therefore could not be juftitied by the Law of Works.) But , he never faith, that he would obeyfincerely, and could not or that he would live without heinous fin, and could nor. in- deed in his flefh he faith, there dwelletb no good thing ; but that denyeth not hisfPiritual pryer (who fo often propofeth himfelf as an example to be imitatedby that that he wrote to.) Thoufands are deceived about their five, by taking- every un- rffcqual delire andwith, and every firiving before they fin, to be a mark ofCaving grace milunderffanding Mr. Perkins, and force others with him, who make a de6re ofgrace, to be the grace it felf, and a combate againft the fl.Jh, to be a iìgn of the renovation by.the Spirit ; whereas they mean only, fuch a F f 3 drfre 2.29 7y
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