felfc~inriching exAmination. 161 fbedding ofbloud. It is not the playingofa prize, for reputatjon ofvalour,but for life anddeath.Itis not for the difplanting ofone finne, or two,but for the utter dif-ceptring and dif-throning of. all fin, · though it cannot bee utterly banifht'out ofmor- j tall bodies. The fpirit in this fight is ever fo farre J conqueror, and viCtorious, that it fuffers. nor the . ,, flefh to raigne ancl domineere. It may fometimes by the auxHiarie forces of Satan be brought upon : his knees, but byanewfupplyofgrace it is fiill re.. freiht and furnifht for a rewencoumer. It will not yeeld to auy treaty of peaee for all the worlds p:1e... diatiori. It will admit ofno parly,take no truce, or 1 lifren tO any termesofcapitulation,but is fti11 fwea... ting,and toyling, and in bloud to the knees.,for the caufe of heaven, and in the quarreli of falvation. And ifit cannot fo fubdue and keepe under t)1e re- , bel,lious flefh as it ihould)and.dothearnefl:Iy dell re, it mourries and grieves, it willies to bee delivered from this body of death, and buckles faHer and neerer unto it felfe the whole compleat Chritiian armour. VVhen the flefl.I tickles and flirres, and tempts to the re-enjoyment of the. fe~fuall p1eafures of fome old finne, ·or goes about to enfnare the Chrifiian in the ponds of iniquity, the fpirit ordinarily fuggefl:s fecretly untohis heart fuch motions and meditation's as thefe : Miferable man, what goefr thou about ?what thoug4ts doft: thou . nowentertaine? Doe not thofe eyes,which are ten · thoufand times brighter than tpeSunne, fee the , fecrets of thy heart ? Art thou fe~rleffe and hard1 ned aga~nfr Godsjudgement?Hafr thou not hereN 3 · tofore
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