524 How riemay be et faredthat vehaue truefaith. ken withdiffidence and diflrufl, and afterwards thisdiflrufl vanquifhed againe by affiance, fo as after we haue vttered through theviolence of tentation force diffident and in3pa- tient fpeeches, yet at the length we grow to fobs refolution: lob r ;. 05. Though hee !kill mee, yet trill I tras(i in him. Wee may an difcerne- our zeale fometime fo hot inGods feruice,that it expelleth coldneffe and thefruit thereofdulneffe and drow- fineffe offpirit, and fon,etimes by them it is cooled and in outward appearance quenched; and the like may bee Paid afail the other fruits ofthe flefhand thefpirit.Befides which fight' and flriuingbetween them and theirfruits,theChrifli- anmayobferue in hit- afefe a mifliking of the corruptions of the flefh, great briefe and vexationofmind, becaufe hee is fill fubieel vnto them,and an carnet} delire to be freed from them, ioyned with an holie indeuour in . the vfe of the meanes which are ordained ofGod for this purpofe; and ho foeuer through theviolence ofSatans temptations and his owne corruptions, he be force times led captiue into fin, yet afterwards hee is grieued for it, hee hateth and abhor- reth it, and earneL}ly dcfireth and indeuoureth forthe-tizne to come to leaue and forfake it, and to ferue the Lord in newneffe oflife. Nove whence Both all this oppoficion and .contrarietie proceede? shall wee fay from the flefh, why it is againfl all reafon ; foras the Apotile James difputeth,Iam. 3 .11. Dotha fountaine fendout atone place feete Crater and bitter ? can the fg tree bringforth .olives, or a Bitte figs? or ra- ther as our Sauiour Chriflreafoneth Math.7. 6. Doemenga- )4atch 7.i6. thergrapes ofthornes.or figs ofthiflles ? fo may I demand,can Rom.7.18. theflefh, in the which,as the Apoflle affirmeth, dvvelleth no good thing,bring foorth the finites ofthe fpirit, which are quite contrarie to the nature thereof, namelie,forrow for hnne, hatred of it`felfe, and the corruptions thereof, and Barnett delire offanaificationandholines of-life ? it is impof- fible.And therefore we may conclude, that they are the fruits ofGods fpirit in vs, and confequentlie that wee are theFons . ofGodwhoare inducd witha true and liuelie faith ; for as Omo$ many asare ledby the (Ow ofGod, they are the rònnes of God, which priuiledge belongeth onelie to.the faithful], as appea- reth
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