Temptations arifngfrom our imperfeUfanc`lification.625 .._,_,.r.___... CHAP. VII. That in themoftfan&tifièd,remaine[one reliques ofPanne, and thecaufes thereof. Nd fo much for the anfwering of Satans firßc fort of temptations, wherewith hee laboureth Satans temp. to hinder our fan&ification by alluring vs to tation,c'hereby commit fnne. Nowwe are to fpeakeofthe o- hedijcoura- ther fort whereb he feeketh todifcourage vs itch thehbri- ÿ g Jiías in the in this worke,as being not only hard and difficult, but euen vvorkeoffan. impofiîble. And thefe alto areoftwo kindes ; the firft taken aification, from the great maffe ofour naturali corruptions and finali meafure ofour fan6tification ; the other from fome aauall finnes whichwe hauecommitted. Concerning the firft,hee thus frameth his temptations Thou laboureft much (will hee fay) and tireft thy felfe inattaining vnto fanetification, butall in vaine ; for doefi thou not fee on theone fide the vn- refiflable violence ofthy naturali corruptions, whichconti- nually choake in thee all the good motions ofGods fpirit, and forcibly draw thee into all finne andwickedneffe ; and on the otherfide, tivf finall meafure ofgrace and fan&tifica- tion, which is exceedinglie flamed with thy manifold im- perfedtions? How therefore can fuch weakneffe withfland fuch power? And how is it poffible that thy feeble fpirit fhould ouercome thy:firong flefh, efpeciallie Peeing it is af- filled with the firong aidès of the puiffant world, and the 'nightie power of innumerable dinels? Neither art thou vainelie to imagine that Godwill enable thee to ouercome all thefe diflîculties,for he hash giuen thee ouer tothine own weakneffe; otherwife ifit were his will tomake thee one of his holyones, he could with the powerful' operationofhis fpirit,long agoehaue perfectly purged thee from all thy cor- ruptions, and giuen vnto thee agreat meafure of fanótifica- tion, Seeing then it is impoflible,in refpe61ofthyweakneffe and thine enemies power, toaccomplifh this worke which thouhaft taken inhand, and feeing thou haft no affurance S f that
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