4 Sea.2. That ourfan- aifica:ion is iraperfeeiand mingledwith our comp. tions. 626 T'entatians arifingfrom our imperf& f :sEhficatùn. C that Godwil ftrengthen theewith his fpirit, which thou haft a long timerefilled and vexed, by quenching the goodmolt tions thereof, thouhaft now no Phewofhope to effect that which thoudefireft ; and therefore it were much better for thee to ceafe ftriuingagain! the ftreameof thycorruptions, and to follow the naturali current of thy defires : for when thou takelt all the paines thou can}, thou art in one day ca- ned further backward toward thine olde conuerfation, than thou cant} in many moneths get forward in the coutfe of fan611fication. And thus Both Satan difcourage the weake Chriflian with his falle fuggeftions, to the end bee may hinder him from trauelling this wayof holineffe Which leadcth to Gods kingdonne.For theanfwereing whcreofwe are to know,that the fandificationoldie moft holy is impeded, both in re- fpeát ofthe reliques offinne, and corruptions which conti- nually cleaue to them, and in refpedofthe manifoldwants anddefeó s oftheir belt a&ions. Neither are wee fo wafhed inthe lauerofregeneration,but that there remaine invs fome fames of tha t fcarlet-ingrained dye ofour corruptions; wee haue not foclerelyefcaped out ofour old captiuitieoffinne, but that we retaine !till fornegaules and brutes, which make vs to goe haltingly in the waies ofrighteoufüeffe ; wee haue not fovanquifhed this fpirituall ei:emie, but that fill it will affault vs, yea,and often foile vs, though it cannot fubdue vs;we haue indeed ouercome thefe turfedCanaanites,fo that they cannot rule andraigne in vs as in former times, but wee haue not vtterly expelled them from dwellingamongfl vs; fo that doe weewhat we can, yet fill they will beas thornes inour fides tovexe and grieuevs. Heretofore the lufsofour flefh like tyrannicall Lords did againf} all law and iuflice ouerrulevs; but now by vertueofGodsfpirit aßîí}ing vs, we haue weakened their forceand brought themvnder; yet not fo,but that fill they will rebel! again!} the fpirit, and conti- nually exercife vs in the fpirituall warfare. So that the rege- nerateman is not wholly fpirit, as the carnali man is wholly flefh, but is diuided into two fa&rions or partes, andalwaies is atciuil warres within hiinfelfe : for fo farre foorth as he is regenerate
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