A Comforts for thofe Who (ee endfeele their imperfction.t. 627 regenerate he is holy,pure, andvndefiled; but fo farce foorth as he is carnali, he is finnefull, corrupt, and ful ofall polluti- on : as he is regeneratehewholly loueth and crnbraceth true holineffe and righteoufneffe, andabhorreth and fleeth finne and wickedneffe ; butas hee is vnregenerate he loueth finne and the vaine pleafures thereof, and loatheth righteoufhetfe as irkfome and vnpleafant. Iii the fpìrituall part hee contem- meth the world, and hauinghisconuerfation aboue he deth heauenlythinges; but in the carnall parthee loueth the world, and is prelfed downe with the cares and plcafüres thereof, fo that hisminde cannot as it would mount aloft in diuine meditations ; in the fpirit he ferueth the law ofGod, in the flefh the law offinne. Wemutt not therefore imagine,that to be fan6ified is to §. Sel` .3. bewholly purged from al corruption,tobe endued withper- That vve muß feòtrighteoufneffe, and tohaue the fpirit in full meafurc;but not d;eameof to haue the corruptions offinne leffened, and their power a- Perfection anion in bated, fo that they cannot whollyouerfway vs as in former ration. f tunes , tohaue forne holy defires and good endeuours of feruing God inholinefle and righteoufueffe, whichalto wee exprcffe inour a&ions,. although ingreat weakneffe and im- perfeefion; tohaue the fir(} finites ofthe fpirit in this life,ex- peéing thewhole harueft in the life to come : neither let vs yeeld toSatan, fuggelling vntovs, thatwe arenot at all fan- olified,becaufe weehaue fo,ne reliques of our old corrup- tions and manifold imperfections in our bcft aaions ; or that therefore our holineffe whichweehaue, is fo finall that it is to no purpofe, and that which we want fo great and hardlycomeby, that it isnot poflibie we fhould euer attaine vino it ; feeing thefe fùggeftions are fufficiently confuted, both by the Scriptures and examples ofal Gods children.For the Scriptures teachvs, that inmanie thingswefin all;that ifwe Iam. ;.t. fadwe haueno finne, Abe deceiue ourfettles, and there is no truth aloh. i.s. invs : and thereforebecaufe wee continually offend, our Sa- uiourrequireth that as we aske our dayliebread, foaltowee fhouldpray daylie forthe forgiuenefl'e ofour fumes. The A- poftlealfo telleth vs,shat there is a continual' fight ineucrie Chriffian, theflefh lulling againfl thejpirit, & the f iritagainfi Ga1.517. S f z the
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