Reuel, t.z6. s7.and 3 t L. §.Sea.16. That vvc may be mooned to loathe the vvoíid, ando, long fireter-, nail life. Phil. 1.11.23. §.Set 1.17. The conclufen nftheformer point. §.Se11.t$. The laft coni- lation,taken from our 44- red vic7ariea- gaiuft,finne. 636 ..' onsfert.tfar rhofe whoPe andfeele their imperfeêtiont. quell a more excellent crowne ofcternall glorie:asappea - reth,Reuel.2.26.2y.and 3.21. Lafllie, hé fuffereth vs tobe molefled and vexed with the relikes of our finnes; that hereby he may make vs to loathe this world and vale ofmiferie, wherein we can doe nothing but breake the coinmandements of our dèare louing fa- ther; and may be moued todelire that heauenly life inGads kingdome, whenhauing laid aCde all corruption,we Ihall be indued withail perfection, andbe fullie enabled to per- forme fuch obedience vntoGod as he required. For Peeing finne is notfully vanquifhed till it be fubdued by our death, nor we euer at mil and free from theaffaults thereof, till wee refl in thegraue ; therefore the childrenofGodare content to forfake theworld, becaufe they can no otherwifeforfake their (mues; and delire rather to indure death, than they wouldhaue finne to liue with them, as appeareth in theex- ample ofthe ApofllePaul,Phil.z.22.23. And thus haue I (hewed the wifedome and powerofGod, who turneth euen the fiunes ofhis children to their good, which are in theirowne nature euill; and therefore though we arecontinually tobewailethem,and todelirebyal means to be freed from them, yet we are not defperatelie to fnke wider them, not daringto encounter them, fceing now they :cannot condemne vs naynot fomuch as hurt vs, but rather arefo ordered byGodsall-wifeprouidence, that they ferue for the manifeflation ofhis glorie, and furthering of our faluation,lo that wedoenot with willingdelight nor flauifh fearc yceld vnto them, but to the vttermofl ofour power make refiflance, and delire and indeuour to ouercome then. Now in the fife and lafl place let vs confider, that though our flelh be neuer fo flrong, and the innumerable corrupti- ons thereoffeemevnrefiflable,and thoughon the other fide our fpirituall man feemrc neuer foweake and feeble, yet wee are not hereby to'bee difcouraged,:.feeing the regenerate part íhall molt certainelie obtains the victorie in the end, though in theconfli6tit reçeiueth many foiles. And though this little Damsfceme. in the ties ofa carnal]. S.sul, tobee faire w
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