Comfortsfor them?rhofefinnes Satanaggrauateth. 643 tocome, that hee euer liueth tomake interceffion for vs;fo that thoughwe finne,yet there is no feare ofcondernnation, feeingwee bane aî.ßaditocate with the father, Iefus Cbrisi the who is the reconciliation Pr ourfinnes, I .Ioh. But here the tempter will obie& vnto the w,reake Chri- flian, that thefe promifes of the Gofpeli'can yecld vnto him no foundcomfort, feeing they are relirained to thofe onelie who are members ofChrifl leius,in whichnumber are none but thofe who are regenerate, renewed, and gouerned by Gods fpirit,-according rothatRom.g.i. Therersnocondem- nation to tho[whichare inChr:ft Iefus, *hich tba/k`e not ai`ter the ilefhhut after thefpirit. But thou (will hee fay) art not in Chrifl, forbeing ingrafted in this vine, thou wouldefi bring foorth thegrapes ofgodlineffe,whereas there fpringeth no- thing from theebut the briars and brambles ofiniduitie; neither walkeft thou after the fpirit, for then in thy life thou wouldeil Phew the fruits thereof, but after the flefh, which wholly ouerruleth theeand cafleth thee headlong intoall fin and wickedneffe. For the anfwering ofwhiich temptation wee are toknow, that it is not the committingof a finne or ofmany finnes, which prooueth that wee walke not after the fpirit but after theflefh,(for fo fhould all the children of God bee carnali and notfpirituali, yea euen the Apofile Paul himfelfe,who complained thathedid the euill which he hated, and found nomeanes to doe that which was good, but when hewould doegood,euill was prefent withhim : and that there was a law in his members rebelling againft the lawofhis miede, which led him captiuevnto the lawoffinne) but to walke after the flefh is willingly to obey it in the lulls thereof; to commit finne with pleafure and delight; to embrace that which is euill with full content ofwill cheerefully aid with all readineffe; to runne headlong intowickedneffe flubborn- lie, prefumptuouflie and fccurc!e; to haue finne not onelie ,dwelling, but alfo raigning in our mortáll bodies; to liue therein without repentance,ncuer gricuing for it, nor ende- uouring to forfake it, nay rather greatly louing and making ..fi:ch.high account ofit, that wee had rath.cr part with Our TA a, hues %Toten a.1.2.. §.Sea.3. satans tunpta- tionperfiva. ding vs that vve aPefittl theftfh. Rona. B,t. 4.Sec7.4m Vt'hat it is to vvall¡e after theflcfhand after thekirk. Rom. 7.
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