The differen- ces betwrene thefanes of the regenerate and the antrtgenerate, 2454113. 644 Comforts,for themu-baffsnnes Satan aggrauateth, lines than be ditìorced from our Cannes. Whofoeuer there- . fore through his-weaknes a:nd infirmitie is led captiue vnto finne, andbeing enthralledby this tyrant earnef+ly defireth libertie, and Bothnot willingly run, but is violently drawne bySatans temptations and his owne corruptions, and ha wing finned is not therewith delighted, but exceedingly grieued that byhis finne hebath difpleafedGod ; and feeing his owne weakneffe and infirmities dothbewaile them, and fleeth vnro Godby feruent prayer, defiring the afifiance of his holyfpirit, wherebybee may be enabled to mortifie his fleíb and the corruptions thereofwhich heedeadly hateth, and to fcrue God in holineffe and newneie of life filch a one may afihure himfelfe that hee walketh not after the & fh but after the fpirit, and that-hee is in Chril} Iefus, and hath efcaped condemnation, though through his infirmitie and flrength of his inbred corruptions hee falleth often into finne. Though thereforethe fanó'ified man finneth,yet this doth not prooue that he is«iil in thefleíh and vnregenerate; fee- .. ing there is great differencebetweenehis finnes intowhich henow falleth, and thofe which he committed before hee was fanél:ified, or thofe which they commit which flill liue in the flefh. For firff, the vnregenerate man loth continually finne, heaping vp one wickedneffe upon another, the man. regenerate but ;fonmetitnes,; when hee, is _cuercome by his corruptions; the wicked man cominiteth finne with gree- dinef e, the godlie man with force kinde ofirkfomncífe and after a fort vnwillingly ; theone drawesfinne vnto him as it were ;rich cartro es, the other is violently drawne to finne with the firength ofhis corruptions; the one hunteth after firtne and the occafions thereof, the other is huntedby finne and Saws. temptations, tilt being out of breath and fain- . tina for wearineffe hee is ouertaken and led prifoner. The carnal! man finneth,with full.confent ofwill, and withplea- fare and delight, the fpirituall man Both not yecld without fob-pc reflal;ce ofthe.regenerate part, and as it were grud- ginglyand with the miflikingofthe fpirit ; he that is vnre- ve iet.a:e.itf:reth fame to raiguc inhim, and yeeldeth ynto it ...
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