Comfortsfor thofe thAtfeeandfeele theirimperfec`lioni. 64 i it fuch willing and heartie Obedience as the loyall fubiec1 loth to his lawfull King, but the fan&ifiedman obeieth it as ' though' it were an vfurping tyrant,-repiningly and bycon- flraint,rather drawnewith force thanmoued by any loue or liking. Thewicked man committing finne vpon delibera- tion, aduifedly andoffer purpofe ; but the regenerate man for themoil partfuddenly,befideshis purpofe, and contraríe to his refolution. The vngodlie mansheart and confcience feldome or neuer controles him for his finne, or if it doe, yet it fuddenly vanifheth like aflafh oflightning ; but there is a fight in theheart ofthegodlyman,the carnali part draw- ingone way, and the fpirituall part another. When the car - nall worldlingoffendethhec is in his common way, for hee maketh an occupation ofcommitting finne ; but when the regenerateman fnneth hee isout of his courfe,and is neuer at refltill hee commeth intohiswayofrighteoufnes againe: when the wickedman bath committedone finne, that is an argument tomoouehim to commit another, 6ecaurfe irsdge- Ecc1.Lt;. ment isdeferred, andheebath efcapedpunitment but the trueChriflian (like onewho runneth a race for fome great wager) ifheflumble and fall, when he rifeth againe hedoth -:more carefullie looke tohis feete, and ílriueth w rumie the more fxiftly in the way ofrighteoufneffe, that fohe mayre deeme withmore thanvfuall fpeed the loft time wherein hee washindred by hisfall.Finally,the vnregenerate manbeing 'fallen into the,puddle of finne, doth wallow therein with pleafureand delight, and neuerflriues to rife againe by a- mendmentoflife; but the man regenerate though hee fall, -yet hee rifethvpagaineby true repentance, and neuer refleth till hee`haue throughlie wafhed his polluted foule with the bloodofChriil appliedvnto him bya liueliefaith. Theone remembreth his fins which he hath committed, with glad- neffe and reioycing.yeabragging and boaf}ing of his out- ragions wickcdneffe; theother neuer thinketh vpon them 'but with gricfeand forrow,neither is there any thing-in the world Whereof he is more afhamed than ofhis fumes. See- ing therefore there is flchgreat and manifold differences, `betweene the finnes ofthe fan&ified and thofe,tX-ho are vn-, T -t 3 .fanétified,
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