CHAP. 9. of Wifdorne,e¡Nc. .. 489 we orefile not again/fefhandbland , but agaiasft Principa- lities, againfl Powers, and againfl the worldly Gouernors,the princesofthedark,eneeofthis World , againflmo.f1 wicked (7irits which are inhahplaces. Satans brood,I call the World and the Flefh By World,meaning, FirL}, The malignant Church the companie of the vviicked andvngodly, The fonnesof that naughtieone, as they are termed,t.'fatt. a 3.38. For 1 becaufe wee are Hot of the World, but G o D bath chofenvs eat of the World, therefore doth the Worldhate vs , which is the perpetuall flate of Gods Church from the beginning , and was figured in m Rebecca, a Type of the Church, in whofe wombe were two Nations diuided that (roue and fought together. And ourSauiour doth fore-warne vs not to looke for better : Inn the Worldyee /hall haste Aipa©ne Secondly , Whatioeuer is vnregenerate in the chit. dren of God themfclues, whereby it many times falleth out,that none are greater infiruments voto vs of offen- dingGod then they. By the flefh,I meane, our natural/ corruption , and all the lulls and workes of it : an ene- mie whichwe alwayes carrie about vs , not onely in our bofome,but in our very bowels:So that heere is the bat- tell between the$e(h & the Spirit,vvherofthe o Apotlle faith,That thepith ltsfleth againil the Spirit, and theSpirit againfi thefl Jh Aud thefe, faith he, are appofate one to ano- ther,m.22.23. It is elegantly cieferibed , I find there- fore this Law for mee,when 1 would doe well, that egg !yeti) readie for me to flie and feize on me,as the Lord fpeaketh of fînne, Genes 4.6. For I am delighted in the Lasa' of God as touching the inner man, but I fee another Law in my members,warrrng againfl theLaw ofmy mind,& leadingme captsue to the lawof/sono, that is inmy members. "'PETER in like fort vvilletli vs to abftainefromfle/ly /stair that war againfl the foule. And hereof are the exhortatiot :s fo conL- 1 lohn 15.r 9. and 17.14. .m Gen 25'.22, 23. 11 LAI 16.33. o 6ad.5.°i7. p i.Pet,:.iaa.
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