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Of
the
fgnes
and
in
fallible notes
ofour
election,
berty
ofthe
Tonnes
of
God
:
which
renuing
and
fan&ificati<
on,becàufe
it
is
done
but
in
part,
therefore
is
it
oppofed by
the contrarie corruption which
wee haue
by
nature,
fo
that
what the
fpirit loueth the
flefh
hateth,what
the
fpirit
imbra-
ceth the
flefh
abhorreth, what
the fpirit would haue
vs
doe,
the
flcfh
hindreth
and inforceth
vs
to
leaue
vndone,
with
whatfoeuer
ÿ fpirit
is
delighted, with that the
flefh
is
vexed
and difpleafed; and this fpiritual
fight
is
in
al
Gods
children,
Rom.7.Z3.
as
appeareth
Rona.7.23.Gal.5.17.which
fhould bee
fo
farre
from difcouraging
vs,that
nothing
more
can allure
vs
ofour
elution;
for
naturally
we are
al
flefh,wholly fubmitting our
felues
to be ruledby
Satan,
neither
is
there
any
fight
or
op-
pofition
in vs,
for Satans
kingdome
is
not
divided againft
it
felfe,and whiiefl the
thong
manwholy keepeth the houfe,al
that
he
poffefffeth
is
in
peace,vntill our Sauiour
Chrifl,by the
operation
of
his
fpirit,thrufeth
him
out
of
his
poffeffìon,and
feeketh
to
rule in
vs
by the
fcepter
of
his
word
;
and then
the
diuell
rageth
and
friueth
to
keep his
hold,and
the flefh
flor-
:meth,
defiring
Rill
to
ferue his
old matter.
When
therefore
we
feele
this inward fight within
our felues, we may
be
affu-
red
that
Chrift
is
come
to
dwell
in
our hearts
by
his
holy fpi-
rit,and
confequently,
that
wee
are
the children
ofGod,
and
heires
of
euerlafling
life,for
as
many as
recerue him, to
them he
John
1:12.
giues
paper
to
be
the
fonnes
of
God,
euen to them
that
beleene
in
his name,as
it
is
Iohn
t
.I
2.
§.Se3.7.
The
feuenth ligne
ofthe
child
of
God
is
new
obedience,
TheTenenti,
when
as he applies his
hart to
the keeping
of
Gods
comman-
figne,is
new
dements,defiring and indenouring
to
ferue
the Lord
in
holi-
obedience.
nes
and
newnes
of
life;for
stony
man
keepeth Gods
word
in
him
i.tohn.:.$.
is
the
lone
of
God
perfeEt indeede,
and
hereby
we k
iotb
that
we
are
in him,
as
it
is
'John
2.5.
And
nhofoeuer
abider
in him
f
nnetb
not,
u-
hofoeuer
/'nneth
bath
notTeen
hran,
neither
bath
knowne
Chap,
3.rseç
him,
as
it
is
chap.3.verf.6.
So
verf.io.
In this
are
the
children
6.
to.
of
God
knowneandthechildren
of
the
dined,
whofoeuerdoth
not
rrghteoufnet
a
is
not
of
God,
&c.
So
that
our new
obedience
is
a
figne
of
the
child
ofGod,and
the
negle61
therofa
marke
ofthe
child ofdarkneffe.Butwe
are
not
to vnderfiand
this
of
that
exa6t
obedience which
is
required
in the
Law;for
there-
by
none lining
can
haue any
affurance
of
their
eleelion
and
faluatioa