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267
our
naturali inclination vnto
diffidence
and incredulitie,
the
manifold temptations
of
Satan,and the
burthen
of
our
fnnes
lying
heauic upon
our
confciences
:
which maketh
Gods
deere
children
to
grone
and complaine,yea fomtitne
to
mur-
mur
and
repine againe
Clod himfelfe,as
though
he
v,
ere
their
enemie,becaufe
he fuffereth
them
thus
to
be vexed;
but dill
it
rifeth after
it
hath
receiued
a
foile,and
gathereth
new f}régth
againft
all
new
affaults,
vntill
in
the end
it obtaineth
full
vi-
¿torie,
fo
as
all
the faithful!
may
fay
with the
Apoftle
2.Cor.
4.8.
we are
aff
c`led
on ewerie
ode, yet
are
;gee
NO
i:a
diftrrffe
;
in
Z.Car.g.S.g
pouertie
brat
not
ouercome
o
f
pouertie.
9.
We
arep.erf
cured,
but
not
forfia/Zen,
caf
downe,
but
wee
perer
not.
For
though their
faith
bee weake, and their
temptations vehement and
vio-
lent,
yet
this brufedrecde
is
not
broken,
this
iinoking
flax
is.
not
quenched;
for
as
the
recde in
a
boyfterous
tempe.ít
is
blowr..e
downe
euen
to the ground,
but
when the
tempel
is
paft rifeth
vp
againe
to
his
former
ef}ate
;
fo
though
the
boyfterous
blafts
ofSatans temptations beate
vs
downe euen
to
the earth, yet by
faith wee
rife
againe when
the
forme,
ism
ouerblowne.
Secondly, it
may
bee demaunded how
the faith
ofGods
Sea.
.
children
can
be
Paid
to
be
certaine,feeing
it
is
continually
of
Yow
aurrith
faulted and
often foiled with
doubting,which
is
oppofed
to
though
affaul-
the certaintie
of
faith.To which
we
may
eafily
anfwere,if
we
tcd
witb
daub
-
know
and remember
that
euery
Chriflian
is
chided
into
°tingmaq
Ge
two
parts,the
flefh and
the
fpirit,vvhich
continually
fight
and
"rtaane.
ftriue the one again! the
other
;
and
as
they themfelues are
thus
oppofed,fo
are
their qualities and fruites,for in the fpirit
is
faith,
loue, hope, zeale, joy
in
the holie
.Ghoft,and
fuch
o-
ther fanelifying graces;
in
the
flefh
is
doubting,and
infideli-
tie,hatred
of
God,
prefitmption
and
defperation, coldneffe,
dulneffe,
yea deadneffe in
religion,
feare,
horror,
and
fuch
like corruptions,fo
as
we may
fay
with y
Apofile,
l
eon'
that
in
my
fleg4
is,
in my
vnregenerate
part,dwelleth
na
good
thing,
R01111.
18;
Rom.7.1
8.
Now
as
there
is
a continual) warre
bet
\vicea:e
the
flefh and the
flirt,
fo
alto
between their qualities
and fruits;
for faith
is
continually
affaulted
with doubting
and infideli-
tie,loue
of
God
with
the
hatred
of
God;hope with
prefump
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tion