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68 Obienianaagitint
the of
uronce
of
our eleaion
onfixereL.
tion
and defperation,
zeale
with
coldneffe
and
dulnes
in re-
ligion,
the ioy
in
the holy
Ghoft with horror and
feare
of
Gods
anger,
the
curie
ofthe
law and condemnation
;
and
fometimes the
one,fometiniies
the other hath
the vpper
hand,
both
in
the
meane time
retaining,
their
nature and
proper-
ties,
although
(as
wee
fay)
re9niyJis
gradtbm,
not
exercifing
them
in
that
meafure
and degree,
as
they doe when they
haue
vió'orie and giue the
other
the foile.For txample,when
in
Tome
grieuous
aflliuion,
the hatred
of
God
doth
aifault
the
loue
ofGod
in our hearts,
and doth
fo
foilc and
wound
it,
that
wee
can
fcarfe difcerne-
that
it breatheth or retaineth
life,
yet notwithflanding the
loue
of
God
euen
at
that
in..
Rant
is
not
turned into hatred, nor receiueth
any
properties
:
thereof,
but
Rill
retaineth
his
owne nature and properties,
which
againe
cleerely appeare and
flew
themfelues
when
the
conflié
is
ended.
The
like
may
be laid
ofour
hope,zeale,
ioy
in
the holy
Ghoit,
and other
graces, when they
are
molt
foiled by the
corruption
of
the
flefh,
which fight againft
them,
fo as
they cannot
poffibly exercife
their
owne a6tions
and
fun
&ions,yet
do they
not
receiue any carnali
properties,
norloofeanyoftheir
owne, but retaine
11i1,'theiross'ñena-
ture,
which againe
manifef{eth
it
(elfe
when the
affault
is
eri-
ded. Euen
as
firecouered ouer
with
afhes
retaineth
Rill
his
owne
nature
oflight
and
heate,
though
then by
reafon
of
the
afhes the
light
be
not
feene,
nor
the heate
felt; but
when
the
afhes
are
remoued and new
matter
added vnto
it,
then
it
fhineth
and
burneth
and
heateth
as
much
as
it
did
before
:
fo
when the
graces
ofGods
fpirit
are
couered
(as
it were)vnder
the
afhes
ofour
corruption,
they
are
not
difcerned
by
their
properties
and
effe
&s
;
but
whé the corruptions
are
remoued
by
vertue
ofGods
fpirit, and
the
graces
nourifhed
with hea-
ring
ofthe
word,
prayer,holy conferences, and
fuch
like fpi-
rítuaIl
exercifes,
as
it
were
with
new
matter
added
vnto
them,then
doe
they againe thine
in
their brightneffe,and
ex-
ercife
their
wonted
flrength
in all
good
duties to
God
and
our neighbour.
And
as
it
is
with
all
other
graces,fo alto
with faith,
which
is
often
affaulted
with
doubting
and infidelitie,
and fome-
times