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ObíeEi
ons
agalnfi the
certainty
o
f
otsr
eleMog
einfirerect
felfe
guiltie
of
finse, and
in this refpeél fubie&
to
The
anger
ofGod
and
condemnation,
feareth
and
trembleth to thinke
vpon
death
:
The fpirit conceiueth
ofGod
as
ofa
merciful!
father
in
Chrifl,and
in al
neceffities
flieth
vnto
him by
hearty
prayer; the
flefh
conceiueth
of
him
as
ofan
angrie
and
feuere
iudge,
and therefore flieth from
him,
defiring rather
to
feeke
for
helpe any where
elfe
than
of
the
Lord
:
fo
that
the
Chri-
ílian by
reafòn
hereof, at
the
fame
time
findeth
in
himfelfe
oppofition betweene action and action,
affeaion
and afrèc;i-
on.
For at the
fame
inílant, while
the flefh,
hauing
in
it
the
confcience
ofínne
and
fenfe
ofguiltineffe,doth
murmur,
re-
pine
and complaine vpon
God,as
an
enemie which
is
readie
to
deflroy
vs;
the fpirit
doth
flie
vnto
God
by
a
liuely
faith,
and committeth
it
felfe
to
his
prouidence,
will
and
protee}i-
on,
expe&ing faluation from him onely
;
which it could ne-
uer doe,
if
it
were
not
allured
that
we were
in
his loue and
fauor.And
in
this
theChriftian
may
not
vnfitly
be compared
to
a
child,who
hauing been
fharply corre&ed by his
father,
doth
auoide his prefence
as
though
he
were
his
enemy
;
but
if
at
the
fame
time
fome fuddaine
danger affright him,before al
other
he
runneth to
his father for fafegard and
protec`
lion
:
fo
when
our
heauenly father bath
fharpl
corrected vs,either
with
fome
outward or inward afflidions,
wee
flee
from
his
prefence
as
though
he
were our enetny;but
when an
immi-
nent
danger ouertaketh
vs,
and
we
be in
perill
to
be fupplan-
ted with
Satan
and
his
aflìflants,who
are
our
enemies
indeed,
then the
fonne -like affeetion which
is
wrought
in
our
hearts
by Gods fpirit,
Both
mooue
vs
to
runne vnto him before all
other,
defiring and crauing
his
aide and
a
ïttlance.
And
thus
it appeareth,
that though
the
flefh
and
the fpirit
be mixt
together,yet
they retaine their owne
natures.proper-
ties and
effe&is;and
though
faith which
is a
grace
of
fpirit,
be mingled
with
doubting, yet
this
doubting
is
not
ofÿ
na-
ture offaith,which
in
it
felfe is
certaine and affured,nay,tt
is
not
an
infirmity
of
faith,
as
lamcneffe
is
an
infirmity
of
the
ioints,and
ditnneffe
ofthe
fight,for it
is
not
any
way incident
to
the nature
thereof:
and
therefore
much
kife
is
it
a
coni-
mendable virtue
offaitb,
as
the Papifis teach,
but
it
is a
fruit
of