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Of

theendr,egeEs

and

fubieEit

ofour

fitnElfcatior.

;ion

were loathfome and vnpleafant vnto

vs

;

when not

-

withfianding

our infirmities and often

falles, wee can

.fay

with

the

Apofile Paul,

that

wee

would

faine

doe

that

good

wee

cannot,and hate

that

euil

which

we

doe

:and

howfoeuer

wee

cannot,performe

perfe4

obedience

to

all

Gods

corn-

mandernents,yet

we

delight

in the

Ian'

o

f

God

in

the

inner

man,.

R

m7

I

5.

Rotm7.15.19,22.

Secondly, from

thefe

aff'eóuions

oflouing

X9.22

good

and

hating

euill, there arifeth

an

earnefl

delire

to

em,

brace

the one and

flee

the other,

and from this

delire

pro

cegdeth

a

fetled

purpofe

ofheart,

and

a

carefitll

endeuour

to

mortifie our

flefh

with

the corruptions thereof,

and

for

the

time to

come

to

frame

our

liues

according

to

the

rule

of

Gods

word: the

which

purpofe

and

indeuour is ioyned with

the diligent

vfe

ofall

good

meanes,

whereby

we may

attaine

unto

our delire.

Thirdlie,

when

as

this delire

and

indeuour

to

leade

a

godly

life

is

hindred

by our fpirituall enemies,

the

.

flefh,the world and the díuell,there followeth in the

man

re-

generate

a fpirituall

combat,

wherein

he

ftrugleth

and

fri

-.

ueth to

withaand

their temptations,

and

to

goe

forward

in

his

courfe

of

holie

obedience.

And

ifhee

preuaile and

foile

his fpirituall enemies,then there followeth peace

of

confci-

ence and

ioy

in

the holie

Ghofi;

but ifhee

bee ouercorne

and

led.

captiue

unto

finne,

through the

violence

of

their

temptations, then

.doth

hee

not

lie

flill

and

Puffer

finne

to

raigne in him,

but

hee

feeketh

to

rife.againe

by

vnfained

re-

pentance,

.which

is

_accompanied

with

thefe feuen fruites

2,C9r.7,1

1.

Firft,

a

care

to

leade

that

fin

into which

he

is fallen

.Secondly,

an

utter

condemning ofhimfelfe for it. Thirdly,an holy

an-

ger

againf

hirtfelfe for

his

fall.

Fourthly,a

feare left

againe

he

fhould

fall

into

the

fame finne.

Fiftly,

a

delire: euer

after

to

pleafe.God.

Sixtly,a

zeale.ofthe

fame.

Seuenthry,reuenge

vpon

himfelfe for his

former.

offence.

And

thefe

are

the

ef-

fe6ts

of

true

fanaification,

which whofoeuer

can finde

in

himfelf:,he

may be

allured

that

he is

fan6ified

and

hall

bee

faued

5'

The

fubied

in which this

worke

of

fanaification

is

Of

the

labial

wrought

is

all

and euery

one

of

Gods

Ele6,and

them

onlie:

efdrur

¡anîitf-

nei

V

ther

is

.there any

fanaified but

thofe onely

that

are

e..

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