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Temptations
arifng
from our
imperfeU
fanc`lification.625
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CHAP.
VII.
That
in
the
moft
fan&tifièd,remaine[one reliques
ofPanne,
and
the
caufes
thereof.
Nd
fo
much for
the anfwering
of
Satans
firßc
fort
of
temptations, wherewith
hee
laboureth
Satans temp.
to hinder our
fan
&ification
by alluring
vs
to
tation,c'hereby
commit
fnne.
Now
we
are
to
fpeake
ofthe o-
he
dijcoura-
ther
fort whereb
he feeketh
to
difcourage
vs
itch
the
hbri-
ÿ
g
Jiías
in
the
in
this worke,as
being not
only
hard and
difficult,
but
euen
vvorkeoffan.
impofiîble. And
thefe alto are
of
two kindes
;
the
firft
taken
aification,
from the great
maffe
of
our naturali corruptions and
finali
meafure
ofour
fan6tification
;
the
other
from fome
aauall
finnes
which
we haue
committed. Concerning the firft,hee
thus frameth
his
temptations Thou
lab
oureft much
(will
hee
fay)
and tireft thy
felfe
in
attaining
vnto fanetification,
but
all
in vaine
;
for doefi
thou not
fee
on
the
one
fide
the
vn-
refiflable violence
of
thy
naturali
corruptions, which
conti-
nually choake in thee
all
the
good
motions
of
Gods
fpirit,
and forcibly draw thee into
all finne
and
wickedneffe
;
and
on
the
other
fide,
tivf finall meafure
of
grace
and
fan&tifica-
tion,
which
is
exceedinglie flamed
with
thy manifold
im-
perfedtions?
How
therefore
can
fuch
weakneffe
withfland
fuch
power? And how
is
it
poffible
that thy
feeble fpirit
fhould ouercome thy:firong
flefh, efpeciallie
Peeing
it
is
af-
filled
with
the
firong
aidès
of
the
puiffant
world,
and
the
'nightie
power
of
innumerable
dinels?
Neither art thou
vainelie
to
imagine
that God
will enable thee
to
ouercome
all
thefe diflîculties,for he hash
giuen thee ouer
to
thine own
weakneffe;
otherwife
ifit
were his will
to
make
thee one
of
his holy
ones,
he could
with
the powerful' operation
of
his
fpirit,long
agoe
haue perfectly
purged
thee from all thy
cor-
ruptions,
and giuen vnto thee
a
great
meafure
of
fanótifica-
tion,
Seeing
then
it
is
impoflible,in
refpe61
ofthy
weakneffe
and thine
enemies
power,
to
accomplifh this
worke which
thou
haft
taken
in
hand,
and feeing
thou
haft
no affurance
S
f
that