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Sea.2.
That
our
fan
-
aifica:ion
is
iraperfeeiand
mingled
with
our
comp.
tions.
626
T'entatians arifing
from
our
imperf&
f
:sEhficatùn.
C
that God
wil
ftrengthen
thee
with
his
fpirit, which thou
haft
a long time
refilled
and vexed,
by quenching the good
molt
tions
thereof,
thou
haft now
no
Phew
of
hope to
effect
that
which
thou
defireft
;
and therefore
it
were much
better
for
thee
to
ceafe
ftriuing
again!
the
ftreame
of
thy
corruptions,
and
to follow
the naturali
current
of
thy
defires
:
for
when
thou takelt
all
the paines
thou can}, thou
art
in one day
ca-
ned
further
backward toward
thine olde conuerfation, than
thou
cant}
in
many
moneths
get
forward
in
the
coutfe
of
fan611fication.
And
thus
Both
Satan
difcourage the weake Chriflian
with
his falle
fuggeftions,
to the end
bee may
hinder him
from
trauelling this way
of
holineffe
Which
leadcth to
Gods
kingdonne.For
the
anfwereing
whcreofwe
are
to know,that
the fandification
oldie
moft holy
is
impeded,
both
in
re-
fpeát
of
the reliques
offinne,
and
corruptions
which
conti-
nually cleaue
to
them, and
in
refped
of
the manifold
wants
and
defeó
s
of
their belt
a
&ions.
Neither
are
wee
fo
wafhed
in
the lauer
ofregeneration,but that
there remaine
in
vs
fome
fames of
tha
t
fcarlet-
ingrained
dye
ofour
corruptions;
wee
haue
not
fo
clerely
efcaped
out
ofour
old
captiuitie
offinne,
but
that
we retaine
!till forne
gaules and brutes,
which make
vs
to goe haltingly
in
the
waies
of
righteoufüeffe
;
wee
haue
not
fo
vanquifhed
this fpirituall
ei:emie,
but
that
fill
it
will
affault vs,
yea,and often
foile vs,
though it
cannot
fubdue
vs;we haue
indeed ouercome
thefe
turfed
Canaanites,fo
that
they cannot
rule and
raigne
in
vs
as
in
former
times,
but wee
haue
not
vtterly
expelled
them
from dwelling
amongfl
vs;
fo
that
doe wee
what
we
can,
yet
fill
they will be
as
thornes
in
our
fides
to
vexe
and grieue
vs.
Heretofore the
lufs
ofour
flefh
like tyrannicall Lords did
againf} all
law
and iuflice
ouerrule
vs;
but
now by vertue
of
Gods
fpirit
aßîí}ing vs, we
haue weakened their
force
and
brought
them
vnder; yet
not
fo,but that
fill
they will
rebel!
again!}
the fpirit,
and
conti-
nually
exercife
vs
in
the
fpirituall warfare.
So
that
the
rege-
nerate
man
is
not
wholly
fpirit,
as
the
carnali
man
is
wholly
flefh,
but
is
diuided
into two
fa&rions
or partes, and
alwaies
is
at
ciuil warres
within
hiinfelfe
:
for
fo
farre
foorth
as
he is
regenerate