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A
Comforts
for
thofe
Who (ee
end
feele
their
imperfction.t.
627
regenerate
he
is
holy,pure, and
vndefiled;
but
fo farce
foorth
as he
is
carnali, he
is
finnefull,
corrupt, and
ful
of
all
polluti-
on
:
as
he
is
regenerate
he
wholly loueth
and
crnbraceth true
holineffe and righteoufneffe,
and
abhorreth
and fleeth
finne
and
wickedneffe
;
but
as
hee
is
vnregenerate
he
loueth
finne
and the
vaine pleafures
thereof,
and
loatheth
righteoufhetfe
as
irkfome and vnpleafant. Iii
the fpìrituall part
hee
contem-
meth
the world,
and
hauing
his
conuerfation aboue he
deth heauenly
thinges; but
in
the
carnall
part
hee
loueth the
world,
and
is
prelfed
downe with
the
cares
and
plcafüres
thereof,
fo
that
his
minde
cannot
as
it would
mount
aloft in
diuine
meditations
;
in
the fpirit he ferueth
the
law
of
God,
in the
flefh
the
law
offinne.
We
mutt
not therefore imagine,that to be fan6ified
is
to
§.
Sel`
.3.
be
wholly purged from
al
corruption,to
be
endued
with
per-
That
vve
muß
feòt
righteoufneffe, and
to
haue
the
fpirit
in
full
meafurc;but
not
d;eameof
to
haue
the corruptions offinne
leffened, and
their power
a-
Perfection
anion
in
bated,
fo
that they cannot wholly
ouerfway
vs as
in
former
ration.
f
tunes
,
to
haue
forne
holy
defires
and
good
endeuours
of
feruing
God
in
holinefle and righteoufueffe, which
alto wee
exprcffe in
our
a
&ions,.
although
in
great
weakneffe and
im-
perfeefion;
to
haue
the
fir(}
finites
ofthe
fpirit
in
this life,ex-
peéing
the
whole
harueft
in
the
life
to
come
:
neither let
vs
yeeld
to
Satan,
fug
gelling vnto
vs,
that
we are
not
at
all
fan
-
olified,becaufe wee
haue
fo,ne
reliques
of
our old
corrup-
tions and
manifold imperfections
in
our bcft
aaions
;
or
that
therefore our
holineffe
which
wee
haue,
is fo
finall
that
it
is
to
no
purpofe, and
that
which we
want
fo
great
and
hardly
come
by,
that it
is
not
poflibie
we fhould euer
attaine
vino it
;
feeing thefe fùggeftions are
fufficiently
confuted,
both by
the Scriptures and
examples
of
al
Gods
children.For
the
Scriptures
teach
vs,
that
in
manie things
we
fin all;that
if
we
Iam.
;.t.
fad
we
haue
no finne,
Abe
deceiue
ourfettles, and there
is
no
truth
aloh.
i.s.
in
vs
:
and therefore
becaufe
wee continually offend, our
Sa-
uiour
requireth that
as
we aske our daylie
bread,
fo
alto
wee
fhould
pray daylie
for
the
forgiuenefl'e
ofour
fumes.
The A-
poftlealfo
telleth
vs,shat
there
is
a continual' fight
in
eucrie
Chriffian,
the
flefh
lulling againfl the
jpirit,
&
the
f
irit
againfi
Ga1.517.
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f
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the