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Comforts
for
tho
fe
that
f
e
end
feele
their
imperfeRions.
thetefh,
the
one
tempting
vs
vnto
finne,
the other furring
vs
vp
to
holy obedience.
Moreouer, the
examples
of
Gods
Saints
are
pregnant
for this purpofe,
neither
was
there
euer
any
fo
perfedtly
fan
ified,
but
there
remained
in
them foine
reliques
of
their
naturali
corruptions, which
alfo
!hewed
theinfelues
in
aééuall
finnes
and grieuous
tranfgrcffions;
as
appeareth
plainly
in
the
examples.
ofthePatr.iarches, Dauidr
Rom,y.
Peter,
and
all
others. But
molt
cleerely
doth
the Apofile
Paul
(hew this
in
his owne perfon,
propounding
himfelfe
as
a
true paterne
of
a
man
regenerate
;
for
though
hee
had attai-
ned vnto
a
great
meafure
of
fan6iification,
yct
he cornplai-
neth
ofthe
great
force and violence
of
his
inbred corrupti-
ons,Rom.7:
for
fo
great
f
lrength
thereof
remained in him,
that it
forced him
to
abufe
the
law
of
God,
taking
occafion
thereby to worke
in
him
all
manner
of
concupifcence,
and
fo
in
Read
ofkilliiig
finne
did reuiue
it
in
him,
verf.8.9:
that
it
made him to
omit
the
good
hee
would,and to
doe the euil
that
he
hated,
verf.
i
s.19. that
it
rebelled
againü the
law
of
his
minde, and
led him captiue
to the law
of
finne,
verf.23..
that
he faw
no
poflible meanes in himfelfe
to
fubdue
utterly
thefe
corruptions,and therefore
feeketh
for helpe elfewhere;
crying
out,
Wretched
man
that
I
am,
who
fhall deltuer
me
from
the
body
of
thisdeath
?
verf
24.
Seeing therefore this
is
the
Rate
of
all
Gods
children, let
That
our
not
Satan
perfvvade
vs
that
wee
are
not yet
fantified,
or
that
.
wants and
tor-
it
is
loft labour to goe
forward in this worke,becaufe
ofthe
ruptions
fhuuld
power
of
our corruptions
and
finall meafure
offanai-
not
d
crrdoúe
ficatio.n,
which
is
Rained alto
with
manifold
imperfedtions;
ble our care
.
but
rather let the
frength
of
our
corruptions redouble
our
and
diligence.
care and
diligence
that
wee
may
fubdue
them
:and
confide
-
ring that
there
are
dicers degrees ofholineffe,
let
vs
affoone
aswee haue afcended one
Rep,
neuer
ref+
Rriuing
till
wee
haue
afcended
a
higher,
vntill at
length
wee
come
to the
top
ofperfe&ion,
and the higheR
Rep
of
true holineffe;
ac-
cording to the
exhortation
ofthe
Apoille, Apoc.22.1
T.Hee-
Apoc.
:af
i
I.
that
is
righteous
let
him
be
righteous
fill,
he
that
is holy,
let him
beholy/iill,
that
is,
let
him continue and
daylie increafe
in
righteoufneffe
and
holineife,.
And