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The differen-

ces

betwrene

the

fanes

of

the

regenerate

and

the

antrtgenerate,

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Comforts,

for

them

u-baf

fsnnes

Satan

aggrauateth,

lines

than be ditìorced from our

Cannes.

Whofoeuer there-

.

fore

through

his-

weaknes

a:nd

infirmitie

is

led

captiue

vnto

finne,

and

being enthralledby

this

tyrant

earnef+ly

defireth

libertie,

and Both

not

willingly

run, but

is

violently drawne

by

Satans

temptations

and

his

owne

corruptions,

and

ha

wing

finned

is

not

therewith delighted, but

exceedingly

grieued

that

by

his

finne

he

bath

difpleafed

God

;

and

feeing

his owne

weakneffe

and infirmities

doth

bewaile them, and

fleeth vnro

God

by feruent prayer,

defiring

the

afifiance

of

his holy

fpirit, whereby

bee may be

enabled

to

mortifie his

fleíb and the corruptions

thereofwhich

hee

deadly hateth,

and

to

fcrue

God

in holineffe

and

newneie

of

life

filch

a

one may

afihure

himfelfe

that

hee walketh

not

after

the &

fh

but

after

the

fpirit, and

that-hee

is

in

Chril} Iefus, and

hath

efcaped

condemnation, though

through

his infirmitie and

flrength

of

his

inbred

corruptions

hee falleth

often

into

finne.

Though thereforethe

fanó'ified man

finneth,yet

this

doth

not

prooue

that

he

is«iil

in

thefleíh

and

vnregenerate;

fee-

..

ing

there

is

great

difference

betweene

his finnes

into

which

he

now

falleth,

and

thofe which

he

committed

before hee

was

fanél:ified,

or thofe which they commit which

flill

liue

in

the flefh. For

firff,

the vnregenerate

man

loth

continually

finne,

heaping

vp

one wickedneffe

upon another, the

man.

regenerate

but

;fonmetitnes,;

when

hee,

is

_cuercome

by

his

corruptions;

the wicked

man

cominiteth

finne with

gree-

dinef

e,

the godlie

man

with

force

kinde ofirkfomncífe and

after

a

fort vnwillingly

;

the

one drawes

finne

vnto him

as it

were

;rich

cartro

es,

the other

is

violently drawne

to

finne

with

the firength

of

his

corruptions; the

one

hunteth

after

firtne

and the occafions thereof,

the

other

is

hunted

by

finne

and

Saws.

temptations,

tilt

being out

of

breath

and fain-

.

tina

for wearineffe hee

is

ouertaken and

led prifoner.

The

carnal!

man

finneth,with

full.confent

of

will, and with

plea

-

fare

and

delight, the

fpirituall man Both

not

yecld

without

fob-

pc

reflal;ce

ofthe.regenerate

part,

and

as

it were grud-

gingly

and

with

the mifliking

ofthe

fpirit

;

he that

is

vnre-

ve

iet.a:e.itf:reth

fame

to raiguc

in

him,

and yeeldeth ynto

it

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