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Comforts
for
thofe
thAt
fee
and
feele theirimperfec`lioni. 64
i
it
fuch
willing
and
heartie
Obedience
as
the
loyall fubiec1
loth
to
his lawfull
King, but
the
fan&ified
man obeieth
it
as
'
though'
it
were
an
vfurping tyrant,-
repiningly
and by
con
-
flraint,rather
drawne
with
force
than
moued by
any
loue
or
liking. The
wicked man
committing
finne
vpon
delibera-
tion,
aduifedly and
offer
purpofe
;
but
the regenerate man
for themoil partfuddenly,befides
his
purpofe,
and
contraríe
to
his
refolution.
The
vngodlie
mans
heart
and
confcience
feldome or neuer controles
him for
his finne,
or
if
it
doe,
yet it
fuddenly
vanifheth like a
flafh
of
lightning
;
but
there
is
a
fight
in
the
heart
ofthe
godlyman,the
carnali
part
draw-
ing
one
way,
and
the
fpirituall
part another.
When
the
car -
nall
worldling
offendeth
hec
is
in his
common way, for
hee
maketh
an
occupation
ofcommitting
finne
;
but
when
the
regenerate
man
fnneth
hee
is
out
of
his courfe,and
is
neuer
at
refl
till
hee
commeth into
his
way
ofrighteoufnes
againe:
when the
wicked
man
bath committed
one
finne,
that
is
an
argument
tomooue
him
to commit another,
6ecaurfe
irsdge- Ecc1.Lt
;.
ment
is
deferred,
and
hee
bath
efcaped
punitment
but
the
true
Chriflian
(like
one
who runneth
a
race for
fome
great
wager)
ifhe
flumble
and fall,
when
he
rifeth againe
he
doth
-:more
carefullie looke
to
his
feete, and ílriueth
w
rumie
the
more
fxiftly
in
the
way
ofrighteoufneffe,
that
fo
he
may
re
deeme
with
more than
vfuall fpeed
the loft time wherein hee
was
hindred by hisfall.Finally,the vnregenerate man
being
'fallen
into
the,
puddle
of
finne,
doth
wallow
therein
with
pleafureand delight,
and neuerflriues
to
rife
againe by
a-
mendmentoflife;
but
the man regenerate
though
hee fall,
-yet
hee rifeth
vp
againe
by
true repentance,
and neuer
refleth
till hee`haue throughlie wafhed
his
polluted
foule
with the
blood
of
Chriil
applied
vnto him by
a
liuelie
faith. The
one
remembreth
his
fins
which he
hath committed, with glad
-
neffe
and
reioycing.yea
bragging
and boaf}ing
of
his
out-
ragions
wickcdneffe;
the
other
neuer
thinketh
vpon
them
'but
with gricfeand forrow,neither
is
there any
thing
-in
the
world
Whereof he
is
more afhamed
than
of
his
fumes. See-
ing
therefore there
is
flch
great
and manifold
differences,
`betweene
the
finnes
of
the
fan
&ified
and
thofe,tX-ho are
vn-,
T
-t
3
.fanétified,