4zz TheOldMan and the etr- Man. pride our felues inoutward things, one inhiswealth, another in is bloud,a third in thegoodproportionofhis Emmet, this foole inher beauty, and the o- ther in the gayneiTeofher attire: but(alas)how ifwe fhould belooked into : If it werepotble forthe eyeoffelh to fee what isin thebofome,oh,what a.fght wouldoffer it felfevnto,our vievú?enough tomake aman afraidofhimfel ,yea even torun away from himfelfe,if it werepoffible.Let vs labor ineur thoughts aboùt this point , that weemay oncecometo know our fcluestobe but HO, whichoneword,is thevery abfa&ofall fpirituall hlthinelfe,Letvsdwell vp. on it inour meditations, andlabour to improue and preffeir, to theabafngof our(clues. Ifwebanethoughtvponit once, andthat ithathcaft vs dowuc in ourowne apprehenfions,yet let vsto it againe: fay withDaaid,Fwillbeyer more same.,,. vile s. Noma : shall euer hurthjmfelf: by thiscourfe: for emeryvaleyfball bee TsLuke ;.f, fiuedb; and themore this [hall abafevs, the more lhali theLord reachoutthe handof his mercy toaduance vs. Gapdoom yowl-feint:beforetheLord, andbee iIames4.10. frail leftyossop i. We caneafily looke backeto our progenitors,andfrom fome- what in them,takeoccafon tobepuffed vp. Ihm ancientitemHoofs, and that manydefrosts it bath continuedmemplace; oar Groin: come is that, and theftmatchet,and facband[each likeoffices wecantalkeoft Whydoewe not remem- ber amid[ all, that notwithflanding all, yethere isnothingbut plefbborneof Fkfb,andthatwithout new-birth inChriß,it willbebetter for vs ifwehadne. uer beenborne? It isnot euery flight and fuperficiall acknowledgement that weeareall t7nners, &c, thatwill bring vsto this;It is onepart ofour corruption, thatit begets an inwardhardneffe, fo that irisnot cafe robehumbledwiththe feelinghereof. Iris amatter tobeweighed and confrdered well theglalfe of Gods Lawmull beoften looked into,and theLordmull againeandagainwith earnef:nelfebe befought,thathewould mollifie our hearts ' and inRead offlelh. tEtean.ry. lyhearts,giue vsj4efbhearts k,filch as maybefull offeufe, that weemay feele indeed what we are,andwheretowewill, ifGodlhould leave vstoourfelues: Letvsneon. reßvntillwe find fomewhatMoue fcluesmore thennature. Fk(b t i Cora q.qo andbleed casas: inherit thekingdomsof God'. This is themain vfe I thought to vrge from thisdo&rine. Heremightbe anvfealfo toparents. Weeourfelúes ofFle(b are borneFlefb; thatfhould humble vs t fo ourchildren arethrough vs fuchaswe our fillies are:and bewe neuerfo religious, or well difpofed, yet as the feed, though neuerfowellcleanfedbeforefo*ing, brings vpßalkesand chaffetogether with it; foour polterity,comtffiethout ofour bodies with this tintureofcorruption, Aswe haue infe&ed ours therewith,folhould wemake themakindofrecompence, that asthey may fay they are finners by our cor- ruption, fo they may fayalfothey arebroughtinto the[fate ofgracebyour care for their education. This might befollowed further, but it lisait fslilce thus to hase touched it.And thus forteof the trueeßateofanaturall man.Now follow- mis ehe proper conditionofa regenerate man. Aregeneratemanisasmuchto fayasa man borne again:offilch anone thereare here two things mentioned: xbe s.Doli. Firß theauthor ofhisnew-birth (TbeSpira). Secondly, the markeorteßimo. ny ofhisnew-birth (He isSpirit). Ofboth feuerally. Concerning theformer, this is the doflrine : That theSpirit efGod it theantherand workerethicNaw- bint,, *thouwhichnomancanbefared. The regenerateman is oneborne of the Spirit:the wordsare plaine; and the matter iseafily madegood by theScrip- ture. Tharfaying isexcellent, touching the regenerate, which arcborneamof ;alohat.t ;. blaad,norofthewillof theHO, nerofthewillofmaa,bmcfGedm. TheEuangelifh here (peakingofchore, which by faitharemade the fonnesofGod, aimethst this mainely, topcoat thattheybeborne ofGod; whichpoint heeamplifieth by adenial) ofthe contrary : not ofblood, meaning , that theyare notbredof any lochmatter asother lousesareordinarilymadeof; neither yèthnue they spananyway fortheauthor oftheirbeing,theyarenothorne according tó, or by
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