Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

The Soule' eirauallcallil ro Chrift, 363 but there is nothing that cankill corruption, but onely the Spirit of the Lord Jefus Chrift, by the powerofhis grace; R m. S. 2. The law oftheSpi- ritoflif'e,which isinchrifttefusbath freed mee from the lawofflame, and ofdeath; finne fets up a law, andrules in theheart,as youfhall finde it inyour owne hearts ; pride faith, you (hall bee proud, there is a foveraigne rule, and a tyran'call autho- rity,which pridee xpreffeth in theheart; now the Spirit oftheLord Iefirs, lets up another law, and there is a morecommandingpower in that,than in the corruption of the Coule; and the lawofthe Spirit rakethaway the poweroffinne,that would prevaileagainfta poore (inner ; the lawofmeek- neffe in Chrift,cakcs away the lawofanger in the heart; and the law of patience in Chrift, taken away the law of' impatience ; and the lawofcou- rage, rakes away the lawofcowardize; and the lawofcha!tity, takes aNay the powerofunclean- nellè : Co that there is no Clone cmbe fubdued, but by thepower ofChrift, and the worke of' his Spirit : now unbeleefe keepes the heart wholly fromChrift, therefore it can receive no good from Cf:rift, and from hence it is that all finne is maintained in the foule in the full vigour of it, there is nounbele_ver in all the world,but hebath_ all finne ftrongl,v in him, and not one finne that ever was Haine; it is (}range ro fee, when unbe® leefe prevailes but a little in the heart of a poore Saint,hcw all other iînnes put out their heads,and thew themfelves am line ; a: Ltake 2 2.3 2. Si,4on, Simon, Satan hap!) defiredtoifit thee, eir whe..at, bast 1 have

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