Verf. 6. the fzxtb Chapter o, f'the ROMA N s. 29 becaufe this natural corruption, which we inherit from the firft Man, is opposite to that new Man, which confifteth in Knowledge, Righteoufnefs , and true Holinefs Eph. 24. That ye put of concerning the former converfation the old man , which is corrupt, according to the deceitfullufis: And that ye put on the new man , which after God is created in righteoufnefi and true bolinefi. And Col. 3. 9, lo. Seeing that ye have put *off the old man with his deeds , and have put on the new man , which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him. So that the Old man is that perverfe temper of Soul which was in us, before we had the knowledge of Quiff, or embraced him by Faith. Partly becaufe it is an antiquated thing , as is upon the declining hand and hafteneth in the Regenerate (as men in their old age) to its own ruine and deftru &ion : 2 Cor. 5. 17. Old .things are pafTd away behold all things are become new. 1 Cur. 5. 7. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump. 2. This Old man mutt be crucified , that is the kind of death , which it muff dye. Sometimes the deftru &ion of fin is called a mortifying of fin , that implyeth a putting to death in the general , or a killing the love of fin in our Souls; sometimes a crucifying of fin , that fheweth the particular kind of death we mutt put it to, and this for a dou- ble reafon. Partly to thew our conformity add likeness to Chrifts Crucifixion : Partly becaufe it exprefleth the nature of the thing it felf, the Crofs bringeth pain and death : So is fin weakened by godly forrow, which checketh the fenfual inclination. The ftrength and life of fin lyeth in a love of pleafure , and one fpecial means to mortifie it is godly forrow , 2 Car. 7. to. For godly forrow worketh repentance to falvatian never to be repented of. Thofe that have tatted the bitter waters are more eafily induced to £orfake all known fin. Well then , fin mull be crucified , a man fattened to the Croft fuffereth great pain, his ftrength wasteth , and his life droppeth out with his blood by degrees : So fin is not fubdued but by confiant painful endeavours , not by feeding the flesh with camal delights, but by thwarting it, watching, (hiving againft it, bemoaning our felves becaufe of it, and fo by degrees the love of it is not only weakened, bucdeadned in our Souls. If it be tedious and troublefom , nothing that hath life will be put to death without Come firuggling : we mull be content to fuffer in the flesh, Christ fuffer- ed more, and none but he that hath fufred in the flefb ceafeth from gn, 1 Pet. 4. a. You make it more painful by dealing negligently in the bufinefs, and draw out your vexa- tion to a greater length : the longer you fuller the Canaanite to live with you , the more doth it prove a thorn and goad in your fides. Our affe&ion increafeth our affli- &ion , your trouble endeth , and your delight increafeth , as you bring your Souls to a thorough refolution to quit it. tam suave mihi fubitò fathom eft carere fuavitatihus nn: garem ! No delight fo fincere as the contempt of vain delights. The crucified mans pains end when death cometh. 3. This Old man was crucified with Christ. This Phrafe and manner of fpeech is dif- ficult, and therefore mutt be explained. r. That Christ was crucified for us , in bonum noftrum , for our good , is pall difpure with Christians. Surely he bath born our griefs, and carried our farrows, Ifa. 53. 3. he endured the punishment which fin had made our due. 2. That he (hood before the Tribunal of God reprefenting us, and fo dyed loco & vice omnium nofirb, in the room as well as for the good of his people, should as little be doubted : 2 Car. 5.14. For if be dyed for all , then were all dead ; that is , in him : he dyed not on the Croft as a private, but a publick Perlon. 3. Christ dyed not only to expiate our guilt, but to take away the power of fin ; at leash the end of Christs fuffering , and dying on the Crofs for our fins , was to purchafe Grace, that wemight crucifie fin, that is, forsake it with grief and flame, Heb. 9. 26 Now once in the end of the world bath he appeared to put away fin by the facriftce ofhimfelfç that is, not only to expiate the guilt of our fins, but to abolish the power of them. He came to redeem us from the slavery of fin, Tit. 2. 14. Who gave bimf if for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity. Affoon as we are regenerated and converted to God, there is a doter application of the Death of Christ, we partake of the influence and fruit of his Merit and Pur- chace , and the benefit is made ours, and fo our old man is Paid to be crucified with him. The Meritof his Paffton beginneth then to take place, fo that every good Chri- ftian can fay, I am crucifiedwith Chrifi , Gal. 2. 20. our old man beginneth then to re- ceive its deaths wound g fo that we are not the fame men we were before, being made partakers of the fruit of Christs Death. H. The Fruit of it, or what the. Spirit is to do, that is intimated in the next Claufe, That
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