CAP.X.g:t4. 2 36 (hall not havedominion oversse, becaufe weare not under the Law,but under Grace; It tells you alto, that there is a twofold .feare ofHell, and punifhment of finne. Firft,OfAnxietie,and doubtfullneffe,in refpe&ofthe end. Secondly, OfCare anddiligence , that refpeð the meanes. And for the firif it faith, that this is the portion ofvery many oftheSaints ofGod, offome all their dayes, though they are fo, yet they know not that they are fo; and therefore are underanxious and doubtful! feares ofHell, and Punifhment, notwithfrandingthat they are in the armes oftheir Father, from whence indeed they Ihall not becart downer as aman bound with chaînes on thetoppeofa tower, hecannot but feare, ?and yet he cannot fall; Hecannot fall,becaufe he is fart bound with ftrong chtines:He cannot but feare,becaufe hecannot a&ually, and cleárelyconfider, often times , the meanes ofhis pre- fervation. And for the latter, a feáre of the wayes and meanes leading to punifh- ment, as fuch, that continuesupon all the Saints ofGod in thislife: neither is there any thing in this Doctrine, that is fuited to a removal! thereof. And this, it faies,is more, much more ofufe for the mortificationofthe flefh, then the former. Q. It fayes, that the great andPrincipali meanes, of mortification ofthe flefh, is not feare ofHell and Punifhment, but the Spirit ofChrift, as the Apo- He tellsus. Rom.8. 13. ifye through the Spirit domortife the deeds oftheAlb, yeefballlive. Itis the Spirit ofChrift alone, that is able to do this great Worker Weknow, what bondageand Religious drudgery form have put themfelves unto, upon this account,and yet could never in their lives attatne to the mortification of anyone finne. It is the Spirit of Chrift alone, that hath foveraigne power in our foules, of killing and making alive; As no man quickneth his owne foule,fo noman upon any Confideration whatfoever,or by the power ofany threatnings oftheLaw,can kill his own finne;Thcrewas never any one finne truly mortified by the Law, or the threatningof it;, All that the Lawcando,ofit felfe,is but to intangle finne,and thereby to irritate, & provoke it, like a Bull in a net, or a beaft lead to the flaughter. It is the Spirit of Chriftin theGofpell, that cuts itsthroate & deftroyes it; Now this Do&rine was never in the leaft charged with denyingthe Spirit of God to Believers,which whilft it doth grant &maintaine, in a wayof oppofition to thatlateOpinion,which advanceth it felfe againft it, it maintainesthe mor- tification oftheflefh,and the lufts thereof, upon the only true, and unfha- ken foundations. 3. It tells you, that the greatmeanes, whereby the Spirit of Chrift work- eth the mortificationoftheflefh, and theLulls thereof; is theApplication of the Croffe ofChrift, and his Death , and Love therein, unto the foule; and faies, that thofe vaine endeavours, which fome promote and encourage,for the mortification offinne conffting for the moltpart, in flavifh, bodily ex- ercifes,are to bebewayledwith teares ofblond, as abominations, that (educe poore foules from theCroffeofChrift; For; it faies,this work istruly,and in an acceptable manner onlyperformed, whenweare planted into the likeneffe of the death ofChrifl, havingour oldman crucified withhim, and the body offinne deflroyed. Rom. 6.5,6. and thereupon by Faith reckoning our felves dead unto finne, but alive untoGod. v. i i. It is done only by knowing thefellowfhip ofthe faferingsofChrifi, andbeingmade conformable to hisdeath. Phil. 3,1o. by the Croffe o fchrif is theworldcrucified unto us , and we unto the world. TheSpirit brings homethepower ofthe Croffeof Chri(t to the foule , for the accom- plifhingofthis work; and without it , it will not be done: Moreover it faies, that Mortificationofthe flefh, bywhat means effe6ted,
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