Ver. 4. and the Power of sin. g'5 7 death. This is at large handled eltcwhcrc, in a I rearife lately published on this peculiar fubjed. There and the like Conlìderations attending the aclings of irtdweVing fin, do oftentimes intangle the foul in making a Judgement of it fclf, and leave it in the dark as to its Late and condition. A few th'rgs (hall be offered unto this'Objcä.ota alto. r . The fcnlible.powerfull adings ofindwelling fin, are not incontinent with a (late of Grace, Gal. 5. 17. There are in the fame perron contrary principles, the filth and the fpirit; tbefe are c,ntrary ; And there are contrary wings from theft: prin- ciples ; ?he ¡leg, lujiet h againff the Jpirit, and the ß irit againJf thefíe(h; and the(èadings are de(crib:d to be great vigorous in other places.Luii wars agarnfi our f uls, Jam. t. 1 Pet:2.1 :. Now to n'ar is not to make faint or gentle Oppofition to be flighted and contemned ; but it is to go out with great Itrength, to ule craft, fubtletyand force, fo as to put the whole iffue to a hazard. So the(è lulls war; fuch are their wings in and agairft the foul. And therefore faith the Apoflic, Tou cannot do the things that you would; feeRo01.7. 14, 15, 16, 17. In this confl ¿ indeed the underfianding is left unconquered ; it con- drmns and difapproves of the evil led unto ; and the will is not fubdued ; it would not do the evil that is pre(ted upon it, and there is an hatred or averfation remaining in the Añehions unto fin; but yet notwithtlanding tin rebel', fights, tumulruates, and leads captive. This ObjeEtion thenmay receive this tpeedy Anfwer. Powerfull wings and workings, univerfal endle(s firuglings of indwelling fin, feducing toall that is evil, putting it feltforth to the dinurbance and ditfettlement of all that is good, isno Efficient .ground to conclude a (late of Alienation hornGod ; Ice for this the other Treatife before mentioned at large. 2. Tourfiate ¡r not at all to bemeafured by the oppofition that fin makes toyou, but by the oppofition you make to it ; be that ne- ver fogreat, ifthisbe good, be that never fo refflefs and power- full, ifThis be fncere, you may be difquieted, you can have no reafon to dcfpond. I have mentioned there things only to give aftecimen of the Z z 2 Objections
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