416 A Cosnrrtentarie vpou q/h fignifics the corruptionofthe whole natureofman : and thefpirit is the gift of regeneration, (as bath bee (hewed.) It may bedemanded how there twainebeeingbut qualitiescan be faid to fight together?dnf.The Hefhand the fpirit are mix. ed together in the whole man regenerate, and in all the pow. ersofthe fouleofman. Fire and waterarc laid tobe mixed in compoundbodies : light and darknes are mixed in the aire at the dawning ofthe day. In a vcf ill of lukc warmewater, heat and cold arc mixed together, we cannot laie, that the water is inone parte hott and in another cold , but the whole quanti. to tie ofwater is hott in parte , and cold in parte . Euen fo the man regenerate is not onepart flefh,& inanother part fpirit, but the whole mind is partlyHc(ls andpartly fpirit, and fo are the will and affettions through out , partly fpirituall , and partlycarnal]. Now upon this mixture it comes to pafíè that tS the powersofthe foule are carried and difpofed diuerfc wales: and hereupon followes the combat. The fccondpoint concernes the meanes whereby this corn. bate is made: and that is,a twofold Concupiscence, expreflcd in therewords, theßelh lußerb againfl the fpirit, and the fpirit vita tbefefh.Theluf}ofthe fc111 (heroes it (elfe in two a&i ons.The firft is, to defileand repreffe the goodmotions ofthe fpirit. In this refpeft Paul faithwhen I would dogood euillispre- ens and the lass ofthefle/h rebelles aóainfl the law of the mind, Rom. 7. 21. 23 . Hereupon theHe(h is fitly refembled by the 21 difeafecalled Ephialtes or themare,in which men in theirHum- ber, thinke they feelea thing as heauie as a monntainc lyingon their brefs, which they can nowale remoue. The fccond aEti- on ofthe ficlh, is,tobring forth and to fill themindwithwick - ed cogitations, and rebellious inclinations. In this refpeât 3o concupifcence is laid to tempt,intice, and draw away themind ofman. Iam. r. t .. Againc, the lufofthe fpirit bath two o ther aftions.The fina is,tocurbe, and reftraine the H&(h. Thus Saint Iohn faith that the feedofgrace keepes the regenerate that they can not (inne. t. Ioh. 3.9. The fccondaftion ofthe fpirit is, S to ingender good motions, cogitations,and inclinations, agree able to thewill of God. Thus Dauid faith that his raines did teachhim in the night feafen. Pfal. t6. And the prophet Irai faith, thineear;fhallbeareavoice laying, here is the way wake ix it whenthan torn/ tothe right bated,or to theleft c. 3 o.v. z r .And this
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