4i8 r Chap. 5. 4Conotnentotrie vpon this life only, becaufe in death the fleíh is aboli(hed, andconfe- quently the combate it felfe. The fïft point, is, inwhat things doththiscombate (hew it felfe? Anf. In all the a uions ofmen regcncrate,whichPaul fig. sifics, whenhe faith, ye cannot do the thing.( which,ye mould. For example : inpraier , fometime we feele feruent dci res, and fometimeagainedeadnes offpirit; fometimesfaith, fometimes doubting. Thiscombate is in all the actionsoftheGodly, fpe- daily in good actions. Thus muchPaul teachcth,whéhe faith, 1 finddy the 14wofGad, that whenI woulddogood, earl isprefent, Rom. 7.2 t . And Ido not thegoodwhich I would , but the mill which broadnot,that do Lv.t9.And,that wemifakenot,itmutt be remetnbrcd, that Paul fpeakes all this of himfelfe,as beeing regenerate: that he fpeakes it not ofthis or that action, but of the courfe ofhis life, in which he willed and indeauoured to do that whichwas good, and acceptabletoGod.And that ap. peares.by the verywordes, when he faith, to willit prefent wish me. And, 1woulddogood, óut 1doit not . Marke further , while Paul wills and indeauours to do that which is good, ifhe faile and doamiffe, he may well fay, Is it not 1 that d. it, but the lel that dwelles in ene. And ungodly men for the couering of their wickednes, ifthey fay(as they do)that it it theirfle¡h that/nneth, and not they, the abufe the holy doctrine, and example of Paul. The tall point,concernes the effect ofthe Combate, which is tohinder the Godly that they cannot do that which they would, and that three waics. Firt}.it makes them that they can- not finne, that is,liue inpraaife ofany one finne. t. Iohn3.9. Secondly, ifat any time they fall , it (Lies and keepes them, that they finne not with full confent ofwill. For they fay when they finne, the eserllwhich 1hate,thatdo 1. Thirdly , though in theordinariecourfeoftheirhues they do that which is good, -yet by reafon ofthis combate, they faile in the Booing of it. Rom, 7. 18. towititprefent with me,bat 1findno eneanl t.ful or accomph(b that which isgood. Euen as a fick-man that is in rcco- nerie, for his affection, thinkes he is able to walke a mile or twaine, and yetbyreafonoffaintnes and weakener, is fcarce able towalke once or twife about hischamber. So the regene- rate man, for affcítion inclines to the beR things : and yet by rcafon ofthe flefh,failes in the Booingofthem. Thus S 10 ts 20 2l 30 35
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