Of turning from our e1Jill11ayes. with ·it. This Law is a Kiogdome. A govem-: -.;.>: mmtconfifl:snstinword, butin power, 1_CQr.41.0. ' · l I~h"J· 9 •. heethat u borne 1{GodJh~Nes not, neithe.r; c4n heejinne, f}rc . .compared v~~itb rhat, I, lohn I~•. whe.uborne, 111t ~ftht: wiUofthejlefb; &c. lmt ofthe will of.GDd. The meanin~ Pt boi:h compared is . this; a .regenerate man that is borne of God, hath fir'll .fuch :ahabitas is agreeableeo the will ofGod -in all things~ and·this habite is asathing innate, like naturall quaEties bred and borne with us, fo that he cAnxot fi.nne; that is, he cannot but rdi11 and {hive againft it, and ~ave in the end the victory o ver it i for it is a·taw within him which puts him on to what God wills. t and fecondly, not onely fo, but he is borne thus,faid the Apofile,rhatis,though shii ·difpojitil11 be infufed, yet ic is fo rivetted inco him, that he can no more l11ake it offth~n a nattirall difpolition he is bor~ith ; therefore he cannot fin, rhat is, it cannot behe iliould becomea !inner •given klp to -fin. , On the contrary, narurall men wanting this law are not, nor cannot be fubjeel: to rhe Law of Go~, becaufethis difpolicion ro finis . natural! to him, ·he is borne of the fle(h, of thewill of man; fo as.this ~awofgrace workesout all evill . in theend,andif good betobc done,breaks through all difficulties ; but corruption in the or her workes out all good, and returnes to finne, foas he fays, I a[ll not able to keepe the Sabbath thus;and ab fiaine from fuch andfuch a fin, I ani fo firongly inclined · to it. · · : 5 Differcace kont ofrhe fcvemh verfe,not l;but linne-; and in thc:laft verfe, withmy mind I ferv~ I P 3 the 113 I ' I I . / . I · 5 ·;
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