3 Theluftsof thefleili. 2.,propPrty~ a readineffeto obey God· bath written the New Covenant within him·, when, hee harh written his Iaw in his hearr, when he hath taught him with his owne tea– ching, he · beginnes to fee a vanirie in a11 thefe things, as- the Apofilc faith; thepraife of men isemptie glory, the appiaufe ofmen, _that pleafed hitn before, he now .lookt s upon it, as a Bubble blowne with the breath ofmen, and emptiething; he ell:eemes it a thing that quickly lives and dies, and vanilheth, he feekes no more after it .. And fo for the lujls ofthe jlejh, whereas a Man beforethoughtittbe one– ly litefor a Man to fatisfiethe fldh, and the de– fires of it,now he begins to loo~e on it after another manner,he begins to fee the filthineffe and the bitternclfe of rhofe finnes, he begins ) to fee, that jlejhly lttjls fight ag!li;.if! the Sotde, . as enemies, he lookes upon them_as things more bitter than death; more f11arpe than a two-edged Sword, Now when God hath enlightend a Man thus, and bath written his Law in his h~art, and bath taught him fo, that he judgerh thus of his {innes) and 1ulh, now his ·finries and lufis are diffolved in him, his heart is Circumcifed ,now they are cut 9ff,! now the building ofSathan is · pulled downe, andyet, Beltived,tbisisbut one·part of this eo venant. , Thereis not onely this, but likewife there .! foUowes this, further, when Chrijf hath writ.. ten his Law in the heart, tha.t aMan hath not o~elY. his heart_weaned .from all the finfuli ( .. · lufrs ·
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