3 ;q, d New creature, lbbat. 1, SMUT. Ar.Jlotle hath an obfervacion, It is one thing, faith he, to doe an Aid of Art, and another thing to doe it like an Anil!. It is one thing to doe an Ad of mufike, and another thing to doe it Artif7 -like : If one doth a thing,and have no Art in the doing of it,he deferves no commendation fo there is a great difference betweene doing any of go fie, And having the a6ions of the Soule well habite 'Qr when you 9nly doe the aei without the bent of 'our foutes , that way, Con re. bards it not at your hk.ids, %t whenthe inward frame of the heart is fet right, s ereas it was contrary be- fore, it is a flgne of a ate x Creature : Apply this to ref . vl nfiV. How 'this alteration of the in- clination may bce knowrc, your felves. 1 But how fha'f wee know whether the frame of our foules be thus alterr_d or no e You (hall know -it 13) this : If there be filch an altera- tion of the inward-farulties, you (hall find your felves ready to every good work. When a man hath no na- tural] inclination unto goodneffe,without forcing him_ felfe, it doth undue the anon; but when a mans heart is fan &ified andtmade new, hee prefently falls upon good workes, He is ready to every good rvorke, for every good worke, and hands ready for it; he doth what he doth readilv,wi.. hour much adoe; for when the heart is changed -in a man that is a new creattire,he is like a Con - duir,do but turn the cock,and there needs no forcing of the water our; fo when a man is become a new Creature, he is ready to every good worke (like a good wife that is ready to bring forth fruits unto her husband) where as before he brought forth fruit unto fin and death. Againe, you fhall finde that you doe good things with facility and delight, and that is a figne that thy heart
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