z. Ic muP be, done by infufi on of a new qua- lity of godlinelfe .1 New Creature, 'hat. Therefore, I beteech you looke unto your felvcs fee, whether you be holy in all manner of converfati- on, I cannot goe thorow particulars, but I muff leave this to every mans breit, who mull reflect upon his owne heart. Confider with thy felfe, if fometimes thou given liberty to thy felfe in ill, or in the duties of new obedience to performe them flightly, as good never a whit, as never the better : if thou doers any duty, which thou knoweft tobe a duty, and not truly, know it is not accepted: If you continue in finne, and will not know it to be a finne, as in your inordinate ga- ming, and the vanity of your fpeeches, although thou thinkeft them fmall, yet they are able t^ gill thee; the biting of a Viper is as 'Italia thing, yet it will bring death with it: fo if any finne be allowed in thee, thou art not a New Creature, thou wanton this new moul- ding, thou art not yet call into anew frame. So much for the fiat part. The fecond thing which we obferved in this defcrip. Lion of a New Creature, is that, LA man mull be calf into anew mould, ky the infufi. on of a new quality of Grace. A mans heart is not put into a new frame by the tranfient as of the Holy Ghon (as in building of an horde., there is no more for a man to doe, but with his hands ro joyne one thing with another) but it is done by the infufion of a new quality. As in Adam therewas not only a deft t of weaknes, but of wickedneffe,fo there mutt be a new quality infu- fed into thy heart; elfe thou art no new New Creature. In all things in the world that have actions there is a quality;as the fire moves upward,and there is a quality of
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