;46 SYx.III. Old man, what. if Neu) Creature, "that. Againe,doft thou take him for his kingdome and his wealth only a That is the difpofition of an harlot,who takes her husband for hisuealth, and not becaufe the loves him, but thou muff take him for love ; The Yir. gins love thee, Cant. 1. 2. The harlots doe not fo, but the Virgins love thy goodly perfon. Againe, thou mutt not take him in a good mood, but till death doe part you, thou mutt love him for ever : No man loves a man truly, but he is rooted and grounded in his love; when thou does finde thy heart to humbled, that thou doeft reckon finne the greaten evill,and doeft hunger after Chrift, and doett keep him as thy life, when thou doeft all this from a love unto him, thou art a New Creature, when thou takefhChrift with love,and fuch an one as is a working love, now be affured that thou art a New Creature, for this is that wherein it conifts. I obferve this by the way, for thofe that thinke they never have been humbled enough; the New Crea- ture confias not in that,but in faith and love: Haft thou faith and love a Then thou haft the thing it fell; and if thou haft that, thou haathe preparation. That is the firft expref lion. Another is in .Eph.4.22, 23,24. That yee call of, concerning the converfation in times pall, the old man which is corrupt through deceiveable lufis, and bee rented in the spirit of your minde,and put on the new man, which after God is created in righteoufneffeand holineffe proceeding from truth. There you have the thing named, what it is to be a New Creature, and what it is to be the old man fill. To be the old Creature, or the old man, is nothing elfe but to be guided by lua,which comes from errour in
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