The Saints Infirmities 23 for this is a diflinguithing property ofa godly man,and fo are all the other affections;now a na- turall man cannot hate finne, cannot grieve for wickedneffè, as abhomination to God:Take this for a rule,that howfoever naturali Wien may know much, and doe much, yet they have no fpirituall affe&ion ; they have no fpirituall love, hatred, griefe,or joy. A fifth thing which nature cannot doe, and which this fupernaturalI ftrength doth, is this, it overcomes and fubdues the luflings of our owne fpirits,andrhat not by refrraint,bur putting, in h a contrary luting; the fpirit lugs againfi the fleíh ; this fupernaturall ftrength of the fpirit, it ;hems us about, it comprehends and keepes us : d 20.22.Behold I goe bound in the Spirit(faith St.P.tal)to Icrnfalem : When a mans owne fpirit would fall bofe, this fupernaturall ftrength flaies and [trengthens it ; when God leaves any of the Saints to nakednef e and emptineffè of his owne fpirit,he becomes as another man : as it was Paid ofSarnpfon,theybecome weake as water; as we fee inElirr,D,evid,a.nd Peter.But when this fryer- natural ftrength is within us,it fits at the (tern and guides us,and carries us through all. Now then if thou.findeft that thou haft any ftrength in thee more than natural;though it be but a litrle,all thy infirmities (hall not exclude thee from the mer- cies ofGod in Chrift. Is =it f)?be not then difcouraged for any of thy infirmities , but come boldly to the throne of grace : it is a great fault in.Chriftiaus, if becaufe of 5
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