The Saints Infirmities. 37 rupring thee; fo neither will the fpirit fuE r thee to fin without firiving agaínft,and opposing ir. But if thou canft fit downe, and let it reft without ftrivìng againft it, it is no infirmity, but re'hellion;therfore try thy felfe by thefe lignes. But others,befides true Chriftians,are able to odjraion doe this ; for take an unregenerate man, and hee will make the fárne plea for himfelfe, that it is but an infirmity : indeede hee is overta- ken fornetimes,but it continues not ; and when hee isadmonifhed or reproved, hee finder his heart yeelde to it , and hee grieves and is lorry for it, hee complaines of it, and feekes to helpe it., and ftrives againft it ; and therefore, there are not lure lignes to diftinguifh him from another. I anfwer,that there is fome.thing in an unrege- nerate man which is much like, and.conles very neare to that in the regenerate man, he may doe much by that light he bath , but yet there is a broad difference between them : for the regene- rate man hath another objea about which hee is converfant,he path a new light pur into his heart, he is renewed in the fpirit of his mind, and hee hath the Law written in his heart. 2.Cor.3.3.He . 8.1o. That is, all the pirituall duties that are written in the Law:and he hath fomething in his heart that anfwers to what is in the Law,as Tally aufwers to Tally;or as that faffti on in the lead,to that in the mold;or as in a leale charaecer anfwers to charafter, impreffion to impreffion ;. fo that I which is in the Peale, the fame is in the waxe : E 3 Si) Y
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