1 z . The Saints Spirituall flrength. 5. Menea. beloved finne , and fo come unto the ordinances of God , you will corne without profit, becaufe the arrow head is in the wound , your lulls you keepe unmortified, and fo long you cannot be hea- led,this keepes the plaifler off the fore : you know what paines the humours of the body will breed in a Man, when they gather into any part of the body,and how they will hinder the augmentation in other parts.So,when thefe evill-humours of the foule gather together, and begin to reigns and beare rule in the foule , it is impoffible that the foule fhould grow in holinefie till they be purged away, therefore be earneft with God to purge out thefe humours,whcther they be profit or pleafure, or honour, or any other thing, and inthus doing, you (hall ftrengthen the inward man, and the ftronger that the inward man is , the healthfuller the foule is ; I fay, it is unpoffible that you fhould thrive in the inward man, fo long as youreraìne a- ny finne, and therefore our Saviour faith, How can yee beleeve, feeing you feeke honour one of another, if you retaine the love of credit and reputation in the world, before grace , how can you beleeve You cannot be prong in the inward man. The fifth meanes,to flrengthen the inward man, 'ss this, you muff get fpirituall courage, and joy : you mull get joy in the new birth ; the contrary unto this, is difcouragernent,and for row, nothing fo rntich weakens the inward man, except finne,as difcourage.nent: and againe, nothing fo availea. ble to make a man ftrong, as courage and, joy; this
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