130 I P,:t.2..I I. He :odotus Luk.tI.2E. The finfulnef]e of Stn. . on in the broad way.Fourthly , in finne it felfe there isa great firength to enforce then to its fervice : Firll it is edg'd with malice againfl_ the foule,arm'd with weapons to fight againft it,and enmitie is a great W hetf}one to va. lour.., Secondly, it is attended with flefhly wiledome, fuppótted wit tratagems and deceits , heartned ani let on bythe affiif }ance of Satan and the world, EphcJ.4. 2 2. Hcb. 3. 13. Thirdly, it bath a judicature and regiment in.the heat t,it governes by a Law,it fend s forth lulls and temptations like fo many ediás into the foul ; and when we ob)e5t, the Law of God againft the fervice that is re- qu ed,then as that Perfian King,who could not finde out a Law to, Warrant the parti:ular, which heé would have done;foand out another, That he might doe what he would ; fo fìnne w hen it bath no realen to alit age, yet it bath. Sel fe will, that is, all Lawes in one, gen. 49. 6 2 Pet.z.1 o,R,om.7. 2 3. In one word,the flrong man is furnithed with a »bole eslrmour. . Secondly,finne is an Husband, 7i0,7n. 7. 1 S . and fo it bath the power of love, which the Wife -man faith, is at firong aJ death,that will have no denyall when it comes. Saint Paul tels us, there is a conflraining power in love, 2 ar.. 5. i 4. Who ftronger than Sampfon, and who weaker than a woman ? yet by love Thee overcame him, whom all the Philiftines were unable to deal( with. Now as betweene a man and a ftrumpet, fo betweene tuft and the heart, there are lint certaine curled dalliances atnd treaties,by alluring temptations, the heart is drawn away from the fight of God and his Law,and entifed,and then foilowes the accon plifhment of uncleanne fie, lam. II q.. This in the general! is that life or flrength of finne here fpoken oi: . We are next to-obferve,that the ground of all this is the Law :. The fling of D eath it finne,and thefgrength of finne is the Law, L or 15.56. i 7oh.3.4.from the law it is, that, finne bath both ltrength to condemner and to command --
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