The fiifidneffe of Sinne. a51 of tin which is in our members, fo that wee cannoe doe the Gal,, 5, things which wee would ? for though the Scripture call z Cor. :. 6. the Saints perf iïs, and teitifie of tome that they ferved God with their whole heart, yet that is onely in oppoli- tion to Corde dtsplíci, ä double heart, denoting fuch an integrity onely as doth not admit a purpofed divilion of the heart betweene God and fixne. Therefore wee meete llil, with exhortations to grow and abound, and with promifes or bringing forth more fruit, and menti on of proceeding from faith to faith, and from glory to glory, and of tùpplies of the Spirit, and growing to the mealùre of the ftature of thrift, and the like exprefrons, all which denote the admixture of Impotency in the bell. And this Impotency is fo great, that of themfelves they can never doe any thing, but returne to their wonted coldneffe and dulneffe againe : for it is not their having of grace in them barely which makes them grong, but their Communion and fellowlhip with Chriffs firinefe, I am able to do all things through C'hrift that ftrengthens i me. The branch can beare no fruit, nor preferve or ri. pen that which it hath, but by its unity with the roote light continues not in the houle but by its dependance ? on the Sunne, [hut out that, all the light is prefently gone. Take water away from the fire and its nature will bee prefently ffronger than the heate it borrowed, and fuddenly reduce it to its wonted coldneffe : So wee can doe nothing but by the conflánt fupplies of the Spirit of 1 'hrìfl ; he that begins mull finial every good worke in us, 1 ?hi/sp. i .6. Hee that is the Author mug be the finifbcr of 'our. faith too, Heb.i2.2. Witboat him we cannot wile nor doe any good, Phil.a.13. Without him,when we have done both, wee cannot continue, but fhall faint in the way, His Spir :t mu f lead t 7,om.8. i 4. Efey 40 . i i. His arme muff heale and frenthen us, Hofi i. 3 Ezek. 34. i 6. As zw° have received him, fo we mush Wake in him, with out him wecannot walke, Col. 2.6. Ged is the God of all Grace,
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