CrsnP..3. c.1Commentarie upon the 620 tion leffe then all finnes, yea,then all venial! finne; yea indeednot pro- perly finne,but a propenttie to ir, as tinder not as fire ; not deferuing death ofit felfe : yea too manyChriflians line as though it were not in themat all,as though they had drunke that Popith dregge,that original finne is not in the regenerate any finne at all. But mitiakenot our Apo- flle,he faith not,we were thus or thus,as though anywerequite efcaped from this corrupt condition;but it is a moll fearefull fin preflìng downe Rum ,t9, andhanging fall on the bell, fubieêling them in it felfe to the wrath of God, frill vrging themto bring them backejilt were poflible into deep condemnation : fuch a corruption as is contrary to all the commande- ments,bred in the bone,lurkingdole in the fouls , hardly feene , hardly refilled, neuer abolifhed in the befl,while they carry this houle of clay. This is the caufe why fo few perceiue this eflateoftheirs,that fo few fce theneceflirie of beeing renewed in the fpirit oftheir minds , and that fo few leek in true humility tobe fhrowded under the righteoufnes ofthe LordIefus.But ifeuer thou wouldfl beraifed,labour to feeand bewaile the poifonofthy nature; the more thou feel, it the leffe it is; and the more thou art fanêlified,the more weaknes thou findefl; yea little elic but death and darknes in thy foule. There is as great difference betweene two forts ofmen, as betweene fire and water. The former haue alwaies found a good difpoftion in themfelues,rhey haue graceat will, they neuer doubted of Gods loue, they haueever Joued andferuedGod without let ; yet thefe pitiful! de- luded creatures flue no otherwife then the very Stoiks, who followed nature for their guid,and neuerfind fault with their elate. Another fort ofinen, fuck as Saint Paul cancry out of themfelues as miferable men, ouermatched with a body of finne and death ; they pray for a free fpi- rit , and then when firli the Lord hath enlarged them and loofed their bolts, they can promife to runne the way of his commaundements. Thefe woulddoe goodibut they cannot; they wouldnot doecull! , but theydoe it; which of thefe two now are more Puritanes ? Againe, in their falls and flippes they differno leffe. The former if hefinne, he lay- eth it vpon fomethingwithout himfelfe, as the fight offome obieól, and beholding offome Bachfebah, fore Achans wedge; or his inward fen. Men are nacs. ces call to his minde fome injury, vanity or Tome fuch occafion or o- rally pouched y y wich this point ther,whichhadhe efcaped all hadbin well: thus he will lay his Gene a- ofPopery,that nywhere but onhimfelfe. The other know andacknowledge that they this corruption is Rated to the are led away by their owne concupifcence,and that their fences,obies is, bodig(enccs, and occafions ate but feruants to their corruption : Dauid beeing chec- and inferiour facultiesof the ked for one finne goeth to this roote, Pfal,5 r.p. and fuch as he, rpon minds °nely. eucry occafioncan let vpon this firma as the moti dangerous enemy of their
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