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To conclude therefore, look as the ointment that was poured on Aaron's head ran down even to the skirt of his garments; so the holy anointing with the oil of grace, drencheth even the lowest and basest parts of soul and body, working in them a change of grace.

To conclude therefore, looke as the oyntment that was poured on Aarons head ranne downe even to the skirt of his garments; so the holy annointing with the oyle of grace, drencheth even the lowest and basest parts of soule and body, working in them a change of grace.

Second Mark, That it enableth us by faith in Gods word to overcome the world; makes the man in whom it is, a Conqueror, so as he gets the victory over the corrupt lusts of his own heart, ⟨p. 266⟩and the enticements that come from the world or the devil, 1 John 5.4. All that is borne of God overcomes the world. So then a special property of him that is changed is, that he hath strength infused into him, whereby he withstands sinful motions in the heart; fashions not himself to the world; resists the devil. By our natural condition we are servants to our corrupt hearts; they have an entire command over us, so as, we both obey them, and have no power to do otherwise. Now where the spirit worketh this change, there sin reigns no longer, so as we should obey it in the lusts thereof, neither do we give our members as weapons of unrighteousness unto sin, but we give our selves unto God, as they that are alive from the dead, Rom. 6.12, 13.¹ as thou desirest therefore to know whether thou art changed or not, so consider how thou prevailest in crucifying thy corrupt affections, beating back Satan's and the worlds temptations.