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Two treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat…Tvvo treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat…
Two treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit.Tvvo treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit.
Cambridge: printed by John Legate printer to the University of Cambridge. 1593., 1593Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate printer to the Vniversitie of Cambridge. 1593., 1593
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Secondly it is to be considered how these twain, the flesh & the spirit can fight together, being but mere qualities. And we must know, that they are not severed asunder, as though the flesh were placed in one part of the soul, & the spirit in another: but they are joined & mingled together in all the faculties of the soul. The mind or understanding part, is not one ⟨p. 74⟩part flesh, and an other spirit, but the whole mind is flesh and the whole mind is spirit; partly one and partly the other. The whole will is partly flesh and partly spirit: the flesh and the spirit that is grace and corruption, not severed in place but distinguished. As the air in the dawning of the day is not wholly light or wholly dark as at midnight and at noonday: neither is it in one part light, in another part dark: but the whole air is partly light, and partly dark throughout. In a vessel of lukewarm water, the water it self is not only hot or only cold; or in one part hot & in another part cold: but heat and cold are mixed together in every part of the water. So is the flesh and the spirit mingled together in the soul of man: and this is the cause why these two contrary qualities fight together.
Secondly it is to be considered how these twain, the flesh & the spirit can fight togither, being but mere qualities. And we must know, that they are not severed asunder, as though the flesh were placed in one part of the soule, & the spirit in another: but they are ioyned & mingled togither in al the faculties of the soul. The mind or understanding part, is not one ⟨p. 74⟩part flesh, and an other spirit, but the whole mind is flesh and the whol mind is spirit; partly one and partly the other. The whole will is partly flesh and partly spirit: the flesh and the spirit that is grace and corruption, not seuered in place but distinguished. As the aire in the dawning of the day is not wholly light or wholly darke as at midnight and at nooneday: neither is it in one part light, in another part darke: but the whole aire is partly light, and partly dark throughout. In a vessell of lukewarme water, the water it selfe is not onely hot or only cold; or in one part hot & in another part cold: but heat and cold are mixt togither in every part of the water. So is the flesh and the spirit mingled togither in the soule of man: and this is the cause why these two contrary qualities fight togither.