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5 Difference is out of the seventh verse, not I, but ¹sin, and in the last verse, with my mind I serve ⟨p. 214⟩the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. This law of the mind makes a change in the person. Can any unregenerate man in the world say, it is not I, but sin? if he doth any thing that is good, it is not he; if he doth any thing that is evil, it is he and only he that doth it. A regenerate man himself never sins, that is, whilst he is himself, he never yields to sin, but it is his flesh when he is not himself, and an unregenerate man when he is himself, never yields fully to the motions of grace; but a regenerate man when ever he is himself, acts according to this part, he is never otherwise overcome, but with a strong temptation, drunk and transported with passion, and when a mist is before his eyes; I always serve in my mind the Law of God. And therefore though he be overcome, yet with this difference, that he looks upon it, as a captivity and a bondage worse then that of Egypt. He doth not as that servant in the Law, he is not willing to have his ear bored through, and to serve that master for ever: whereas another looks at sin as a liberty, and the Law of God as a restraint, and wish eth it were not, though he may accommodate himself by it; and though he may delight in sin for a while, yet withal he delights in the Law in the inward man, and that is the more constant prevailing overcoming delight: so as consider if there be not another delight contrary to the delighting in sin, though at that time, when the flesh delights in sin, it appears not, which yet overcomes and ²out wears the other.

5 Difference is out of the seventh verse, not I, but ¹sinne, and in the last verse, with my minde I serve ⟨p. 214⟩the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sinne. This law of the mind makes a change in the person. Can any unregenerate man in the world say, it is not I, but sin? if he doth any thing that is good, it is not he; if he doth any thing that is evill, it is he and onely he that doth it. A regenerate man himselfe never sins, that is, whilst he is himselfe, he never yields to sin, but it is his flesh when he is not himselfe, and an unregenerate man when hee is himselfe, never yields fully to the motions of grace; but a regenerate man when ever he is himselfe, acts according to this part, hee is never otherwise overcome, but with a strong temptation, drunke and transported with passion, and when a myst is before his eyes; I alwayes serve in my mind the Law of God. And therefore though hee bee overcome, yet with this difference, that he lookes upon it, as a captivity and a bondage worse then that of Aegypt. He doth not as that servant in the Law, hee is not willing to have his eare boared through, and to serve that master for ever: whereas another lookes at sinne as a liberty, and the Law of God as a restraint, and wish eth it were not, though he may accommodate himselfe by it; and though he may delight in sin for a while, yet withall hee delights in the Law in the inward man, and that is the more constant prevailing overcomming delight: so as consider if there bee not another delight contrary to the delighting in sinne, though at that time, when the flesh delights in sinne, it appeares not, which yet overcomes and