Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

first, I hate the evil of sin as being ¹most contrary unto grace, but yet I cannot avoid it, I cannot do the things that I would: but the natural ⟨p. 95⟩man doth not hate the evil of sin otherwayes then as it brings punishment: Secondly, I delight in the Law of God in the inward man, that ²is, howsoever I am violently carried unto the committing of sin, yet it is against the desire of his soul, he hath no pleasure, he can take no delight in it for his delight is in the inward man: but the natural man takes Gods Laws as burdens, and therefore he will not submit himself unto, them because he is not strong in the inward man: he promiseth, but he performs not; he yields, and yields not; he yields to something, but not to every thing: And thus much for this last difference betwixt the natural strength and the spiritual strength.

first, I hate the evill of sinne as being ¹most contrary unto grace, but yet I cannot avoyde it, I cannot doe the things that I would: but the naturall ⟨p. 95⟩man doth not hate the evill of sinne otherwayes then as it brings punishment: Secondly, I delight in the Law of God in the inward man, that ²is, howsoever I am violently carried unto the committing of sinne, yet it is against the desire of his soule, he hath no pleasure, he can take no delight in it for his delight is in the inward man: but the naturall man takes Gods Lawes as burthens, and therefore he will not submit himselfe unto, them because he is not strong in the inward man: hee promiseth, but he performes not; hee yeilds, and yeilds not; he yeilds to something, but not to every thing: And thus much for this last difference betwixt the naturall strength and the spirituall strength.

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