Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

Lastly, we are hereupon consequently delivered from those effects of the spirit of bondage which come along with the Law. And they are principally three. First, ^aTo manifest to the Conscience that a man is in a desperate and damnable condition, in stead whereof there comes along with Christ to the Soul a Spirit of ^bAdoption, and of^c a sound mind, which says unto the Soul that God is our Salvation, settles the heart to rest and cleave unto Gods Promises; ^dterrifies, seals, secures, certifies our inheritance unto us. Secondly, to ^estop the mouth, and drive out of Gods presence, and leave utterly ^funexcusable, that a man shall have nothing to allege why the curse should not be pronounced against him, but shall in his conscience subscribe to the righteousness of Gods severity. In stead whereof we have in Christ a ^gfree approach into Gods presence; words put into our mouths by the ^hspirit of supplications to reveal our requests, to debate, and plead in Gods Court of mercy; to ⁱclear our selves from the accusations of ⟨p. 406⟩Satan; to appeal from them to Christ, and in him to make this just apology for our selves. I confess I am a grievous sinner, (and there is not a Soul in Heaven Christ only excepted which hath not been so, though I the chief of all) In Law then I am gone, and have nothing to answer there, but only to appeal to a more merciful Court. But this I can in truth of heart say, that I deny my own works, that I bewail my corruptions, that the things which I do I allow not, that it is no more I that do them, but sin that dwelleth in me; that I am truly willing to part from any lust, that I can heartily pray against my closest corruptions, that I delight in the Law of God in mine inner man, that I am an unwilling captive to the Law in my members, that I feel, and cry out of my wretchedness in this so unavoidable subjection, that I desire to fear Gods Name, that I love the Communion of his Spirit and Saints; and I know I have none of these affections from nature (in that I agree with Satan:) these are spiritual and heavenly impressions, and where there is a piece of the spirit, where there is a little of heaven, that will undoubtedly carry the soul in which it is to the place where all the Spirit is. If God would destroy me, he would not