The Christian warfare wherein is first generally showed the malice, power and politic stratagems…The Christian warfare wherein is first generally shewed the malice, power and politike stratagems…

§. Sect. 6 And so much concerning the first sign, whereby those may be discerned whom Christ calleth,¹ namely the sight and sense of their sins. But it is not sufficient that we feel our sins like a heavy burden, pressing us down if we be content to bear it still, but it must seem irksome and grievous unto us, and make us exceeding weary of bearing it, we must with the Apostle Peter think it sufficient that we have spent the time past of our lives, after the lust of the Gentiles in abominable sins, and for the time to come we are to live after the will of God, dedicating our selves wholly to his worship and service. Otherwise, though we have never so exquisite a sight and sense of our sins, yet if they seem unto us a sweet burden which we are content still to bear without any great weariness, nay with pleasure and delight, if we be like the rich miser who though his back should be almost broken with the weight of his own gold, yet would not think it any trouble, nay would esteem it for his chief felicity because his ⟨p. 417⟩burden pleaseth him, so if we feeling that our sins are an huge and massy burden, are nevertheless not troubled nor weary of bearing them, but rather take our chief delight in being so loaded; because the burden is exceeding sweet and delightful to us, we may assure our selves that we are not in the number of those whom Christ calleth, for he inviteth them only unto him? who being heavy laden with the weight of their sins are weary of their burden, and sorrow and grieve, that they cannot shake it of, nor be freed from it. Crying out with the Apostle Paul, Rom. 7.24. O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death.

§. Sect. 6 And so much concerning the first signe, whereby those may be discerned whom Christ calleth,¹ namely the sight and sense of their sinnes. But it is not sufficient that we feele our sinnes like a heauie burthen, pressing vs down if we be contētto bear it stil, but it must seeme irksom and grieuous vnto vs, and make vs exceeding weary of bearing it, we must with the Apostle Peter thinke it sufficiēt that we haue spent the time past of our liues, after the lust of the Gentiles in abominable sinnes, and for the time to come we are to liue after the will of God, dedicating our selues wholy to his worship and seruice. Otherwise, though we haue neuer so exquisite a sight and sense of our sins, yet if they seeme vnto vs a sweet burthen which we are content still to beare without any great wearinesse, nay with pleasure and delight, if wee bee like the rich miser who though his backe should be almost broken with the waight of his owne gold, yet would not thinke it any trouble, nay would esteeme it for his chiefe felicity because his