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¹Secondly the conflict between the flesh and the spirit, differeth from that which is between the reason and will, the conscience and affections in the moving causes, for the spirit is moved to assault the flesh by the true love of God, which causeth it to make war against carnal lusts, because they are odious unto him, as being enemies to his grace, and contrary to his holy will; and by a filial fear of his Majesty which maketh the man regenerate loath to yield unto any motions of sin, least he should hereby offend and displease him; but the combat between the conscience and affections ariseth from self-love and servile fear, which make the man unregenerate to withstand the motions of sin in the will and affections for fear of those punishments, which will accompany his sins, as horror of conscience, shame, corporal pain, eternal death and hellish condemnation, like the slave who dare not offend his master, not because disliketh the fault, but because he feareth the whip; or the thief who is restrained from robbing, not in obedience to the law or because he hateth sin or loveth justice and trueth, but because he feareth to be hanged on the gallows. And so likewise they differ in their ends, for the end at which the regenerate man aimeth in fighting against the flesh, is that he may glorify God in his victory over his sinful lusts and be more and more assured of his love and his own salvation; but the end at which the conscience of the man unregenerate aimeth in opposing his corrupt will and earnall affections, is that he may the better compass his worldly desires, either in the obtaining of some earthly good, or the avoiding and escaping of some imminent evil. In which ⟨p. 239⟩regard although the same effect be produced in them both, and both the man unregenerate & regenerate do or leave undone the same thing, yet the like actions which make a like glorious show in outward appearance, are far unlike in the judgement of God, because they arise from contrary causes, and are directed to contrary ends; and therefore the same actions done by the one are approved and accepted as lawful and good, and of the other rejected and condemned as evil and wicked.

¹Secondly the conflict betweene the flesh and the spirit, differeth from that which is betweene the reason and will, the conscience and affections in the mouing causes, for the spirit is moued to assault the flesh by the true loue of God, which causeth it to make warre against carnall lustes, because they are odious vnto him, as being enemies to his grace, and contrary to his holy will; and by a filiall feare of his Maiestie which maketh the man regenerate loath to yeelde vnto any motions of sin, least he should hereby offend and displease him; but the combate betweene the conscience and affections ariseth from selfe-loue and seruile feare, which make the man vnregenerate to withstand the motions of sinne in the will and affections for feare of those punishments, which will accompany his sinnes, as horrour of conscience, shame, corporall paine, eternall death and hellish condemnation, like the slaue who dare not offend his maister, not because disliketh the fault, but because he feareth the whip; or the thiefe who is restrained from robbing, not in obedience to the lawe or because he hateth sinne or loueth iustice and trueth, but because hee feareth to be hanged on the gallowes. And so likewise they differ in their endes, for the ende at which the regenerate man aymeth in fighting against the flesh, is that hee may glorifie God in his victory ouer his sinnefull lustes and be more and more assured of his loue and his owne saluation; but the ende at which the conscience of the man vnregenerate aymeth in opposing his corrupt will and earnall affections, is that hee may the better compasse his worldly desires, either in the obtaining of some earthly good, or the anoyding and escaping of some imminent euill. In which