Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things

You see now a portraiture of the new man, which should be the case of all men; my text saith indefinitely A man] implying every man, and every part of man; every man should be regenerated, every part of man should be renewed; and whereas man consists on two parts, the body and soul, all the members of his body, the Heart, the Eye, the Ear, the Tongue in especial; all the powers of his soul, the Understanding, the Will, the Memory, the Conscience, the Affections in general, all must be renewed, and the whole man] born again.

You see now a pourtraiture of the new man, which should be the case of all men; my text saith indefinitely A man] implying every man, and every part of man; every man should be regenerated, every part of man should be renewed; and whereas man consists on two parts, the body and soul, all the members of his body, the Heart, the Eye, the Ear, the Tongue in especial; all the powers of his soul, the Ʋnderstanding, the Will, the Memory, the Conscience, the Affections in general, all must be renewed, and the whole man] born again.

And yet (beloved) I mean not so, Use. as that a man renewed is never overcome with sin, I know there is in him a continual fight betwixt the flesh and the spirit, each of which striveth to make his part strong against the other, and sometimes Amalek ⟨p. 21⟩prevails, and sometimes Israel prevails; sometimes his heart falls a lusting, his eyes a wandering, his ears a tickling, his tongue a cursing; sometimes his understanding errs, his will rebels, his memory fails, his conscience sleeps, and his affections turn the stream after sensual objects; but (that which differs him from the unregenerate man) if he sin, it is with a gracious reluctation, he resists it to the uttermost of his abilities, and if at last he commit sin through the violence of tentation, subduing the infirmity of the flesh, he is presently abashed, and then begins he to set repentance a work in all the parts and powers of his body and soul; then begins his conscience to trouble him within, and will never be at quiet until the cistern of his heart (being overcharged) hath caused his eyes, the flood-gates, with moist sinful humours, to overflow the cheeks with tears of contrition, and thus he is washed, justified, sanctified, and restored to his former integrity again.