Sermons preached

1. A Beneficio, from the Benefit accruing to us, We shall not fulfil the Lusts of the Flesh. If they yield to the Motions and Inclinations of the Regenerate Part, they cannot […] the Evil which the Carnal Part would have them; the […] ⟨p. 202⟩they have will hold them in as a Bridle, and turn their Minds another way. Surely Sin is no such lovely thing, that we should be enamoured of it; yea, it is such an hateful thing, that we should shun and avoid it by all means possible. Now when you have an Help at hand, not only near you but within you, such as the new Nature, which riseth up in Rebukes and Dislikes against Sin; you should take this Advantage, otherwise you offer violence not only to the Law of God, but that new Nature which he hath put into you. There are three Reasons which may be urged here.

1. A Beneficio, from the Benefit accruing to us, We shall not fulfil the Lusts of the Flesh. If they yeeld to the Motions and Inclinations of the Regenerate Part, they cannot 〈…〉 the Evil which the Carnal Part would have them; the 〈…〉 ⟨p. 202⟩they have will hold them in as a Bridle, and turn their Minds another way. Surely Sin is no such lovely thing, that we should be enamour'd of it; yea, it is such an hateful thing, that we should shun and avoid it by all means possible. Now when you have an Help at hand, not only near you but within you, such as the new Nature, which riseth up in Rebukes and Dislikes against Sin; you should take this Advantage, otherwise you offer violence not only to the Law of God, but that new Nature which he hath put into you. There are three Reasons which may be urged here.

(1.) The better Principle, the more it is obeyed, the more it is strengthened; for the Way of the Lord is Strength to the Upright,