Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

Thirdly it is a frame whereby a man is enabled to please God in all things, because it sets a good hew upon all our actions, for as varnish makes all colours fresh, so doth the strength of the inward man, it sets a deep die upon all our actions, puts a grace upon them, and makes them beautiful, nothing without it will hold trial, every thing that hath the tincture and virtue of the strength of the Inward man will hold good, it sets the stamp of holiness upon them as implanted by the spirit, and therefore they are acceptable unto God.

Now that you may know the better what this strength is, you must first inquire what weakness is, now by weakness we do not mean weakness before a man be converted, for that cannot so properly be called weakness as wickedness, and therefore know that this weakness which the Apostle speaks of here, which is proper unto Christians is of two sorts.

Now that you may know the better what this strength is, you must first inquire what weakness is, now by weakness we doe not mean weakness before a man be converted, for that cannot so properly be called weakness as wickedness, and therefore know that this weakness which the Apostle speaks of here, which is proper unto Christians is of two sorts.

The First is weakness or a small measure of grace, as in 1 Cor. 3. 1. That is those that are weak in knowledge and habes in Christ.