The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

Dost thou hate and fight against sin as sin, ¹and so against every sin? for all true hatred is against the whole kind: Dost thou loath it as much when it riseth in thy heart, as when it rageth in thy life, in thy dearest friends, as in thy bitterest enemies? It was said of Anthony, that he hated a Tyrant, not tyranny; dost thou abhor the disease or the patient? canst thou say as David, I hate every false way? Psal. 119.104. Universality in this is a sure sign of sincerity. Herod spits out some sins, when he rolls others as sweet morsels in his mouth. An hypocrite ever leaves the Devil some nest-egg to sit upon, though he take many away: Some men will not buy some commodities, because they cannot have them at their own price, but they lay out the same money on others; so hypocrites forbear some sins, yea, are displeased at them, because they cannot have them without disgrace or diseases, or some other disadvantage, but they lay out the same love upon other sins, which will suit better with their designs. Some affirm what the Sea loseth in one place it gaineth in another so what ground the corruption of the unconverted loseth on way it gaineth another. There is in him some one lust especially ⟨p. 165⟩which is his favourite; some King-sin, like Agag which must be spared when others are destroyed. In this the Lord be merciful to thy servant, saith Naomi. But now the regenerate laboureth to cleanse himself from all pollutions both of flesh & spirit, 2 Cor. 7.1. Grace is like Caesar who would admit of no superior; nay, like oil twill allow of no mixture. Sin may be in the Saint as rawness and illness in water, but the fire of Grace worketh it out by degrees, sending it forth in the scum. The least drop of water is contrary to, and opposed by fire, as well as the full vessel; so the least sin is contrary to, and opposed by Grace is well as the greatest: The shepherds dog forceth the whole flock to fly, but hath a special eye to one sheep to which he is directed by the staff or a stone from the shepherd: Or as the hounds (saith a Divine) drive the whole herd of Deer before them, yet have a special eye to one Deer which is singled out by the dart of the Huntsman, that however others may scape, yet that shall be killed;