to the flesh; as the Prophet speakes, Isa. 31.3. Yee are men and not Gods, flesh and not spirit: when he would shew their weaknesse, as if weak∣nesse were a concomitant of the flesh, and strength a concomitant of the spirit: Therefore if you have the spirit of Christ in you, there will be strength to goe through good workes, not onely to intend them, and purpose them, and resolve on them, but you will put those resolutions and purposes in execution.
Secondly, it must needes be so, because there is a chaine betweene good workes and the inward rectitude of the heart, a chaine that cannot be dis∣joyned; for ye shall finde that these three things alwayes goe together.
First, as that indeede is the beginning of every mans renewing, there must be a knowledge, a man must be enlightened, hee must be renewed in the spirit of his minde, as the Apostle saith. Now if the knowledge bee right, if it bee a convicting knowledge, a sanctifying knowledge, a know∣ledge to purpose, it will draw on affections, it cannot chuse, they are never separated: you are never truly enlightened by Gods spirit, but affe∣ctions follow necessarily, and then if the affe∣ctions be right, if knowledge draw on holy affe∣ctions, love, and feare, and desires, &c. affecti∣ons are the immediate principles of actions, there is no man that hath right affections, but good workes will follow: so that these three are never disjoyned, sanctified knowledge draweth on holy affections, and holy affections draw on