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Regenerate man falleth not f••••atly.
1 AS a man in trauelling from Barwicke to London, it may be that now and then hee doth goe sometimes amisse and out of his way, but he speedily returnes to the way againe, and his course generally shall bee vpright: Euen so it is the propertie of the Regenerate man, to walke according to the spirit, which is not now and then to make a step forward, for to keepe his ordinarie course in the way of godlinesse. Rom. 8.1. 1. Iohn. 5.19.
2 As it is the practise of a sicke man, who hauing reco∣uered of some grieuous sicknesse, walkes a turne or two about his chamber, saying; Ah, I would faine walke vp and downe, but I cannot; meaning, not that hee cannot walke as hee would, being soone wearied through faint∣nesse: Or as a Souldier, that with a blowe hath his braine pan cracked, so as be lies groueling, astonished not able to fight: Or like him that hath a fit of the falling sick∣nesse, who for a time lies like a dead man: Euen so the Regenerate man, although the fleshe for a time vanqui∣sheth and subdueth the spirit, not onely in thoughtes, in inward motions, and in some particular offences; but also in the generall practise of this dutie or calling, and through the whole course of this life▪ Yet the spirit pre∣uailes in the ende, and getteth the maisterie. Rom. 7.15. &c.
3 Like as a prisoner, that is gotten foorth of the Gaile, and that hee might escape the hand of the keeper, de∣sires, and striues with all his heart, to runne an hun∣dreth myles in a day, but because hee hath straight and weightie Boltes on his legges, cannot for his life creepe past a myle or twaine, and that with chasing his flesh, and tormenting himselfe: Euen so a Regenerate man, and the seruants of God, doo heartily desire, and endeuour