FOOTNOTES:
[300] Pſal. 16. 3. Pſal. 119. 63, 79. Gal. 6. 10. 1 Pet. 2. 17. Coloſſ. 1. 4.
[301] Paulin. in Vitâ D. Ambroſ.
Vnfained Reſolution to mortifie her moſt preuailing Sinne.
But adde vnto all theſe, another more ſpeciall, eſſentiall, and ſuperiour working of Her Godly Feare, and that was Her continuall Combating againſt all ſinne, euen Her moſt commanding ſin whatſoeuer that was[302]. For there was a time to my knowledge, when after the preaching vnto Her of the power and efficacie of Gods promiſes, and of Chriſts Death and Reſurrection, for the mortifying and maſtering of any boſome and beloued ſinne, you might eaſily ſee in Her, how willingly ſhe yeelded vnto the Sanctifying worke of the Holy Ghoſt for the Ouer-comming of her ſtrongeſt corruptions, how heauily ſhee was diſpleaſed with relapſes into ſmaller offences of daily incurſion againſt the generall and conſtant purpoſe[303] of her heart not to ſinne in anything; how faithfully ſhe reſted vpon thoſe ſweeteſt[304] promiſes of God (which ſhe confeſſed ſhe had not erſt ſo well weighed) for the mortifying of ſpeciall infirmities, and how vnfainedly ſhee reſolued to ſet her Faith on worke, to draw not onely aſſurance of pardon from the Merit of Chriſts Death and Reſurrection; but alſo that Power and efficacie which is in them, to Die to Sinne, and Liue to Righteouſneſſe.[305]
