John Trapp on Galatians 5:17

Verſe 17. For the fleſh luſteth] Every new man is two men. What can a man ſee in the Shulamite, but as the appearance of two Armies, Cant. 6.13? Theſe maintain civil broils within her, as the two babes did in Rebecca's womb. All was jolly quiet at Epheſus, till Paul came thither: But then there aroſe no ſmall ſtir about that way, Act. 19.23. So is there in the good ſoul, &c.

So that ye cannot doe the things, &c.] As ye cannot doe the good that ye would, becauſe of the fleſh (Rom. 7.21. ſomething lay at the fountain-head, and ſtopt it) ſo neither can ye do the evil that ye would, becauſe of the Spirit. In which reſpect, ſetting the ingratitude aſide, the ſins of godly men are leſſe then of others: becauſe the fleſh cannot carry it without ſome counter-buffs.