9 8 Vircctioisfor (maim, and ,kccpin did No'h, Lot, David, Solomon, .Afa, Peter, & É commit ? If we Ihould fay as the Papifls, and Ar- minians, that thefe being mortal fins, do for the time, till Repentance reficre him, calf a trueC an out ofGods favour into a fate of Damnation ; then- what man breathing is able to enumerate thofe Mortal fins ? and tell us which be fo Dam- ning, and which not ? Nay if he could fay. Drunken- nefs is one ; and Gluttony another ; Who can fet the punctual flint and fay, JO fo many hits a man muff eat before he be a Glutton : or Jun fo much he mutt drink before he be a Drunkard ? or by fuck a figs the turning point may be certainlyknown ? We may have figns by which he may be tried at the Bar of Man : but thefe are none of them taken from that .ftnalleft degree, which fpecifiech and de- nominates the fin before God. If we avoid the forefaid opinion,that one fuck fin doth bringus into the fíate of Damnation yet is the difficultynever the lefs; For it is certain that he that ccnmits fin is of the Devil i Joh. 3. 8. and there are fpots, which are not the fpòrs of Gods children : and all true faith will mortifie the world to us ., and us to it, Gal. 6. 14, and he that is in Chrifi hats crucified the íh17 , With the a4rt ions and lu i thereof, Gal. 5.24. and that If We live after the f efi tie(talldie, Rom. 8. i ;. and hisfcr,vantt we are so Whom we obey, whether offin unto death, or ofobe- dience unto Righteoufnefr Rom. 6. r 6.and if we de- light in iniquity , or regard it, God will not hear úur prayers, Pfal.66. i 8.and that he that narneth thename ofCkrif mìrft drpart from iniquity z Tim.2 19. and that God Will lodge all men accardirn to the -r works, and
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