li 32 ialnns per- dition Is of Haifa& he ,Sincere Convert. gainft them, they are never flirred : Why ? be- caufe they think, Here's for you that live'in fin, but as for .themfelves although they have fins,yet they firive againft them, and fo cannor leave them ; for, we rntf fl- have fin as loflg we live here, they fay. 'Nowmark it, there's no furer fign ofa man under the bloudy reign and dominion of his lulls and fins, than this, that is, to give way to fin ( though neverfi) little andcommon) nor tobe greatly troubled for fin (for they may be a little troubled ) be- caufe they cannot overcome fin, I deny not but the Left do fin daily ; yet this is the difpo- fition of Paul, and every child of God,- he mournethnot the leffe, but the more for fin; though he cannot quite fubduethem,caft them out and overcome them. As a prifoner mourn the more, that be is bound with fuch fetters he cannot break fo doth every one truly fen- aleof his wofull captivity by fin. This is the great difference between a raging fin à man will,part withal!, and a fin of infirmity a man cannot part withall; a fin of infirmity is fuch a fin as a man would,, but cannot part with it, and hence he mourns the more for it . A ra- ging" ò fin is fuch a fin, as a man haply by virtue of his lathing confcience , would fometimes part withal, but cannot, and hence Mourns the leffe for it, and gives way to it. Now for the Lords fake take heed of this deceit ; for I tell you, thole fins you cannot part withal!, ifyou groan not day and night under them ( laying O Lórdhelp me, for I amweary ofmy felf,and .my life) will certainly undo you. You fay, you cannot ,
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