20 6 DireE1ionsforgetting and kecpii for fuch a doubtful opinion, which Both not con- elude him to be certainly unjuftified : fo i am ut- terly ignorant both how long fenfual pafsions may pofsíbly rage and keep the foul from lober Confide- ration ; or how far they may tnterpofe in the very time ofConfideration, and fruftrate ir, and prevaii againft it : and fo keep the firmer from actual Re- peiating, or ac leaft, from a full ingenuous acknow- ledgement & bewailing ofthe fin, which is neccffary to full Repentance : and how long Repentance may be fo far fiifled, as to remain only in Tome inward grudgings ofconfeience,çand trouble ofmind, hinde- red from breaking out into free Confefion (which feerneth to havebeen David's cafe long.) Nay itis impoffible to know juft how long a man may bye in the very prance of fuch grofs fin, before ChriÇrs habitual Intcrelt above the flefh be either over- thrown,or proved not to be there;and howoft a man that bath true Grace maycommit fuch fins : Thefe things are undifcernable ; befides that none can puntually define a grofs fin, fo as to exclude every degreeof I nfìrmities, and include every degree of fuch grofs fin. Perhaps you will marvel whyI run fo far in this Point ñ It is both to giveyou as much light as I cane what fins they be which be to be called Infirmities, and fo what fins they be that do forbid that gentle, comfortingway ofcure, when the foul is troubled for them, which muff be ufed with thofe that are troubled more then needs,or upon mif}akes; and al- fo to convince you of this weighty Truth , i hat Our Comfort, yea and Aj 'urance loath a greet depen- dance #n ate aLual obedience yea fo great, that the lrii;
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