Chap. 3 i. di ExpoJiliox xp..)a the Boob of J CO a, Veri 33 fj 5 heavens, what doe they elfe inall they doe but ,juftife their fins, and acquit them from any charge of evils, Of filch the Apoille Tautfaith,Tkeyghrjto theirIbarre(Phil.3.t9.) that is in thole things whereofthey ought to be afhamed, they boati and glory, No man glarieth in that which, he apprehends to be his .("lame. But manyglory in that, which is indeed their flume, and will aP. piare tobe lb in the due. Fifthly They who dare not cover fin by juf#ifying it ( they goe not fo farre) yet theycover it by oautenuateing and letTerirg it;While they acknowledge itto be a fin,they fay it is but a fmail one. They confeffe the fad tobe a fault, but cover muchofthe faultines of it.As a godly man when he confeffeth the goodnes of God hightens and aggravates it;He faith,bowwonderfullygood bath the Lord been to me I So when he confeffeth his fin he hightens and greatens it, he faith, O how exceeding fiofulll is my fin ! But as a carnal! man makes light of the goodnefs of God to hits fohe doth alto of his fin againft God. He is not fencible of the evil) of his fin, though he confeffeth he bath doneevil! in finning ; or ( as the Apoftle fpeakes, R-rn: g. zo ) Sin doth not abound to him, though he bathabounded in fin ; The larz entree that the ffence might abound ; That is, in the finfulnes of iras to our apprenenfion ; Whereas a natural! man lides and leftens his fin,'cis but a (mall matter in his eyes. He extenuates or makes it title, Fi.rft, in the nature of it; Secondly, in the circumftances of ir. Sixthly and iaflly,Many cover theirtranfgtefì.ïons byexcufing them ; or making no-lopes for themfelves, though they have tranf reff. d. When a fin i< fo plaine and barefaced, that it can not be denyed, and fo grofte that it can neither be defendednor extenuated in it felfe yet tfe heart ofmanwill find famewhat to coverthe evil! of it with, eyiher in part or in whole as done by him. The fanner will'fay,i am very farre from juftifying this ad ; I doe not fay, nor thinke it is well done, I dare not fomoth as ex. t.nuate it, I confeffe it is a fin, and a great fin, but pray confider, I arts to be excufed, if not altogether yet almoft or in a great meafureI am excufable. What I have done is blame worthy,yet I am not worthyofto much no nor ofany loch blame as you ima- gire for doing it. The blame herb upon fome other perfon, or upon forne other thing. Pray put the fad leupon the right bode, Rrrrz and
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