Dolitrine. oliv3.a9.1u. 1314 lk U VERB`S. Ch.z`, they geenot affray by meere errour , or infirmity oftheir nature , as iftheycould not learne , or neuer were directed to a better way, but againft their knowledge., and contrary to the light, they wilfully fhunne that good courfe,which is ap.prooued of God, and conform themlclues to thew ill of Sathan , and prac`fife that which.they would neuer haue to be examined by the ruleof the Word;for the flume there- ofwould difcouer the hideoufnefTe ofhand make it appease to beodious and loathfarne. That leave thepaths, &c.] The more wilfully men fine, the greater offenders theyare. It is not fate to mitre of the right way to SaIuation, but very dangerous torcfufe,and forfakc it : it is cull! to fall, or flhppe into cuill,bucfarreworfe to lcape into the fame,or lunrarily to call ones felfe into it._ ?his is condemnation, that Light is come into the world,and menlone dark`enef fe rather than light , becau¡e theirdeedes were e«ill.. For eisery man that enddoth, hateth the light. nether eommeth to the light, less his dcede j7ouldbe reproosued, Reade (Chap, ti o. z o. z z. Ierem.6.16. a7, Dike II 9;.5.4.27. z Pet,Z. z 5. Seechlp. z .verfe q..,. . . vcrfe I4. Tirhrchreioyce in doing et,ill, and delight invic., k,eclfro!pardnef fe. He third propertyand effeet ofthcfe wicked men is the diforder of their affehions , whereby they aggrauate, and much, ìncreafe the naughtines of their words and a6ti- ons £or.they notonely doe gull], but reiyce therein, they come to it with defìre, they praEtife it with pleaCure, and of Qerwards areglad.oftheir heliifla exploits, yea they exalt, as, the other word fignifieth they exprelic that delight w hieb they ha:ùe taken in fat:sfying their !tiffs , either by geflure, orcountenance, or vaunting, or by forne meanes, or other, an many- ofthem glory molt ofthat whcreofthey ought to , bcarx1eLAfharne:l, asjn*ked frowardne¡Je , the word is per ash feneffè
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