050 ThatAmes efkna vleke arepardonable. fnnes againft knowledge are .pardonable vnto true repen . tance, but euen horrible blafphemies again(' the.Maieflieof God, yea,all lïnnes whatfoeuer,fauing the finne againfl the Mat.i L.31.32. holyGho(l, Mattha -2.3 I.3 2. Secondly, weknow by expe- rience, that both Daaud and Peter fell grieuouflie againfi their knowledge and confcience,wittingly,andin a fort wiI- linglie, and yet they both repented and were receiucd to mercie : and therefore the Apeflle fpeakethnot ofall kind ofvoluntarie falling, but fir11 of finne committed with. full confent of will, pleafure and delight : the which kind of Pinnes are neuer committed by Gods children after. their true conuerlïon;for as they-are inpart carnali and vnregene- rateyfoare they inpart fpirituall.and regenerate, 'which is to be vnderllood,notonely ofthe vnderflanding part, but al- fo ofthewill andaffeééions. -So farre forth thereforeas their will is regenerate, they doe not will noryeeld vnto finne; and though they confent vnto finne, yetthiss content is not abfolute andintire, but with fome diflike,grudging, and re- finance ofthe fpirituall part;thewhichdiflike and refinance, though fometimes it-cannoteafilie be difcerned in theverie a6 offinne,whereas the weakemotions ofthe fpirit are vio- leutlie ouerborue, throughrthe violent firer th oftheir na- turall. corruptions,. and-fo ouerfhadowed by the cloudie mills which theirvnrulypalfìonscall before their vnderflan- ding, that they cannot at. all perceiue any.'diflike or refi- flance:againfl the temptation : yetafter the finne is commit- ted, and the good motionsöf-the fpirit are againe reuiued outof theirdeadlie fwound, then doe they hate anddetel} 'that finnewhich beforeTeemed pleafant:vntáthemand ear- nefllie delirewith theApof}le tobe freed from it. Lafily,the Apof}le in that place ,doth not fp .eake of euerie particular finne committed with full confent öfwill, for fo alto the e- lee} offend before their conuerfion but of a generali and mal itious appollafiefrom.the knowne truth,and afcornefull reiedingofthe facrificeofChrill once offered for finne : fo that the fenfe is thusmuch, that if wee wilfully and maliti- . ouilie finne,by renouncing the facrifice ofChrifl offered for a fionc,we cannot hope tobe faued byany other facrifice, but ,:are
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