65 a Matrelapfes into thefairefinnesarepardonable. phernieagainfl the fpirit,which is alwaies ioyned with finali impeniteucie, Matth. 12. 3 I.3 2. Thirdly, the promifes of the Gofpell are generali and indefinite, excluding no forts offinnes whatfoeuer, fo they performe t!-..e, condition of faith and repentance. And therefore alfoprefurptuous fin- ners, repenting and beleéui_ng, are. allured ofmercie and forgiuenefle. Lafilie, if Dam:d might fall into thefe finnes, thenDanidalfomight repent and receiue pardon, feeing he was truelie iuüified, i'anified, and a chofen ve%ll ofthe Lord,eleéled to euerlaílinä life. %.Seci.6.. And fo much concerning the temptations whichare ta- xhatit iss kenfrom thofe finnes which are once committed. Nowwe fearefitll thing are to fpeake ofthemwhich hee fuggef}eth unto theweake ofall often in- confcience, after the committingofone and the fame finne to the fame fin diners times;.vpon whichoccafion hee is readie toperfwade vvillingGy, theweake Chri ( }ian,thatheneuer trulierepented,otherwife hee would neuer againe fall into the fame finne; and that howfoeuer the child of God may fall into diuers finnes, through want ofcare and experience, yet it is not incident to any of this number to fall againe and againe into the fame wickedi,effe,after they haue hadwarningand fufficient knowledge ofthe euils thereof. For the anfweringwhereof we are to know, that in truth it is a grieuous and fearefull cafe to beethus ouertaken, and tobe fo befottedwith the pleafures offinne,that neither in1}ruaion nor our owne ex- perience canmake vs to fee the euils offinne, and worke in vs a care to auoide and fhunne it. The burntchild (as the prouerb is) dreadeth the fire; he that hath been deceiued and thereby much indamaged, is afterwards more wake; lie that hath caft himfelfe into anygrieuous difeafe through forevnholefotne rneates, is euer after more carefull ofhis diet ; hee that bath once been affaulted.by his enemie at vnaware-s, and bath receiucd griefliewounds,will after hee is cured goe better armed and furni(hed, that hee maynot againebe ouertaken ofthe like danger. And therefore fee- ing experience Of all other euils doth teach vs to auoide them,what a lamentable thing is this,-that no warningwill make vs take heede ofCrone, which is the greaten euill and ..caufe
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