O fthefinne itgainft theholy Ghof tt . 66:9- exercifedin this fpirituall warfare, ifthey be conuerted vnto God outoftheir ignorance, whomhee doth not encounter with this weapon. For as much therefore as ignorance is the chicle ground of this temptation, therefore the belt tneanes to: firengthenour felues againfi it, is to know NN' hat this finne is,which ifheonce vnderíland,there is nodanger ofbéïng foiled in this afiault. The finneagainfl the holyGhoíl,is agenerall deniall and What thefine Oppugningofthe trúth and all religion,ofwhich thevnder aóainR the holy ilandin and confcience by the illumination of the fpirit Ghoßü. are perfwaded and conui &ed, proceeding from an obili nate will andpurpofed malice againí+ God and his truth. Thewhich finne is committed oftwo forts ofmen ; firíl, of thofe who haue madeprofcfìonofthe truth,andafterwards become Apoflataes,not from fome part onely, but from all religion, condemning, blafpheming, and perfecuting as hereticall and impious, that truth which before they pro- feífed,andofwhich theywereperfwaded. And thus didHy- menetss and e.Alexander finne, of whom `Paul fpeaketh, :y,.I.Tim.t.:o: Tim.i.2o. Secondlie, ofthofe whowere neuer profeffôrs.Ma'. '1.24. 0. thereof, wholeconfciences notwithílanding are çónui&ed ofthat truthwhich they doe oppugne : an examplewhereof we haue in the Scribesand Pharifes,Matth.i 2.a4.31..and In swanGod- manyofthe learned Papiíls in thefe daies, malitiouflie ncr. See hisflo denie and perfecute that truth which they know and are ofMaÿyrocke. conuic ted of. Hereby therefore it appeareth that :not euery grieuous §.:Se17.2. finne againft knowledge and confcience is the finne againíl ¡ioà, todrftin- the holieGhofl: for thus Dauidoffended whowas a man ac- guiflo thefine cording to Gods owne heart ; nor euerie denying of the ag,ain(ttbe holy, knowne truth, ifit roceede íxpiú feate and infinnitie and Ghoftfrom p , not from malice and obftinate rebellion, for thus Peter fin-_ otberfinner. ned in denyinghis.maíter ;, norall kindofoppöfing and per.- - fecutingofthe truth, if it tee not againit knowledge and confcience, but vpon bliipdneífc and ignorance, for thus .Ttn.t.r.. `Pauloffendedbefore:his, conuerfion, as appeareth,i.Tim.i. . 13. and manyofthe eweswho crucified ChriP,asthe Apo- Aft. 7. file `Peter.teflifieth A& 3.17.:nor all maliciot3s..:oppofing' again
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