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r
o Satins
temptations
alluring
vs
to
commit
fin,
e.
the curfe.of the law, and the.punillzments
threatned
againfl
finne,
both
in
this
life
and
the
life
to
come.
Why
(will
free
fay)makefl
thou
filch
fcruple
ofcommitting
this
finne
which
is
fo
plcafant
or:
profitable
unto
thee
:
feeing
it
is
in
it
owne
nature
but
verie fmal, and almofl no
offence
at
al,being
comma
pared
with
the great
tranfgreffions
which others
haue
com-
mitted,
who
r_otwithflanding
are
faid
euen
-in
the
Scriptures
to.haue been moil
godly
and
righteous,
yea,
and
highly
in
Godsloue
and
fauour;why
therefore fhouldefl thou,
who
artfarre
inferior
veto them, fumble
at this
fmáll
flraw,
Pee-
ing
thefe
great blockes
could
not
hinder
euen the moll
re-
ligious
from
enioying the
pleafures.
of
finne
?
Confider al-
fo
the
commot,
frailtie
of
mankinde,,
and the
naturall cor-
ruptions
of
the
befl,
whereby they
are--ready
to
fall
when
the
leaft
occafions are offered,
in-to
finnes
farce
greater
then this
which
fo
much pleafeth
thee. Remember
that
thou
canf
ot.
bea
Saint
in this life,
nor
freed from
that
corruption which
fo
fall cleaueth
vnto
thee;
and therefore
feeingqhou..
muti
needs
.finne
;
now
finne
when
therebythou
maift
,haue plea
-
fure
or profit, for doe
what that
thou
canfl, yet
thou
fhalt.of-
ten
fall.
And why
wilt
thou
not
rather be lead with
delight,
then
be drawne
with
necef
itie
?
Confider
likewifetbat
thy;
God
is
mofl
merciful, and
therefore f}il ready
to
pardon
thy
hones
;and
the
rather,
becaufe he
knoweth
thy
fraile weake..
neffe
in
ref
fling
finne,
and:
inability to
performe obedience
to
his
law;
and
alfo
that
Chrif+
died,
not
for
the iufl,but the
vniufl;
not
for
therighteous, but
for
the
rimier :.and
there
-,
fore
be thy
finnes
neuer
fo
many,
yet
applying
the
merits
of
Chrifl by
f
aith,.neither their guilt
nor punifhment fhall bee.
imputed vino
thee.
Call to rninde
alto
the
gracious promifes
ofpar
don and forgiuenffe,,which
are
made
vnto thee
in
the
Gofpell;
for
the
obtaining
whereof,
nothing
is
required
of
thee
but
faith
and repentance:
now this faith
thou
haft alrea-
dy, and this repentance
thou
maifl haue
hereafter,
when
thou
haft enjoyed thepieafure or profit
of
this finne.Neither
loth
repentance goe before,
but
foiloweth the
committing,
ofenne
fo
that
vnleffc
thou
firfl
finne,
thou
haft no
caufe
of
repentance,
nor.neede
to
repent.
And