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Sal
.3.
That all
fisnner
of
knovvfedge
are
not
pre-
fiimptttous.
v'qol
it
is
to
.
fnne
vrrftrn?
trquf
ie,
6
4.
S
?"fiat
dtl
linnet
o,F,knowiieds
e
are
not
prefump.tuottf.
to
finne,for fo he fhould be
contrary to
the
other
Scriptures
before alleaged,
but
of
agenerall
falling
away
by
apoílafie,
and
of
a
malitious perfecuting
ofthe
knowne truth,which
is
the
finne
againíithe
holie
Ghat,
the
which
is
ioyned with
continual'
impenitencie,
and
therefore cannot
be
pardoned..
And,
this appeareth manifefilie
by the words
ofthe text;
for.
hee
doth
not
fitnplie
fay
ifhe
fall
into
firm,
but
if
hee
fall
a-
way, namclie,by
a
general.'
and malitious
apoílafie
:
and
a-
g,ine,hefheweth ofwhat
manner
offalling
hee meaneth
in
the
words
following,
whereas
he
faith,
that
fuch
as
thus fall
away,crucifie vnto themfelues
the
forme
ofGod,
and
make
a
mocke
ofhim.
Now
they
are
Paid
to
crucifie
Chrifl
againe,
who with
an vnplacable
hatred doe
fcorne
and deride Chrift
crucified,renouncing
all
part and hope
in his,death
and
fitf-
ferings,as did
fomeof
the
malitious Iewes,
and
as
force
a-.
poflates doe in thefe daies. And therefore this place
ma-
keth nothing
againft the repentance and receiuing
to mer-
cie
of
fuch
as
fall
through
infirtnitie
into forre
particular
finnes,though neuer
fo
hainous.
And
fo
much
for anfwering
Satans
temptations drawne
from our
finnes
committed
after
repentance.
The
fecond
fort
are
taken
from finnes
committed
voluntarilie againft
our knowledge
and confcience; which
ifwe
haue fallen
in-
to,he
prefently fuggefieth
that
wee haue
finned
prefumptu-
oufly
againfi
God,and
therefore cannot be reckoned in the
number
of
Gods
children,
nor
conceiue any hope
of
par
-
don and
forgiuenefhe.
For the anfwering vnto which temp
tation,wc
are
to know
thefe
two things;
firfi,
that
all finnes
committed
againfl
knowledge
and
confcience,are
not
pre
-
fumptuous
:
fcondlie,that
though
we fhould
fall
into
pre
-
fumptuous
flumes,
yet
we
may
bethe
children
ofGod,
who
are
neither
debarred
oftrae
repentance
nor
of
Gods
mercie..
For the
firíl;we are
to know
that
not
the hainoufhe%
of
the
finne
committed'makcth it to
bee prefumptuous,
but the
manner
of
the
faa;
and
the minde
ofthe
offender
;
for
how-
foeuer
Peter
felLgrieuouflie;
yet
we
cannot
fay
that
hee
fell
prefumhtuouflie,
becaufe
hee finned
through
infirmitic and
f`éare.of
danger,
whereas
to
finne
prefumptuoully,is to
finne
of