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ThatAmes
efkna
vleke
are
pardonable.
fnnes
againft
knowledge
are
.pardonable vnto true
repen
.
tance,
but
euen
horrible blafphemies again(' the.Maieflie
of
God,
yea,all
lïnnes
whatfoeuer,fauing the
finne
againfl the
Mat.i
L.31.32.
holy
Gho(l,
Mattha
-2.3
I.3 2. Secondly,
we
know 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 fpeaketh
not of
all
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 in
part carnali and vnregene-
rateyfo
are
they in
part
fpirituall.and
regenerate, 'which
is
to
be
vnderllood,notonely
of
the vnderflanding part, but al-
fo
ofthe
will andaffeééions.
-So
farre
forth therefore
as
their
will
is
regenerate,
they doe
not
will
nor
yeeld vnto
finne;
and
though
they confent vnto
finne, yetthiss
content
is
not
abfolute
and
intire, but with
fome
diflike,grudging,
and
re-
finance
ofthe
fpirituall
part;the
which
diflike and
refinance,
though
fometimes
it-cannoteafilie be
difcerned in
the
verie
a6
offinne,whereas the
weake
motions
ofthe
fpirit
are
vio-
leutlie ouerborue, throughrthe violent
firer
th
of
their na-
turall. corruptions,.
and
-fo
ouerfhadowed by
the cloudie
mills which
their
vnrulypalfìonscall
before
their
vnderflan-
ding, that
they cannot
at.
all
perceiue any.'diflike
or
refi-
flance:againfl
the temptation
:
yet
after
the
finne
is commit-
ted,
and
the
good motions
öf-the fpirit
are againe reuiued
out
of
theirdeadlie fwound, then
doe they hate and
detel}
'that
finne
which before
Teemed
pleafant:vntáthemand
ear-
nefllie delire
with
the
Apof
}le
to
be
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
a
fcornefull
reie
ding
ofthe
facrifice
ofChrill
once
offered
for
finne
:
fo
that
the
fenfe is
thusmuch,
that
if
wee wilfully
and maliti-
.
ouilie finne,by renouncing the
facrifice
of
Chrifl
offered for
a
fionc,we
cannot
hope
to
be
faued
by
any
other
facrifice,
but
,:are