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a
Mat
relapfes
into the
faire
finnes
are
pardonable.
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
of
finnes
whatfoeuer,
fo
they
performe
t!-..e,
condition
of
faith
and repentance. And therefore
alfo
prefurptuous
fin
-
ners,
repenting
and
beleéui_ng, are.
allured
of
mercie and
forgiuenefle. Lafilie,
if
Dam
:d
might
fall
into
thefe finnes,
then
Danid
alfo
might
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 which
are
ta-
xhat
it
is
s
ken
from thofe finnes which are
once
committed.
Now
we
fearefitll
thing
are
to
fpeake
ofthem
which hee
fuggef}eth
unto the
weake
o
fall
often
in-
confcience, after the
committing
ofone and
the
fame finne
to
the
fame
fin
diners
times;.
vpon
which
occafion hee is
readie
to
perfwade
vvillingGy,
the
weake
Chri
(
}ian,thathe
neuer
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 had
warning
and
fufficient
knowledge
ofthe
euils
thereof. For the anfwering
whereof
we
are
to know, that
in
truth it
is a
grieuous and
fearefull
cafe
to bee
thus
ouertaken,
and
to
be
fo
befotted
with
the
pleafures
offinne,that neither
in1}ruaion
nor our
owne ex-
perience
can
make
vs
to
fee
the
euils
offinne,
and worke
in
vs
a
care
to
auoide and fhunne
it. The burnt
child
(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
any
grieuous
difeafe
through
fore
vnholefotne rneates,
is
euer
after more
carefull
ofhis
diet
;
hee that bath
once
been affaulted.by
his
enemie
at
vnaware-s,
and
bath
receiucd grieflie
wounds,will
after hee
is
cured
goe
better
armed and
furni(hed,
that
hee may
not
againe
be
ouertaken
of
the
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
warning
will
make
vs
take heede
of
Crone,
which
is
the greaten
euill
and
..caufe