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O
f
thefinne
itgainft
the
holy
Ghof
tt
.
66:9-
exercifed
in
this fpirituall warfare,
if
they be conuerted vnto
God
out
of
their ignorance, whom
hee
doth not
encounter
with
this weapon. For
as
much therefore
as
ignorance
is
the
chicle
ground
of
this
temptation, therefore
the
belt
tneanes
to:
firengthen
our
felues
againfi
it,
is
to know
NN'
hat
this
finne
is,which
if
he
once vnderíland,there
is
no
danger
ofbéïng
foiled in this
afiault.
The
finne
againfl the holy
Ghoíl,is
a
generall
deniall
and
What
the
fine
Oppugning
of
the trúth and
all
religion,ofwhich
the
vnder
aóainR
the
holy
ilandin and
confcience
by the illumination
of
the fpirit
Ghoßü.
are perfwaded
and
conui &ed,
proceeding from
an
obili
nate
will
and
purpofed malice
againí+
God
and
his
truth.
The
which
finne
is
committed
of
two
forts
of
men
;
firíl,
of
thofe who haue
made
profcfìon
of
the
truth,and
afterwards
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,and
of
which they
were
perfwaded. And thus
did
Hy-
menetss
and
e.Alexander
finne,
of
whom
`Paul
fpeaketh,
:y,.I.Tim.t.
:o:
Tim.i.2o.
Secondlie,
ofthofe who
were
neuer
profeffôrs.Ma'.
'1.24.
0.
thereof, whole
confciences
notwithílanding
are
çónui&ed
of
that truth
which
they doe oppugne
:
an
examplewhereof
we haue
in
the
Scribes
and
Pharifes,Matth.i
2.a4.31..and
In
swan
God-
many
of
the learned Papiíls
in
thefe
daies,
malitiouflie
ncr.
See his
flo
denie and
perfecute
that
truth
which they
know
and
are
o
fMaÿ
yrocke.
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
Dauid
offended
who
was
a
man
ac-
guiflo
the
fine
cording to Gods owne heart
;
nor
euerie
denying
of
the
ag,ain(ttbe holy,
knowne
truth,
ifit
roceede
íxpiú feate
and infinnitie and
Ghoft
from
p
,
not
from malice and
obftinate rebellion,
for
thus
Peter
fin
-_
otberfinner.
ned
in
denying
his.maíter
;,
nor
all
kind
of
oppöfing and
per.- -
fecuting
ofthe truth,
if
it
tee
not
againit knowledge
and
confcience,
but
vpon
bliipdneífc
and ignorance,
for thus
.Ttn.t.r..
`Paul
offended
before:his,
conuerfion,
as
appeareth,i.Tim.i.
.
13.
and many
of
the
ewes
who
crucified
ChriP,as
the
Apo-
Aft.
7.
file
`Peter.teflifieth A& 3.17.:
nor
all maliciot3s..:oppofing'
again