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§.Secá.3.
o
firApious
and
bla
fpbemoNs
.02geß1oos.
670.
Of
thefinite
atgaritjl
the
holy
Ghoft.
againí} euery
knowne
truth, but
of
the
truth
in-general' and
all true
religion;for this
finne
is
an vniuerfall
apoflafe
from
God
andhis
truth,.
and
not
onelie
a
deft Uon
from
force
.
particular point thereof.
So
that though
a
man
finne againtt.
knowledge
and
confcience,
through
infirmitie, and
not
of
malice
;
though
he deny
the
truth through
feare
and
weak
-.
nefhe,though he perfecute
it through
blindneífe and
igno_.
rance
;
though
hee
wittinglie
oppofe
again}}
and willingly
perfecute force particular
point thereof,
and yet
hold and
profeffe
the generall, howfoeuer he hath
moí}
hainoufly
of-
fended,
yet he
hath
not
committed this
vnpardonable
Panne
.
againí}
the holy fpirit,
and
therefore
is
not
excluded
from
repentance, nor vpon,his repentance
from pardon, and
for
-
giuene fc.Whereby
it
manifef
}ly
appeareth
that
thèfe
poore
Chrif}ians
which labour under the burthen
of
Panne,
are
meerelie deluded by
Satans
falfe
f
iggcflions,
and groffelie
abufed
through
their
owneignorance,
when
as
he
maketh
them
belecue
that
they haue
finned
againfi the holy
Ghof}.
.But
let
fuch
know to their comfort,
that
fo
long
as
they
would not
commit this
firm,
or
feare
let}
they
haue alrea-
die fallen
into
it,
they
are
as
yet moll
free-from
it,
feeing
it
is
not
donc
ofinfirmitie
or
at
vnawares,
but
vpon..a
maliti-
ous
will,cicare
knowledge
and fetled refolution.
But
here
the poore
Chrif}ian
is
readie
to
complaine,
that
he
is
continually troubled
with
impious
thoughts,and hor-
rible blafphemies againfl
God
and
his
holy fpirit, which
he
feareth to be the
finne
againf
the holie
Ghoi
+.
I
anf
were
as
before,
that
feeing
thefe
thoughts
are
a
trouble
vnto
him,
and
feeing
he
feareth
to commit
this
finne,
thereby
it
is
ma-
nifet}
that
he
is
not
fallen into
it;as appeareth
by
that
which
bath been
f
id..Secendly,he
is
to
know
that
his Bate
is
coin
-
mon with Gods
faithfull children,
who
are thus vexed
e-
fpeciallic
in
the
coin&
of
temptations, and before they
haue
receiucd
a
great
meafure
offaith,
and
fulnefhe
ofper-
fwafion
of
Gods
loue and
fauour, whereby they
are
moued
intirelie
to
loue.
him againe.
Neither
needs
this to
feeme
í
}range
vnto any who confidereth
of
that
maffc
ofnaturall
corruption which rernaineth
in vs, euen
after regeneration,
which