4. \1acula. \'[es, 4 [afes ofConjcience. I. Boolce. rh" (a~J offence is done and pall, it may bee A fcm1cnvcnrieorrhircie yearcs: ycrthc partic otr:odmg, dorh not thcrcforcceafc to bee a /inner. Now then I dcmaund,wharis the very rh~ag,for which he 1s named and rearmed Hill a finner in rile t1mc prefcnr,theoffencebeeing pari? The anliver is, that cuery aCl:uall finnc, betide rhe three former mull bee conGdcrcd wah a fOurrhthing, ro wit, acertaine ftainc,or 6ivrce, which it imprints and lcaucs in rhe of- (ander as Ol. fruitc, and that is an inclination, or cuiil difJ>oiirion of rbe heart, whereby it be– comes more apt & prone to the offence done, or to4nyothcr finne. For Jookeasthedropfie man,thc more hedr1nkcs, the drier hce is,and tbe more he tlill deGres to drinke: eucn fo a 'inner, the more bee 11nncs,rhc apter is hec to B linne,and more dcfirousto kcepc fiil ~courfc mwickednclfc. And as a man that lookcs vpon the Sunnc, if hee turne his face away, re· maines turned \lntlll he turnehimfeJfcag~inc: [o hce that turncs from God by any linnc, makes himfdfea finncr, and foremaincsvn· rill heerurncs himiclfcagainc by repentane<. Thm Dauid was :1 tinncr not onely in the ve~ ryaCtofhisadulterieand murtber: bur1uen when tbeaCl:was done and pafl, bee rcma1ned Gdl a mmrhcrcr and an adulrer~r; bccaufc a new, or rachcr arenewed proncnetfeto thcfe, 01nd ail other Onnes, tooke place in bis hea1 t by his fa!!, and got (trengrh, ull hccrurned to God by repcmar.ce, vpon theadmonition o the Prophet. The thing then, whereby a lln·· C ner is rearmed a finncr, is the (auh togcrhcr with the rrulte thereof, namely, the blvrrcim– pnntcd in rhefoule, fo ofras men doe aclually offend. • The Vfe of this do<'lrinetouching Gnne, is rwo-folde. Fidl,by it we Icarne and [ee,what . is Origmal Jinnc,whcrcby an infant in the firfl conception and birth is indeed a finner. Eucry infant mufi bccon!idcredas~ p.trt of Adat~l, proceeding of him and panakingof his na· rurc: and thereby it is made aCinncr, not onJy by impmarion of Auams offence, bur allo by propagation ofon aptnelfe, and proncnesvnto cuery cuill, recciucd together with narurc from Adam. And thus ougbrwcro conceiue Original! finnc, nN to bee the corruption o I D nawre alone, but Adams firll offence impu– ted, with the fruircthcrcof the corruption ofll nature, which is an ind1n:Hion vnto eueryc· uil,deriuecl rogirhcr wirh nature from our firfil parents. Secondly, byrhiswecarcraught to rahhef!de uf all and cuery finne, wherher It becin thougbr, word, or deedc: becaufe the co:nmming thereof, though in rcfpetl of the · aCl:e it palleth away in the doing, yrr it dcth breed and increa(ca wicked difpo(irion in th<: heart,(as hath beene faid) to the offence done, orar.y orher iinne. Men dccelne1 hcmfelucs, rhar rhlnke all the ~udl offir11:e, robe oncly m the at1 ofilnmng 1 and eo go no Furthcr;where~ as indeed cuerv nff ..ncc hath a certaJnc bJortej gomg ·.vlfh ir, rllar corrupter!: the heart, and 1 caufcrh man to delight and he in his offence, which lying in finne is a grcarercaufc ofdam~ narion)rhcn the very {inncitfdfc. This there. fore mull admoni01vs to take heede, Jell wee continue in any tinne, and ifit fall out, that through infirmity wee bee oucrraken by any tentatJon, wee mufllabour ro rifcagainc, and tume from our r.nncto God,bynew and fpee– dy repentance. Se[/_ 3Thus much of Sinncit felfe. Now follow rhc Ddfercnccs thcreof,which arc manifolde. The firflforr arc t~ begathered from thecau– fes and beginnings of linncin man,which arc three-folae;Rcaton,\!Vill,and AffeCtion. Thedifferences of Gone in refpe<'l of Rea– Con arethefe: Firll, Come arc finnes of know~ ledge,·fome of ignoronte. A nnneof know– Jedgels,when a man ofFendsagainil his know– ledge, doing cudl when hekno\\'cth irto be e.. U!ll: and rh1s 1s greater then a finne of igno– rance,for he th.~t k_11owfth hilmaj}tTJ will, & doth it';·wt,fha!l6u/;e4ttn)"Pi!h many ftripu, Luk. 12, 47. A hnneofignoranceis,wheua m:mdoth cuill,not knowing it robe euiJI. ThusPaul was ablafpbemcr, an opprelfour, and perlecured the Church ofChnllignorantly,& inablindc zc~le,nor kcowing tharwhich he did ro bee c– udJ. Now by1gnorance here I meanc, an ig~ ncrance of (hofe thmgs wh1ch ougbr to bee knownc_; and this istwo~foldc: !imple, or affe– cted. Sunplc 1gnoranceisJ when~ man after diligenceand good paines raking,flill remains Ignorant; th1s ignoranccwiiJ norexcufe~ny ~nan, ifir bee offuch thingsas hcc is bound to k:~ow: for it is faid, [-/~ thatdothnot hUmafltn 1vt,~,by reafon heknew ir not,fo11/ b~beatrn wirh flripu.though (ewer. And in rhis regard,euon theheathen which knew not God, arc mcxcufablc, becaufe they were bound ro hauc knowne him. ForAdam had the pcrfc<'l knowledge of God imprin– ted in his narme, and loll the fame through his owne dcfi>Uir, for himfclfe and bis pollcri– ric. And it isrhc commaundemem of God, ""hereunto cucry m~m is bound to perforrne obedience: that manlbould k..n:ow him, tbat is, hisu"ll and word. Butfomc rn•y fay rhen, how can any man be: faued,fec:mg tucry man is ignorant ofma~ ny things which he oughrto knou?An{. Ifwe know the grounds of religion, and be carefull to obey God accordmg w our knowledge, h:1lling witha/J acare :md defire to increa(ein the knowledgeof God and hiswiJJ, Godwili hold vscxcufcd:forour ddirc and c:ndeanour roobey,is accepted for obedience it Jfl(c.And rbegre:o.rcr thisfimplc ignorance i$, the lclfcr is the finne. For hereupon it\\:lS that Pntr Ad- . lellencd,and (in fomcforr) cxcufed the Gnne ·3·9• ofrhe lewes,incrucifying Chrifi,bccaufe rhcy did it zhrot1gh igr.orm:ce: and fo dorh Ptrld his finne in pcrfrcuting tbe Church, ~hen hce alle::tdgcrh, that ir \1 as dtmr~~r.flr~r.IIJin'Z>'Y.hduf~. r.Tim,t.iJ But
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