LBooke. Cafes of Confcience. 5 I I violence of affetlion, y~r they doe not ex· But ho,v(ocuer rhis finne by fuch means may A ;bee )elfened, 'yet remames 1t llt~l a finnewo_r· elude Confem. H11her alfo wee may referre, thy condemnation. Atfetled Ignorance JS, finm:scommiuedbycompulfion: as when a when a man takes delight m his ignorance, manisforced ro deny hlsreJJgJCm,hu offcncc and will ofpurpofe be ignoranr:not vC.ng,but in deed and truth is voluntary,(though fome onremmngthc mcanes, whereby to get and othcnv1!e rhinkc itto be a mixt atlion.) For increafe knowledge: and thatcareletle!Y_and compuJC!on doth notreach ro the wi ll,bur to negligently, becaufe hee will not lcaue lmnc the outward man, and feruesto draw forth a wh1ch hee loueth, nor forfake the eUJll trade confent: and when confentJs yedded, he de· of life, whereii1 hec dclightcth. This is the nicshis religion volonrarily:fortb~ wilt cannot Vobunas linofthofe, wherof /obfpcaketh,wbo fay vn· b~ conflrAincd. noncogitut • toGod,Dtpartfrom v1.jorwedefirt not the k.._nowIn the next place,finnes bcfide the will are /,dgeofrhy w•ies, lob 11.14. And of whome fuch,as are neither directly from the will, nor Dauid complaines,that th'Jflatter th,mfdua again!I ir.Ofthis fort are the firH fuddcn moiN theiro'lmteyes, Andh~tue left off to vnderfltmd tions vnto linne, concemed in the heart with •nd,.doegood,P(aim. 36. z,J. This ignorance fame inward pleafure and delight: and thefe is damnable and dluci!JO~:it cxcufcth no man, B are truly linncs, though in refpetllitlc linncs; but cloth rather aggrauare and increafe his condemned in the la it commandemcnt.And finne: yea it is the mother of many gricuous they are not from the will, becaufe they'goe enormtties. I'Jthout and before confenr: neither yet are • IgnoranAoaine,ignorancc istwo-foldc: ofrhc (~) they againll the will, bccaufe then the heart tiaiuris, Law,~rof the thing rhe Law requiretb. Ig· would not take delight in rhem. noranceof rhe Law is, when a man knowes Here by the way, wee are ro note, againCl not tho L~wof God written, nor the lal' of the dotlrine of the Papi!ls,thatall finnes are nature.This ignorance may fomcwhat lelfen not voluotanc; for whatfoeuerwantcth conthe finne, bur it excofethnoman: becaufeit formity to the Law ofGod,ts finne, whether is naturall, and euery man is bound to know it be with confent ofwil or no.llut many fuch rhelaw. Ignorance of rhe thing the Law redcfires& delights, arifc fuddenly it:<he heart IgnorJmb quireth, ii!he ignorance of the (h) fatl: and of man, wh1ch arc not according to the Law faCl:i. r rnar is, either wnh the fault of the doer, or 1 of God,and haucno confent or approbation wnhourthc faulr. ofw1ll. Inl1kemanner, when one man kils Faultie tgnorance is, the ignorance of a another, thinking thar he killeth awild bca!l: fact:,which he m1ght haue preuCtcd.As when c 1 f the fame man remembreth aftcrwardswhat a man in hisdrunkennelfe k11leth another; he hath done, and is not grieued for the fact, 111 th1s faCl,not knowing whar j1c dotb,he alfo mthis cafe bee bath finned, becaufe his not knoweth nor that he hath offended: andyet ~~rieuing, ts of!'enliuc vnto God, though the bccaufe hee ruight haue preuented his drtln· tact were mccrely beC.des his will. kcnnelfe, therefore he i• faultie and finneth. MixtGnncsarcpartly from thewill,partFaulrletfe 1gnorance is, when a fatl' is done, ly againCl it. Ofthu fort are the workesdthe "'hieh could not bee either Knowne, or auoi· man regenerate, which are done partly with dcd before-hand. For example: if a man be his wtll,and partly again!! hiswill,bcing part. loppinga tree, and his axe head fall from the ly good, and partly euill. The reafon hereof helve, out of his hand, and kils another paf· is this: There are in man after regeneration, fiog by; here is inJeede manllaughter,but no two contrary grounds or beginnings of acti· voluntaric rnurthcr: becaufe it was a thing ons: to Wit, narurall corruption, or the incH.. thatcould not bee auotdcd, and did not fall nation ofthemind,wil, and affcctions,to thar out through his default. And this ignorance which is again!I tneLaw,called the Flclh;and. is excufabJe. acreated qua~1ry of holineiTc,wrouohtio the The fecond fountaineoflinne,isthe V\lill, D faid faculrtes by the holy Gho!l, tca~med the from whence orife thefe rhree dttfcrcnces of Sptm.And rh<fc twoarcnor feuered,but ioyfinnes: fame afe from the w1ll immediately, ned and mingled togither, in all the faculties fame befi<!cs the ~tll,and fame arc mixt,part· and powers ofthcfou!e.Now betweenc thc(e, lywith tJ1ewill,and partlyagain!l the w1ll. ther~ is a c~t:ltmuall combate, corruption Sinncs proceedingfrom the will, arc pro~ fighung agamll grace, and graceagain!! cor· pcily tearmed VGluntarie ; fuch as the doer ruption. Hence1t is, that there be1ng eucn in rnooued by his owncwill commits, though one and the fame will contrary inclin.arions, he know them tobe euil. And here,rhe more there mull necelfanly ftow from the maq refree the will is,tbe greater is the Cinnc:for will generate, contrary actions; tbeflefh in eucry added ro knowledge, makes the C.nnc the action,w1llingthat which is cuill,and the Spi· , greater. Vnder\'olm~tarie finnes, are corn· nt on the othcdide,that wh1ch is good. This prehcndcd all fuch, asproceede from !l~rred PaHI confolfcd and acknowledged, vpon his affcClton, as when a man tels a lye for feare, owne experif'nce, after his conuerfion, when or !lrikcth another in anger , and the reafon he faid, Ton.ill i4 prefentwith mee, but I findeno 1s,becaufc thcfc offcnccs,though they are not "''ana [perfea(J todoe]thAI whichuxood,Rom. done vpan dellbeution, but arife from the 7.tM.Aga1ne,verf.zz.z3./ aai_ehr intht Law of A 1 God
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