objeU•. ':Anjw. . Aholymsn . mayrdapfe intofinne. he cloth not eaftly returne againe, but though he · cloth fall for atime (as I deny not but he is many· . times overtaken with the fame infirmity) yet he · frill cleanfeth himfelfe. But, you }~ill obJect:, take the holiefl:· man~ may he not relapfe many times-into finne,may he not fall into the C1me fi_nne againe and a– gaine; yea; even into groffe, and gr'eat tranf– greffions~- Beloved, r cannot deny but he may,(for we · muft not take away the righteoufneffe from· thofe that are perfect, whilefr,we feekto exclude .. thofe that are hypocrites·and·unfound-hearted, and therefore I fay)l'!:Ienynot that theremay be many relapfes into the fame finne,rhough the heart be perfect and fincere ; and therefore, to fhew you plainly the difference,we muft' fpend a little time in thispoint. There are thefe foure · . 4 • Differences differences betweene the turning againe of a , betwcene'the man whofe heartis unfound; and .the rclapfes relapf~so£ that are incident'to .a manwhofeheartisper-l'eef found ~ndun• J • found heartcd WithGod•. men. Firfr, you iliall find this difference betweene I.Diflerence. Jhem, that a .man whofe heart is perfect ·with Aholyman g~ugroundof God; though he do , relapfe into fin ne, yet fii11 , finneiJy.it._ he gets ground of his fin ne, even by every re- ,, lap{e, (marke it)Ifay; he gets ground ·of finne, and gracegathers firength by it; whereason .the otherfide,an unfound-he4rtcd man> the oftener he falls, themore finne gathers frrength, and e- \'Ven the goodneffe he feemed to haue had, is . lelfened more and more, till at length it be quite · I · aho1ia1ed '
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