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and that is tne caufeof<?ur uneven and unequall
·walking
with
God,
that 'Wee are not
upright
and
perftif.
.
-
·
Hence you may fee both the nature offin,and
P'le
1 •.
thecaufeofall finne;foritis profitable
forus.Be-
Sllewin~rhc
·
tovtd,
(nothing
mo.re profitable: than) to _fi:rid(r·
c
2
ufc
oHinne.
·out the caufe offinne
.It
is a Rnle
thatP_hy(ztia_ns
haue,thatadifeafe,whenitis throughly known,
( thatis,when thecaufeofitisfully known)itis
.halfe cured; fo.it is in the difeafeofthe foule,.to,
·know the very roote
&
rife,from whenceitpro–
t:eeds,or com'meth,
to·
know the prindple
fr:0m–
whence
it
ariferh, it
is a
great helpe to·us to pre–
-vent it,
to
healeit. But
I
fay·, .
this.will both iliew
:the nature offinne, and the caufe offinne in us.
Firft,
it
Qlewes
the nature offinne, how e.v.iU
a
1 •
.thing it is,yea worfe,than, forthe moll:
part, we
Theaaturt~
,apprehend it to be; for ifthere be no,finne com-
mitted,
butit comes ftom
hence,.that you ap-
prehend not
Godto.be
.Alt-fuflicitni,
then there
is
1
dolatry(ina
manner)committed in every fin,
that is,you take from
God
and
ad
de
another
God
. .
·to him,ifyou thinke him
n~t
to
be
1/t:fo(fi&:ient;·.
~~;&~~
w.hatfoeveryoufeekto; &Joynewtth htm,you'-
.make ir-a
riodas
well as.he)lfit b€ c-redit; ifit be
-l!onor,ifit be
pleafutes·~ifit
be:riches,yea what- -
_foeverit is,
I
fay
,thereisabitter root of
Jdillt~try
,in thecommiffionofevery fm, that makesitoHt
ofmettfure
fin
full.~ ·
This-w.e
mayr confi.deri~Y
the·
way, buuhislpurpofe notto.:ftand on;thething·
·that I would·chiefly prelfe, is-to find . out the–
:caufeoffin;.thccaufe.ofrhat hollownes, &that
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