88 SE R. IV. Alts q.9. Rom. z.9. I. When it is done without Temptation, or withfmall Tempotion. That the Nature of man is full of for when a man knowes the will of God, and yet fins againft ir, it is a refitting of the Holy Cho', and filch fins offend God more,than the fins againft the Father and the son, for the Holy GhoJt enlightens, and when one is once enlightned, there is a great contempt againft the whole Trinity; and therefore when a fin is fully againfl the Holy Ghoft, it is never forgiven. Take heed of this refilling of the Spirit,of this temp- ting of the Holy Ghoft, for fo it is called, Nils 5.9. As any man bath more knowledge,hath beene more inftru&ed, fo it addes the more to his fin, Rom.2. 9. Tribulation and anguifb to the len' ftrft, and then to the Greeke; for the knowledge of the Iewwas greater than the knowledge of the Greeke : So that as any man bath more light, hec hath fo much more con- demnation, his fin is fo much the more out of mea. fare tinfoil : they that fin only againfl light of nature, their fin is fo much the leffe,becaufe they had but that one Law, and fo not fo much light. The Iewes that had another light above the light of Nature,are funk deeper into fin than the meere Naturalifl, and fo are in a more miferable condition ; but we that live un- der the Gofpell, fin againft both the former Lawes, and againfl the Gofpell too, which makes our times the greater. And this is a Circumftance that Mould much humble us,as forgencrall fins,fo for particular fins, when they are committed againft knowledge. A third Circumflance, is, when fins are commit- ted without Temptation, or with Idle Temptation, but when they proceed mee rely out of the perverfe- neffe of the wil,for when the Temptation is leffe,the finne is greater. ; want ò major facrlit r tien peccandi, tantò
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