I ü D A S epe°nta81c1,'. 29 But you will further object, that godly men both have and doe often relapfe I anfwer: he differs much from the wicked; for, AsofW. i The godly man strives againft that finne moft to which he is molt inclined, by ufing all meanes a- gaínft it, and fhunniug all the occafions thereof, which the wickedman doth not. x Although the godly man relapfe, yet he never conies to allow himfelfe in that fin:the wicked,find. ing fin pleating, fits downe and followes it : as said, who purpofed not to perfecute David , but finding it pleating to his lu,continued therein. Pharaeb for a time would let the people of /fide/ goe,but after- I ward for his pleafure flayed them. 3 They differ in theiffue; the godly man gets the victory over his fin, but fin gets the victory over the wicked Plana 4 Hypocriticall repentance is violent and earnest at the first,& flack afterwards; but true grace grows more and more : falfe,is like a tanch nod, great on a fudden,buut quickly dried up againe,but in true grace it's as in a natural birth, the begining is fmall,but it growes ftronger and stronger ; hypocrites are hot at the first, but quickly grown cook. I deny not but that a godly man may abate of his ftrength of grace as a childe may fall ficke and abate of hisstrength and beauty; but it's but a fickneffe,and common- ly after it they (hoot up the more: fo the godly, though for a while they may be ficke, yet after_' ward they grow in grace the more for that fickneife. The motion of the wicked is violent, F fwifteft
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