214 Aft.i7.3o. Pauls Çonverfion. foule, and humble him, And this wifedome wee may learne of the divel1 himfelfe , when hee will bring a man unto defpaire , hee will (lilt hold out before a man his finnes, and that with aggravati- on of them , that fo he may come unto the fight of them : and then he will hold out the Iuftice,and purity of God, that he will not let finnegoe un- punifhed,that he (hall not be faved,rhat fo a Chri- than may be out of meafure dejected : and thus a Chriftian fhould doe if he will be humbled , let him Rill fet finne before him , and that not only in the generali, but alto to apply it in particular unto the confcience ; and efpecially, in cafes of relapfe, for as figures added to Ciphers doe make the to- tall the more,fo relapfe in finne is a great finne,and a particular notice of them , will caufe great hu- miliation. Againe, 1er man fet before him times againft knowledge,or great fins; and this will be a meanes to humble you , for what is the finne againft the holy Ghoft, but finning againft knowledge upon an obftinate will in defpight of God and the Spi- rit: and that the finne of knowledge is a great finne appeares in Ads 17.30. v4t the time of their igno- rance God wincked 5 that is, fo long as you wanted the meanes of knowledge, both of knowing mee and my Spirit, I little regarded it , I wincked at it, that is, I efteemed it not fo great, but part it o- ver; but now the caufe is altered, fince I came in my owne perfon , and preachr unto you : now I will not wincke at your finne as before, I will not paffe
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