Pauls Con'Perfion. humiliation; this did David, bee addes unto his fins his inclination to liane, to aggravate them the more, and to humble him the more, as if the in- clination gave a greater Broke upon his confcience, then the ation it felfe, as in Pfal.S r. Iwai borne in iniquitie, and in finne did my mother conceive me,that is, that which makes my fin the more heinous and offenfive unto God, is this, becaufe it proceeds from a naturali inclination of my corrupt nature, it was borne with him, and it grew up with him, and this was that that troubled him, and thus it is with every regenerateman. Secondly,to this I anfwer,that when a man bath any inclination unto any fanne, there is not fuch an inclination, but it is or may bee reftrained by the minde; but if the mind give content, then like woade it addes unto the colour, and makes the fin the more inexcufable, becaufe there is no relu5tan. cie in the will againft it, but yields it firength unto the inclination:therefore if you doe thus,you adde tranfgreflïon unto the fanne; take heed of plucking away your ftrength, in refitting your natural incli- nations ; for know, that it is one thing to be befet with finne, and another thing to content unto it : therefore let your inclination of nature be,as it is,a cattle to humble you, and not to keepe you from humiliation. The fourth deceit or pretence is from their con - ditions, which keepe them from being humble, cfpecially in the younger fort , who thinke them - I felves in Inch condition that they have a kind of H h z privi- 123 PfaI.gi.y. .4nfzv. 4. Deceit. Objet,
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