2 9 6 \ The finf ulneffe of ,Sinne. againft the Spirit of Chrift, and Ib an unpardonable fn. His perlccution then was a finne of ignorance, and yet wee may know wiat a raigning fin it was by the drfcripcion of it, That he made havocke of the Church, R:ls 8.3. and haled men and women into prifon. And indeed Ig- norance dk)th promote the kingdome of lîn, as a Thiele with a vizard or difguife will bee more bold in his out- rages, than with open face. For tin cannot bee repro- ved, nor repented of, till tome way or other it bee made p 5. i 3. knowne. All things that are reprovedare mademan, fe i E1 y4z,Z5. jy the light. The fourth Qzleftion is, Whether naturally concupifeence may bee e. f1eemed a raigning finne ? To which I anfwer, That as a childe may bee borne a King, and bee crowned in his Cradle : fo fin in the W ombe slay raigne. And indeed Concupifcence is of all other the finning tin, and Roc. 7.13. molt exceeding fnfull. So that as there is vertually and radically more water in a fountaine though it feeme very narrow, than in the ftreames which flow from it, though fàrre wider, becaufe though the ttreames should all dry up, yet there is enough in the fountaine to fupply all againe : fo the fin of nature bath indeed more funda- mentali fouleneffe in it, than the actuall fins which arife from i c, as being the adulterous wombe which is ever of it lelfe profiituted to the injec}ions of any diabolicall or worldly temptations, and greedy to clafpe, cherüh and organize the feeds of any fin. So that properly the raigne Rom 3 T.4 of fin is founded in Luit ;. for they are our lulls which are lames 4.3. to be fatisfied it: any linfull obedience ; All the fubfdies,, fuccours, contributions which are brought in are f ent up3n Lull ; and therefore not to mourne for and be wile this naturall concupitcence, as David a :'ail did, is a Pf.,íg,. ; 2 5 m;n.tea fgne of the raigne of 'ult. For there is no me- Rum.7. or. ,F. a , if fin which cannot be avoided, bee not lamented a c n neither; iris undoubtedly obeyed. The lált uetlon i , Whether Agnes of omifsion maybe ellecmed
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