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2 That other spiritual sickness for sin, befalling a reprobate soul, is final and total desperation. This is that fearful consequent, which treads upon the heels of the former sickness. Presumption goes before, Despair follows after. Cains fratricide, Judas treachery, presumptuous, aspiring, heaven-daring sins, find this desperate catastrophe, to cut themselves off from the mercy of ⟨p. 87⟩God. This is insanabilis plaga, when the Physician promising help of the disease, the patient shall thrust •is nails into it, and cry, Nay, it shall not be healed. As if the goodness of God, and the value of Christs-all sufficient ransom, were below his iniquity. As if the pardon of his sins would empty Gods storehouse of compassion, and leave his stock of mercy poor. This is that agony, whose throbs and throws, restless, turbulent, implacable cogitations cannot be quieted. Let rivers of those waters of comfort, which glad the City of God, run with full streams unto it, they are resisted and driven back.

2 That other spirituall sicknesse for sinne, befalling a reprobate soule, is finall and totall desperation. This is that fearefull consequent, which treades vpon the heeles of the former sicknesse. Presumption goes before, Despaire followes after. Cains fratricide, Iudas treacherie, presumptuous, aspiring, heauen-daring sinnes, find this desperate catastrophe, to cut themselues off from the mercy of ⟨p. 87⟩God. This is insanabilis plaga, when the Physitian promising helpe of the disease, the patient shall thrust •is nayles into it, and cry, Nay, it shall not be healed. As if the goodnes of God, and the value of Christs-all sufficient ransom, were below his iniquity. As if the pardon of his sinnes would empty Gods storehouse of compassion, and leaue his stocke of mercy poore. This is that agony, whose throbs and throwes, restles, turbulent, implacable cogitations cannot be quieted. Let riuers of those waters of comfort, which glad the City of God, run with full streames vnto it, they are resisted and driuen backe.