Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers…Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers…

there being usually principles of pity in all mens natures, by nature; therefore for one man to prey upon, and tyrannize over another, as fishes do over the small ones, as Habakkuk complaineth, this is against nature;¹ which teacheth you to do as you would be done to. So covenant-breakers, and lying, and forswearing, mentioned ver. 30. inventers of evil, and truce-breakers, are sins against nature, and natural light; lying is against a double light, ⟨p. 80⟩both moral; both juris, which tells us such a thing ought not to be done; and facti, whilst we affirm a thing that is not, the knowledge of the contrary ariseth up in us against, though there were no law forbade it; therefore of all sins else, the Devils lusts are expressed by two; lying, which is a sin in the understanding, and malice in the will, John 8. 44.

there being usually principles of pitty in all mens natures, by nature; therefore for one man to prey upon, and tyrannize over another, as fishes doe over the small ones, as Habakkuk complaineth, this is against nature;¹ which teacheth you to doe as you would be done to. So covenant-breakers, and lying, and forswearing, mentioned ver. 30. inventers of evill, and truce-breakers, are sins against nature, and natural light; lying is against a double light, ⟨p. 80⟩both morall; both juris, which tels us such a thing ought not to be done; and facti, whilest we affirm a thing that is not, the knowledge of the contrary ariseth up in us against, though there were no law forbade it; therefore of all sins else, the Devills lusts are expressed by two; lying, which is a sinne in the understanding, and malice in the will, Iohn 8. 44.

1. 1Hab. 1. 14