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…

Many of you young scholars have had a good ⟨p. 82⟩Bathsheba that instructed you, not to pour out your strength to drink or women, but to pray privately, and to fear God, and love him; and when you come hither, you have good Tutors also, who teach you to pray; Ministers, who instill blessed truths into you, from which, one would think, you should never depart; yet you do.

Many of you young schollers have had a good ⟨p. 82⟩Bathsheba that instructed you, not to poure out your strength to drinke or women, but to pray privately, and to feare God, and love him; and when you come hither, you have good Tutors also, who teach you to pray; Ministers, who instill blessed truths into you, from which, one would think, you should never depart; yet you doe.

Think how grievous this is; for if it is made an excuse for many a man in sinning, that it answers but his education; that he never knew or saw better, as you say of many Papists; then must it needs on the contrary, be an aggravation of sinfulness. And as it was Timothy's commendation, that he knew the Scriptures from a child, so it will be thy condemnation, that thou knewest better from a child, and yet rebellest against thy light.

Think how grievous this is; for if it is made an excuse for many a man in sinning, that it answers but his education; that he never knew or saw better, as you say of many Papists; then must it needs on the contrary, be an aggravation of sinfulnesse. And as it was Timothies commendation, that hee knew the Scriptures from a child, so it will be thy condemnation, that thou knewest better from a child, and yet rebellest against thy light.