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…

Secondly, for his favourites: God hath but a few poor ones; upon whom because God hath set his love, sin hath set its hatred.

Secondly, for his favourites: God hath but a few poore ones; upon whom because God hath set his love, sinne hath set its hatred.

Lastly, for his image even in a mans own breast: the law of the members fights against the law of the mind, and endeavoureth to expel it, though a man should be damned for it. Gal. 5. 17. The flesh (namely sin) lusteth against the Spirit, for they are contraries. Contrary indeed; for me thinks though it hates that image in others, that yet it should spare it in a mans self, out of self-love; but yet, though a man should be damned, if this image be expelled, it yet laboureth to do this; so deadly is that hatred, a man hates himself, as holy, so far as he is sinful.

Lastly, for his image even in a mans owne breast: the law of the members fights against the law of the mind, and endevoureth to expell it, though a man should be damned for it. Gal. 5. 17. The flesh (namely sinne) lusteth against the Spirit, for they are contraries. Contrary indeed; for me thinkes though it hates that image in others, that yet it should spare it in a mans selfe, out of self-love; but yet, though a man should be damned, if this image be expelled, it yet laboureth to doe this; so deadly is that hatred, a man hates himselfe, as holy, so farre as he is sinfull.

It abounds now so high, as our thoughts can follow it no farther: Divines say, it aspires unto infinity, the object against whom it is thus contrary unto, being God, who is infinite, they tell