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…

First then a mans sins may be said to be still his own: when he committeth sin, out of his own, that is the full frame and inclination of his heart. Thus the devil is said to sin, Joh. 8. 44. [Greek or Hebrew] out of his own; the whole frame of his spirit is in it; which a man in Christ cannot be so fully said to do, for he hath a new creature in him that sinneth not, 1 Joh. 3. 1, 9. that can say even when he sins, It is not I, but sin.

First then a mans sinnes may be said to be still his owne: when he committeth sinne, out of his owne, that is the full frame and inclination of his heart. Thus the devill is said to sinne, Ioh. 8. 44. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 out of his owne; the whole frame of his spirit is in it; which a man in Christ cannot be so fully said to doe, for hee hath a new creature in him that sinneth not, 1 Ioh. 3. 1, 9. that can say even when he sins, It is not I, but sinne.

And secondly, then sin is a mans own, when he hates it not, but loves it: The world loves his own, saith Christ, Joh. 15. 29. and so doth a wicked man his sin, more than any good; which is Davids character, Psal. 52. 3.

And secondly, then sinne is a mans owne, when he hates it not, but loves it: The world loves his owne, saith Christ, Ioh. 15. 29. and so doth a wicked man his sinne, more than any good; which is Davids character, Psal. 52. 3.