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3 Because God worketh the sense of sin by degrees in his children, he suspected them, who at every sin named, would show themselves forthwith troubled.¹

3 Because God worketh the sense of sinne by degrees in his children, he suspected them, who at euery sinne named, would shew themselues forthwith troubled.¹

1. 1Sins be linked and chained one in another.

4 Sin is such a canker that it spreadeth secretly, and there is such a chain of sins, that he that yieldeth to one, draweth on another; grant a little one, and a great one will ⟨p. 31⟩follow: wherefore as it is good wisdom not only to avoid the plague, but to eschew every little rag that may seem to carry the plague: so it is heavenly wisdom not only¹ to avoid gross sins, but all such shows of sins, as may draw on the other. And as we count it policy, not to go as near the rivers bank as we can, least suddenly (or at unawares we should slip in: so it is a spiritual policy, not to go too near sin, least we be overtaken of it before we be aware of it.

4 Sinne is such a canker that it spreadeth secretly, and there is such a chaine of sinnes, that he that yeeldeth to one, draweth on another; grant a little one, and a great one will ⟨p. 31⟩follow: wherefore as it is good wisedome not onely to auoide the plague, but to eschewe euery little ragge that may seeme to carrie the plague: so it is heauenly wisedome not onely