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LVII¹

1. 15 A fall into some sin.5 A fal into some sinne.

The first temptation is a fall into some great sin, as Noah into drunkenness, David into adultery and murder, Peter into the denial of Christ. The exercise of a Christian in this temptation is this:

The first temptation is a fall into some great sin, as Noah into drunkennes, Dauid into adulterie and murder, Peter into the deniall of Christ. The exercise of a Christian in this temptation is this:

1 At the first his heart is usually dulled •nd made secure with sin. 2 Yet after a while there ariseth in his ⟨p. 98⟩hart a godly sorrow: which is when he is grieved for the only cause, that by his sin he hath displeased God, who hath been to him so loving & merciful a father, whose favour he would be content to purchase, (so he might have it and obtain it, even with the damnation of his own soul. 3 ⁿThen he begins to repent himself of his sins renewing a fresh his former repentance. 4 u This repentance he showeth by 7. signs