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Two treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat…Tvvo treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat…
Two treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit.Tvvo treatises· I. Of the nature and practise of repentance. II. Of the combat of the flesh and spirit.
Cambridge: printed by John Legate printer to the University of Cambridge. 1593., 1593Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate printer to the Vniversitie of Cambridge. 1593., 1593
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And first he can not do the evil which he would for two causes. First because he cannot commit sin at what time soever he would. S. John saith, He that is borne of God sinneth not, 1neither can he sin, because he is borne of God, that is, he can not sin at his pleasure or when he ⟨p. 91⟩will. Joseph when he was assaulted by Potiphar's wife to adultery; because the grace of God abounded in him, whereby he answered her, saying, Shall I do this, & sin against God, he could not then sin. Lot, because his righteous heart was grieved in seeing and hearing the abominations of Sodom, could not then sin as they of Sodom did. Hence it appears, that such persons as live in the daily practise of sin against their own consciences, (though they be professors of the true religion of Christ) have no soundness of grace in them.
And first he can not do the evill which he would for two causes. First because he cannot commit sin at what time soeuer he would. S. Iohn saith, He that is borne of God sinneth not, 1neither can he sin, because he is borne of God, that is, he can not sin at his pleasure or when he ⟨p. 91⟩will. Ioseph when he was assaulted by Putiphars wife to adultery; because the grace of God abounded in him, wherby he answered her, saying, Shall I doe this, & sin against God, he could not then sin. Lot, because his righteous heart was grieved in seeing and hearing the abominations of Sodom, could not then sin as they of Sodom did. Hence it appeares, that such persons as liue in the daily practise of sin against their own consciences, (though they be professours of the true religion of Christ) haue no soundnes of grace in them.