Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

1. The godly man strives against that sin most to which he is most inclined, by using all means against it, and shunning all the occasions thereof, which the wicked man doth not.

1. The godly man strives against that sinne most to which he is most inclined, by using all meanes against it, and shunning all the occasions thereof, which the wicked man doth not.

2. Although the godly man relapse, yet he never comes to allow himself in that sin: the wicked, finding sin pleasing, sits down and follows it: as Saul, who purposed not to persecute David, but finding it pleasing to his lust, continued therein. Pharaoh for a time would let the people of Israel go, but afterward for his pleasure stayed them.

2. Although the godly man relapse, yet he never comes to allow himselfe in that sin: the wicked, finding sin pleasing, sits downe and followes it: as Saul, who purposed not to persecute David, but finding it pleasing to his lust, continued therein. Pharaoh for a time would let the people of Israel goe, but afterward for his pleasure stayed them.

3. They differ in the issue; the godly man gets the victory over his sin, but sin gets the victory over the wicked man.