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…

Secondly, if thou art fallen into any sin, remember ¹thy aptness to excuse it, and labour to get out as soon as thou canst.

Secondly, if thou art fallen into any sinne, remember ¹thy aptnesse to excuse it, and labour to get out as soone as thou canst.

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1. Remember what thy judgement was of that sin before thou fellest into it, although now thou judge it small. Thy judgement is like a glass; before it is cracked, it shows true; but after it is cracked, it representeth things otherwise then they are. Think with thy self therefore how ill once thou thoughtest that sin; and seeing thy own judgement is blinded, help thy self with other holy mens judgements concerning that sin.

1. Remember what thy judgement was of that sinne before thou fellest into it, although now thou judge it small. Thy judgement is like a glasse; before it is crackt, it shewes true; but after it is crackt, it representeth things otherwise then they are. Thinke with thy selfe therefore how ill once thou thoughtest that sinne; and seeing thy owne judgement is blinded, helpe thy selfe with other holy mens judgements concerning that sinne.

2. Labour to abstain from the acting of that sin, and so will light come in again by a little and a little, and then thou wilt see the ugliness of it; for no man sees the ugliness of a sin, until first he comes out of it.