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…

2. The time [When he saw he was condemned.] Hence learn again, That sins are commonly covered and glosses put upon them until they be committed, but after they be committed ¹they seem most vile and odious.

2. The time [When he saw he was condemned.] Hence learne againe, That sinnes are commonly covered and glosses put upon them untill they becommitted, but after they becommitted ¹they seeme most vile and odious.

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This is plain here in Judas, before he committed this sin it seemed a matter of nothing unto him, but after behold how heinous it is. Satan herein is very ready to deceive us, as we may see in many examples. Thus dealt he with David when he went to number the people, when Joab represented the sin to him well enough, yet it seemed nothing ¹to him, but he must needs have it done, then afterwards see how heinous it was to him, insomuch that it made him cry out, saying, I have done exceeding foolishly. But should we trace the whole ²Bible, we can find no better example then this of Judas; Christ had given him so many warnings, saying, One of you shall betray me: And again, I have chosen twelve, and behold one of you is a devil. And again, ⟨p. 9⟩³It were better for that man, by whom the Son ⁴of man shall be betrayed, that he had never been borne: yet all this would not serve, but the lustre of the thirty silver pieces had so blinded his eyes, that he could not see.