A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…

Lastly, many men are apt in this case to father their sins upon the motions of Satan, as if he brought the necessity of sinning upon them; and¹ as Saint Paul said in Faith, Not I, but Sin in me: So they in Hypocrisy, Not I▪ but evil motions cast into ²me; and because the Devil is in a special manner called the Tempter, such men therefore▪ think to persuade themselves, that their Evil cometh ⟨p. 547⟩not from any Willingness in themselves, but from the violence of the Enemies Power, Malice, and Policy. It is true indeed, that the Devil hath a strong Operation on the Wills of Corrupt men

Lastly, many men are apt in this case to father their sinnes upon the motions of Satan, as if hee brought the necessity of sinning upon them; and¹ as Saint Paul said in Faith, Not I, but Sinne in me: So they in Hipocresie, Not I▪ but evill motions cast into ²me; and because the Devill is in a speciall manner called the Tempter, such men therefore▪ thinke to perswade themselves, that their Evill commeth ⟨p. 547⟩not from any Willingnesse in themselves, but from the violence of the Enemies Power, Malice, and Policy. It is true indeed, that the Devill hath a strong Operation on the Wils of Corrupt men

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