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3. Though every man that sins, doth sin ignorantly, yet he doth not sin ex ignorantia, out of ignorance; Ignorance is sometimes the cause of the Sin, and so the man sins out of Ignorance: sometimes Ignorance is the Companion, and Consequent of the Sin, and then he sins ignorantly. Now it's granted, That every man that sins, doth sin ignorantly, there is always a darkness, and obscuration of the mind, which goeth along with every sin; but every man that sins, doth not sin ex ignorantia, out of ignorance: I say, it is not true, that every Sin doth arise from some precedent error, or ignorance in the Understanding, as the cause thereof: For then,

3. Though every man that sins, doth sin ignorantly, yet he doth not sin ex ignorantia, out of ignorance; Ignorance is somtimes the cause of the Sin, and so the man sins out of Ignorance: somtimes Ignorance is the Companion, and Consequent of the Sin, and then he sins ignorantly. Now it's granted, That every man that sins, doth sin ignorantly, there is alwaies a darkness, and obscuration of the mind, which goeth along with every sin; but every man that sins, doth not sin ex ignorantia, out of ignorance: I say, it is not true, that every Sin doth arise from some precedent error, or ignorance in the Understanding, as the cause thereof: For then,

1. Why should the Holy-Ghost make so great, and vast a difference between him that sins ignorantly, and him that sins presumptuously? Numb. 15. If any sinned through ignorance, there was a Sacrifice for him, ver. 27, 28. but if any man sinned presumptuously, there was no Sacrifice for him, ver. 30, 31. Now if every Sin do arise ex ignorantia, from some precedent error, and ignorance in the Understanding, as the cause thereof; then presumptuous sins also should arise from this cause, and so there would be no such distinction between them, as the Holy Ghost makes.