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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. It is confessed by all, That there is a Sin of Malice, and a Sin of Ignorance. ⟨p. 362⟩Now if there be a Sin of Malice (as Ocham reasons) then he that sins out of malice,1 hath either an universal, or particular knowledge, or both; if both, then as he saith, habetur propositum, viz. every Sin doth not presuppose an error, or ignorance in the Understanding. If he that sins out of malice, hath an universal knowledge only, then he that sins ignorantly shall have equal knowledge with him that doth sin maliciously; for he that sins ignorantly hath an universal knowledge, that every just thing is to be done, and that every good thing that pleaseth God is to be done; but he that sins out of ignorance, hath not equal knowledge with him that sins out of malice; and therefore he that sins out of malice, must have both an universal, and particular knowledge; and if so, then every Sin doth not presuppose an error, and ignorance in the Understanding, as the Cause thereof. But,
5. It is confessed by al, That there is a Sin of Malice, and a Sin of Ignorance. ⟨p. 362⟩Now if there be a Sin of Malice (as Ocham reasons) then he that sins out of malice,1 hath either an universal, or particular knowledg, or both; if both, then as he saith, habetur propositum, viz. every Sin doth not presuppose an error, or ignorance in the Understanding. If he that sins out of malice, hath an universal knowledg only, then he that sins ignorantly shal have equal knowledg with him that doth sin maliciously; for he that sins ignorantly hath an universal knowledg, that every just thing is to be done, and that every good thing that pleaseth God is to be done; but he that sins out of ignorance, hath not equal knowledg with him that sins out of malice; and therefore he that sins out of malice, must have both an universal, and particular knowledg; and if so, then every Sin doth not presuppose an error, and ignorance in the Understanding, as the Cause thereof. But,
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