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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.
3. But I think my Sin is a Sin of Infirmity, because I do strive against it. And I pray, did not Pilate strive against the crucifying of Christ? he would have delivered him from the Jews, calls for a basin of Water, and washed his hands, saying, I am free from the blood of this man, used means, and did strive against it, and yet the Sin of Pilate no Sin of Infirmity: Possibly therefore a man may strive against his Sin, and yet the Sin be no Sin of Infirmity.
3. But I think my Sin is a Sin of Infirmity, because I do strive against it. And I pray, did not Pilate strive against the crucifying of Christ? he would have delivered him from the Jews, cals for a bason of Water, and washed his hands, saying, I am free from the blood of this man, used means, and did strive against it, and yet the Sin of Pilate no Sin of Infirmity: Possibly therefore a man may strive against his Sin, and yet the Sin be no Sin of Infirmity.
4. But my Sin is a Sin of Infirmity, because I am troubled after it. And was not Esau troubled after he had sold his Birthright for a mess of pottage? did he not seek it with tears? And when Judas had betrayed his Master, and our Saviour, it is said that he repented of what he had done, and was troubled. Surely then, though the Sin that I commit, may be lesser in bulk than another's Sin, and small comparatively, and though I be drawn into it by others, ⟨p. 384⟩and though I do strive against it, and though I am troubled after it, yet it may be no Sin of Infirmity. Yet, good Lord, how many poor souls are there that deceive themselves, and think that their sins are but Sins of Infirmity; and thus are mistaken on the left hand.
4. But my Sin is a Sin of Infirmity, because I am troubled after it. And was not Esau troubled after he had sold his Birthright for a mess of pottage? did he not seek it with tears? And when Judas had betrayed his Master, and our Savior, it is said that he repented of what he had done, and was troubled. Surely then, though the Sin that I commit, may be lesser in bulk than anothers Sin, and smal comparatively, and though I be drawn into it by others,