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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, ⟨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.

But Secondly: As some are mistaken on the left hand, thinking that their Sins are Sins of Infirmity, when indeed they are not: so others on the right hand are mistaken, and think that their Sins are not Sins of Infirmity, but of a worser Nature, when indeed they are: And that upon a Three-fold account.

But Secondly: As some are mistaken on the left hand, thinking that their Sins are Sins of Infirmity, when indeed they are not: so others on the right hand are mistaken, and think that their Sins are not Sins of Infirmity, but of a worser Nature, when indeed they are: And that upon a Three-fold accompt.