I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Object. 3 O! but I fear my Sin cannot be a Sin of Infirmity, because I fall into it, after I have been admonished of the evil of it.

Answ. To that I say no more, but desire you to consider the Instance that is here before you: The Disciples slept, our Lord and Saviour Christ comes and wakens them; yea, and he chides them too; what, saith he, cannot ye watch with me one hour, watch and pray, and yet they slept again; and he comes and wakens them again, and admonisheth them again, and yet they slept again. Possibly therefore, a man may fall into the same Sin again, and again, yea, even after Admonition, and yet it may be a Sin of Infirmity: Yet how many poor souls are there, that are mistaken here on the right hand, and do think that their Sins are no Sins of Infirmity, when indeed they are.

Answ. To that I say no more, but desire you to consider the Instance that is here before you: The Disciples slept, our Lord and Savior Christ comes and wakens them; yea, and he chides them too; what, saith he, cannot ye watch with me one hour, watch and pray, and yet they slept again; and he comes and wakens them again, and admonishe•h them again, and yet they slept again. Possibly therefore, a man may fal into the same Sin again, and again, yea, even after Admonition, and yet it may be a Sin of Infirmity: Yet how many poor souls are there, that are mistaken here on the right hand, and do think that their Sins are no Sins of Infirmity, when indeed they are.

Quest. But if there be such mistakes, how shall we then know, whether our Sins be Sins of Infirmity?