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If my Sin be a Sin of Infirmity, and no other, then through Grace,¹ will I observe what Gods design is, in suffering and leaving such Infirmities in me, and will labour what I can and may, to promote and advance that design: God could have freed me from all Sin, these Infirmities as well as the greater; but God hath some great designs in leaving of these Infirmities, as that I may be always humbled, that I may be always upon the work of mortification, that Jesus Christ may be the more sweet and precious to me, that I may live in continual dependence on him, that I may not gather up the assurance of my Salvation only from my Sanctification, but from the free Grace of God, and his absolute Promise, that I may be weary of my present state, and groan after Heaven, where no imperfections are; and that I may learn to pity others, and therefore through ⟨p. 399⟩Grace, I will do what I can to help on these Designs.

If my Sin be a Sin of Infirmity, and no other, then through Grace,¹ wil I observe what Gods design is, in suffering and leaving such Infirmities in me, and wil labor what I can and may, to promote and advance that design: God could have freed me from all Sin, these Infirmities as wel as the greater; but God hath some great designs in leaving of these Infirmities, as that I may be alwaies humbled, that I may be alwaies upon the work of mortification, that Jesus Christ may be the more sweet and precious to me, that I may live in continual dependance on him, that I may not gather up the assurance of my Salvation only from my Sanctification, but from the free Grace of God, and his absolute Promise, that I may be weary of my present state, and groan after Heaven, where no imperfections are; and that I may learn to pity others, and therefore through ⟨p. 399⟩Grace, I wil do what I can to help on these Designs.

1. 1Deletur iniquita• manet infirmitas. August. Sed Quare Deus talia peccata sinit fieri à suis, cur sic impingere eos permittit? respondetur ex effectis, ideo ita permittit Deus ut occasionem accipiat multarum bonarum rerum non enim labantur sancti ut pereunt, sed ut copiose eis Deus benefaciat, ut lapsus principio operetur humilitatem, deinde invocationem ut nos excitet ut nobis ipsis irascamur et nos damnemus, ut majori studio caveamus. Luth. in