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Of SINS of Infirmity. ON Matthew, 26.43.

The difference between the true, and the false Disciple. Page 377 The Text divided ibid. Here is the Disciples sin, and the Lords Grace Page 378 1 They slept ibid. 1 The Cause; for their eyes were heavy ibid. 2 The Repetition; he found them asleep again ibid. 2 Christ comes again ibid. DOCT. Though a man sin again and again, yet if it be a sin of Infirmity, Christ will come to him again. ibid. Three things considered in the opening of the words ibid. 1 A good man may fall oft into the same sin. 2 This sin may be but a sin of infirmity. 3 That Christ will not leave him for it. ibid. I The first Proposition proved Page 379 II The second Proposition proved. And to clear it, consider what a sin of Infirmity is. Page 380 1 It is a sin of weakness in Scripture Phrase ibid. 2 Infirmity is a defect in one that hath life Page 381 3 It ariseth not from wilfulness, but from want of strength to resist ibid. Quest. 1. Is every sin a godly man commits a sin of Infirmity? ibid. Answ. Negatively, with the Reasons ibid. Quest. 2. Is any sin a wicked man commits, a sin of Infirmity? ibid. Answ. Negatively, with the Reasons ibid. Quest. 3. Can any great, foul sin, be a sin of Infirmity? ibid. Answ. Negatively, with Reasons ibid. Quest. How may I know a sin of Infirmity? Page 382 Answ. First, Some mistakes are observed. Secondly, It is answered ⟨image 299⟩Negatively. Lastly, Affirmatively Page 382 1 There are mistakes on both hands: Some think they are sins of Infirmity, when they are not: And some think they are not, when they are. ibid. The first kind of mistake is on the left hand: four-fold. 1 Some think it a sin of Infirmity, because it is a small sin. ibid. 2 Because they are drawn on by others Page 383 3 Because they strive against it ibid. 4 Because they are troubled after it ibid. The Second mistake, on the right hand, is three-fold: Page 384 1 Because they sin knowingly ibid. 2 Because they fall into the same sin again ibid. 3 Because they fall into it after admonition ibid. Object. 1. My sin can be no sin of infirmity; for I sin against my conscience, and knowingly ibid. Answ. It is one thing to sin knowingly, and another to sin against knowledge ibid. Object. 2. I fall into my sin again, and lie in it, therefore &c. Page 385 Answ. There is much mistake about lying in sin; he that complains of it, lies not in it ibid. Object. 3. I fall into it after admonition, therefore &c.