The sinfulness of sinThe sinfulnesse of sinne

2. But secondly, As men not converted, not turned to God are full of sin, so they are under the power of it: Why? How doth that appear? Because their sin commands them off from their duty. Suppose a company of men sitting at table at meat together, and another comes into the room, and says to one of them, Take your Cloak and follow ⟨p. 28⟩me, and he presently rises from his meat and follows him; you will say certainly this man is his Master, because he arises from his meat at his command and follows him. So when sin shall command a man off from his duty, from reading the Word, from private Prayer; What doth this argue, but that he is under the power of sin? As when a man is sinning, and grace comes and calls him off from his sin, it argues he is under the power of grace; so when a man is at his duty, and his sin comes and calls him off from his duty, it argues he is under the power of sin; so it is with men unconverted, they are under the power of their sin.

2. But secondly, As men not converted, not turned to God are full of sin, so they are under the power of it: Why? How doth that appear? Because their sin commands them off from their duty. Suppose a company of men sitting at table at meat together, and another comes into the room, and sayes to one of them, Take your Cloak and follow ⟨p. 28⟩me, and he presently rises from his meat and follows him; you will say certainly this man is his Master, because he arises from his meat at his command and follows him. So when sin shall command a man off from his duty, from reading the Word, from private Prayer; What doth this argue, but that he is under the power of sin? As when a man is sinning, and grace comes and calls him off from his sin, it argues he is under the power of grace; so when a man is at his duty, and his sin comes and calls him off from his duty, it argues he is under the power of sin; so it is with men unconverted, they are under the power of their sin.